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The Archer Avenue Lines are two rapid transit lines of the New York City Subway mostly running under Archer Avenue in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens. Conceived as part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s 1968 expansion plans they opened on December 11 1988.The two lines are built on separate levels served by trains from the IND Queens Boulevard Line (E train) on the upper level and the BMT Jamaica Line (J Z trains) on the lower.

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is part of
New York City Subway
location
Queens
number of stations
3
number of tracks
2
opening year
1988-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
operated by
New York City Transit Authority
owner
New York City
route end
Sutphin Boulevard – Archer Avenue – JFK Airport (New York City Subway), Jamaica – Van Wyck (IND Archer Avenue Line)
route start
Archer (New York City Subway)
type
Rapid transit
type of electrification
Railway electric traction
voltage of electrification (V)
600.0

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