Talk:Interborough Rapid Transit Company
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[edit] IRT Operates Today???
No, it doesn't. The MTA operates all subway lines in New York City. I don't know enough of the history to update the page, but the MTA has been the operating authority for NYC subways for many years. For a long time, the MTA kept the old IRT, IND and BMT designations because people we familiar with those routes. But it's been probably 20 year since they started elimiated those references as well. I believe it was part of the same effort that included reducing the names of all subway lines to single digit/letter names. (The RR became the R for example.) Now-a-days, the only refernces to the old lines are stray signs that haven't been elimiated, or a few odd references where MTA sign-makers seem to be confused themselves. (I recently spotted a modern sign in either the Union Square or Herald Square station directing passengers to "BMT" trains -- but this is an error.) Digit LeBoid 14:26, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
- Well, clearly no, the IRT company no longer operates, but the MTA operates the old IRT lines. And still a lot of older New Yorkers and middle age natives still call those lines IRTs. Pretty much my entire family still refers to them that way. Ford MF 17:40, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
- The MTA still uses "IRT" and the others when talking about the lines; see [1]:
- "96th Street Station & ADA, Broadway/7th Avenue Line (IRT) in the Borough of Manhattan"
- "For 4 (IRT) service, pay fare, use up ramp to elevator # 132; take elevator to second mezzanine and uptown platform."
- "ATM switches were installed in 177 IRT and 10 BMT stations to handle transmissions."
- From what I understand, the line names on emergency exits include the "division". --NE2 00:51, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Flushing Line has had no physical connection to the rest of the IRT?
" The Flushing Line has had no physical connection to the rest of the IRT since 1942, when service on the Second Avenue El was discontinued; today, its sole connection to the rest of the system is to the BMT at Queensborough Plaza."
Unless I am missing something the Flushing line connects to the system including IRT lines at both Grand Central and Tines Square stations.
Jdgang 03:23, 19 July 2007 (UTC)Jdgang
- Those are not track connections. --NE2 21:36, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Merge Proposal
It would seem the article New York IRT is very short and unreferenced. Since the team was supposedly formed to represent the Interborough Rapid Transit Company and the team does not have much of a history it would seem to fit more as a footnote to the company's history than a stand alone article. James084 (talk) 23:43, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
- Actually it has a lot of history, it's just not in the article, which I just came across. I'll work on this over the next couple of day.Mohrflies (talk) 16:29, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
- Sorry, I didn't get to it as quickly as I thought. I recommend it remain as a stand alone article as it covers information unrelated to the team's corporate sponsor. Mohrflies (talk) 19:08, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
