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Nomenclature used on the New York City Subway system has been defined by New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to precisely identify each part of the system, both internally and publicly. Some of these date back to the original operators of the system, while others are much more recent, having been adopted because of changing conditions. These include line names (individual sections of subway, like the BMT Brighton Line); service labels, like the B, which is a single train route along several lines; and station names, like Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue (a major terminal named for both the neighborhood and the intersecting street. The service and station labels are publicly used, despite the changing nature of the service labels; the line names are lightly used on maps and rarely in public announcements, but are now commonly shown on signage on trains and in service descriptions in stations.

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