IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line

Tags: Railway Line.

The IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line (also known as the Seventh Avenue Line or the West Side Line) is a New York City Subway line. It is one of several lines that serves the A Division (IRT) stretching from South Ferry in Lower Manhattan north to Van Cortlandt Park – 242nd Street in Riverdale Bronx. The Brooklyn Branch from the main line at Chambers Street southeast through the Clark Street Tunnel to Borough Hall in Downtown Brooklyn is also part of the Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line.

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is part of

New York City Subway

number of stations

44

number of tracks

1

opening year

1904-01-01T00:00:00+02:00

operated by

New York City Transit Authority

owner

New York City

passengers per day

348027, 1093105

railway rolling stock

R62 (New York City Subway car), R142 (New York City Subway car), R62A (New York City Subway car)

route end

South Ferry – Whitehall Street (New York City Subway), Court Street – Borough Hall (New York City Subway)

route start

Van Cortlandt Park – 242nd Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line)

type

Rapid transit

type of electrification

Railway electric traction