1 (New York City Subway service)

Infobox NYCS service
service = 1
name = Broadway–Seventh Avenue Local
north term = Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street
south term = South Ferry
terminals = |

The 1 Broadway–Seventh Avenue Local is a rapid transit service of the New York City Subway. It is colored red on station signs, route signs and the official subway map, since it uses the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line for its entire route.

The 1 service operates at all times between Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street in the Bronx and South Ferry in Lower Manhattan, making all local stops.

The 1 service uses the following lines:

History

R12 end rollsign

When the first subway opened between 1904 and 1908, one of the main service patterns was the West Side Branch, running from Lower Manhattan to Van Cortlandt Park via what is now the IRT Lexington Avenue Line, 42nd Street Shuttle, and IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line. Both local and express trains were operated, with express trains using the express tracks south of 96th Street. Express trains ran through to Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn during rush hours, while other express trains and all local trains turned around at City Hall or South Ferry. [Commerce and Industry Association of New York, [http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC09291039&id=2OXifdf0CbUC Pocket Guide to New York] , 1906, pp. 19-26] [New York Times, [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0613FC3D5517738DDDA90B94DC405B888CF1D3 Bronx to Montauk; One Change of Cars] , April 30, 1908, page 4] Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac, 1916]

The first portion of the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line south of Times Square–42nd Street, a shuttle to 34th Street–Penn Station, opened on June 3, 1917. [New York Times, [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10817FF385F1B7A93C1A9178DD85F438185F9 Three New Links of the Dual Subway System Opened] , June 3, 1917, page 33] This shuttle was extended south to South Ferry, with a shorter shuttle on the Brooklyn Branch between Chambers Street and Wall Street, on July 1, 1918. [New York Times, [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20811FB3C5F15738DDDAB0894DF405B888DF1D3 Open New Subway to Regular Traffic] , July 2, 1918, page 11] Finally, the new "H" system was implemented on August 1, 1918, joining the two halves of the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line and sending all West Side trains south from Times Square. [New York Times, [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0D1FFF3C5D147A93C0A91783D85F4C8185F9 Open New Subway Lines to Traffic] , August 2, 1918, page 1]

The local tracks ran to South Ferry, while the express tracks used the Brooklyn Branch to Wall Street, extended into Brooklyn to Atlantic Avenue via the Clark Street Tunnel on April 15, 1919. [New York Times, [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00D11FA395C1B728DDDAF0994DC405B898DF1D3 Open Clark Street Line] , April 16, 1919, page 18] Extensions of the Eastern Parkway Line and the connecting Nostrand Avenue Line and New Lots Line opened in the next few years, with the end result being that West Side trains ran to Flatbush Avenue or New Lots Avenue.

On February 6 1959, the 1 train became the West Side local.Previously, 1 trains ran express along the West Side and into Brooklyn, and the 3 was the local service to South Ferry. Since then, 1 train service has remained consistent.

On August 21 1989, the 1/9 weekday skip-stop service was formed. [cite news|title=The New York City Transit Authority in the 1980s|url=http://www.nycsubway.org/articles/history-nycta1980s.html|work= [http://nycsubway.org nycsubway.org] ] Skip-stop service operated north of 137th Street–City College.

In 1994, midday skip-stop service was discontinued.cite news|title=MTA Proposes Dropping No. 9 Train|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B07E5D71638F931A25752C0A9639C8B63|work=New York Times|date=January 12, 2005] By this time, 1 trains only skipped Marble Hill–225th, 207th and 145th Streets and 9 trains only skipped 238th, 215th, Dyckman and 157th Streets.

After September 11, 2001, 1 trains had to be rerouted since the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line ran directly under the World Trade Center site and was heavily damaged in the collapse of the Twin Towers. It ran only between 242nd Street and 14th Street, running local north of and express south of 96th Street; the 9 train and skip-stop service were suspended at this time. On September 19, after a few switching delays at 96th Street, service was changed. 1 trains made all local stops from 242nd Street to New Lots Avenue via the Clark Street Tunnel and IRT Eastern Parkway Line, to replace 3 trains, which terminated at 14th Street, at all times except late nights, when it terminated at Chambers Street in Manhattan instead. On September 15 2002, 1 trains returned to South Ferry and the 9 train and skip-stop service was restored. [cite news|title=Old Service, Old Stops Restored on West Side|url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30C10FE3D540C768DDDA00894DA404482|work=New York Times|date=September 15, 2002]

On May 27 2005, the 9 train and skip-stop service was discontinued.

Gallery

Stations

NYCS service legend
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References

* [http://members.aol.com/bdmnqr2/linehistory.html Line By Line History]

External links

* [http://www.mta.info/nyct/service/oneline.htm MTA NYC Transit - 1 Broadway-Seventh Avenue Local]
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.mta.info/nyct/service/nineline.htm MTA NYC Transit - 9 Broadway-Seventh Avenue Local] (on the Internet Archive)