Subway Colors and Names

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  • Опубликовано: 14 июл 2010
  • Ever wonder why the A train is blue on the map but the 6 train is green? Or why you never see an F train on a 2 train platform? Once you learn the method behind MTA subway colors and names, the map will never look the same.

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  • @aliciahilliard812
    @aliciahilliard812 5 лет назад +302

    MTA: thats why you will never see a lettered train next to a numbered train
    Me: Queensboro Plaza

    • @TheRailLeaguer
      @TheRailLeaguer 5 лет назад +51

      Orwellianpro Well at Queensboro Plaza, the lines do share a platform, but do not stop at the same track. That’s why there is a separate track for each.

    • @TheRailLeaguer
      @TheRailLeaguer 4 года назад +16

      AWESOMEBROGAMERSF5 2 Same station, same platforms, but different tracks. The car widths are why you never see a 7 train on the N train side, and vice versa.

    • @TheRailLeaguer
      @TheRailLeaguer 4 года назад +2

      AWESOMEBROGAMERSF5 2 The yellow barriers are there to prevent 7 trains from stopping there, since the platform is longer than the trains themselves. It also prevents people from falling into the tracks.

    • @smoochez187
      @smoochez187 4 года назад +2

      @@TheRailLeaguer and w train because the W is back

    • @TheRailLeaguer
      @TheRailLeaguer 4 года назад +3

      @@smoochez187 True as well. However, the W is considered the N as well, except that these N trains go to Whitehall instead of the N terminal at Coney Island due to lack of space. Both lines are scheduled as one N service in the work schedules.

  • @bunnieangeni1759
    @bunnieangeni1759 2 года назад +37

    Just remember that a express train might skip stops while a local train doesn’t! Most trains are local trains so you don’t have to worry about it skipping your stop.

  • @blueberryboi9426
    @blueberryboi9426 9 лет назад +158

    Considering the fact that NYC has well over 8 million people, its understandable why they have an extensive complex subway system.

    • @andresnino7755
      @andresnino7755 8 лет назад +8

      Yes. Meanwhile here in Mexico our subway system is simple with only 12 lines and in Mexico City there are more than 20 million people. Here the subway is property of the government and it's also very cheap, because of that I'm not surprised that we have a subway like that. Sorry for bad english.

    • @josephbell2160
      @josephbell2160 6 лет назад +6

      Andres Niño Mexico City does not have 20 million people. You're talking about the whole metropolitan area. Mexico city proper has 8,851,000 as of 2010. Look it up

    • @makhs8750
      @makhs8750 6 лет назад +10

      Andres Niño
      Nyc urban area has over 22 million people

    • @nightavenger375
      @nightavenger375 6 лет назад

      Mike Someone no

    • @makhs8750
      @makhs8750 6 лет назад +1

      NightAvenger375
      Yes

  • @v-check
    @v-check 5 лет назад +148

    Did Bill Wurtz edit this vid?

  • @TRRailfan
    @TRRailfan 3 года назад +26

    This is a great introduction to the topic! Glad the MTA is actually trying to explain things to passengers.

  • @kingpayan8925
    @kingpayan8925 8 лет назад +577

    I think this video confused me even more about the subway

    • @aryastark5177
      @aryastark5177 8 лет назад +8

      +William Beresford why would you write this? fuck off.

    • @aryastark5177
      @aryastark5177 8 лет назад +9

      +William Beresford Once again, fuck off. Your comment contributes absolutely nothing of value to society. You added nothing to the conversation and educated no one. Not everyone is born in nyc. Nyc has a lot of immigrants and people from other states that have only ever used cars. The driver's license manual is also easy to read, but a lot of people can't pass their test.

    • @markop5837
      @markop5837 8 лет назад +6

      +Arya Stark exacly

    • @markop5837
      @markop5837 8 лет назад +1

      +Arya Stark happened if they dont know english
      soooo...
      get from facts staright

    • @markop5837
      @markop5837 8 лет назад

      +William Beresford i agree

  • @leongkinwai9709
    @leongkinwai9709 6 лет назад +40

    0:12 "...to help riders get through the system"
    yeah that montage of weird stuff going on doesn't scream "comprehension!" very well

  • @PertinaciousGeek
    @PertinaciousGeek 7 лет назад +121

    music was too loud, narration not loud enough

    • @JOHNYBOYZ
      @JOHNYBOYZ Год назад +1

      No duh it was made in 2010 it wouldn’t be nice and quiet they didn’t have that much of good technology.

    • @TheSuperiorLite
      @TheSuperiorLite 4 месяца назад +1

      @@JOHNYBOYZeven the most bare bones editors like windows movie maker can empathize narration. Computers were fully capable of doing stuff like that for decades.

  • @Salemteen18
    @Salemteen18 10 лет назад +6

    Being in Brooklyn & Queens the first 6 years of my life, I basically grew up on the A,C and E trains. I had a feeling it went that way.

  • @hostilepancakes
    @hostilepancakes 6 лет назад +10

    Always be wary of whether you're catching a local or express train. Also be wary whether those services run express 24/7, or even if a local service doesn't run late at night. Some services may have multiple destinations in one direction, so make sure you get on the correct Downtown (southbound) A, Uptown (northbound) E, Uptown 5 or Uptown N -- they don't all head to Lefferts Blvd, Parsons/Archer, Dyre Ave, or Astoria-Ditmars respectively. When entering a local-only station, make sure you're using the correct entrance, otherwise you may have to travel a few stops in the opposite of your intended direction, to get to an express station where the mezzanine allows you to go to the other side.

  • @whataBOSSkid001
    @whataBOSSkid001 10 лет назад +59

    Still confusing.

  • @radam2786
    @radam2786 8 лет назад +15

    Useful information for my Cities: Skylines version of New York City! Thanks for the input!

  • @osagiee.guobadia-secondytc4624
    @osagiee.guobadia-secondytc4624 Год назад +5

    This is some what educational for me to learn more about the Subway trains, with colors and names on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. : )

  • @teresab208
    @teresab208 10 лет назад +97

    NO
    people will only remember what lines they use

    • @VictoriaInahuazo
      @VictoriaInahuazo 7 лет назад +23

      Unless if you're a railfan

    • @jamsbar7
      @jamsbar7 7 лет назад +10

      I remember every single station in the NYC subway system

    • @ntrainmta9626
      @ntrainmta9626 5 лет назад

      Jim Barbagallo I remember every station on N and Q lines, even I remember the transfers on weekdays, weekends and late night

    • @blakemcnamara9105
      @blakemcnamara9105 4 года назад +1

      Believe it or not, people used to remember them by line and company (i.e. IRT, BMT, IND).

  • @RyanTaylor2000
    @RyanTaylor2000 3 года назад +5

    It’s good that the branches are also coded with numbers and letters, here in London they just name different destinations or sometimes add (via x) to indicate different route branches within the same line which quite confusing sometimes

    • @LunaDragofelis
      @LunaDragofelis 2 года назад +1

      Northern line is really complex, with two central (Bank/Charing Cross) and two northern branches (Edgware/High Barnet), that can be combined in 4 ways (a northern and a central branch). The Metropolitan line has express services (called "fast" trains) with no separate numbers either.
      I think the London Underground should introduce additional route numbers.

    • @RyanTaylor2000
      @RyanTaylor2000 2 года назад +2

      @@LunaDragofelis changed my mind😅, destination name is more intuitive and memorable and easily found on the tube map. And the express service is ONLY on the metropolitan line and ONLY during peak hours and ONLY on the weekdays. These systems is also aligned😜with the route naming system on the national rail services.

  • @injustifiiable
    @injustifiiable 5 лет назад +17

    Technically the 42nd St S is IRT, the other two are BMT/IND.

    • @TheSuperiorLite
      @TheSuperiorLite Год назад

      Yes

    • @sollew7434
      @sollew7434 3 месяца назад +1

      Actually the other two at both IND trains since the FS is a part of the Sixth Avenue lines, and the RS is a part of the Eighth Avenue Lines. (As far as I know at least)

  • @DrSurprise
    @DrSurprise 14 лет назад +35

    wow, i never thought of any of this! it makes sense now. Although i have noticed that all the #-ed lines have the 3 door trains. i thought the letters and #s were randomly selected

    • @rolandemartial6170
      @rolandemartial6170 3 года назад +1

      Yes numbers have 3 doors and letters have 4.

    • @jaydottt_transitfanner
      @jaydottt_transitfanner 3 года назад +1

      **IRT lines

    • @kodo1232
      @kodo1232 3 года назад

      OLD COMMENT

    • @R68OrangeQTrainProductions
      @R68OrangeQTrainProductions 3 года назад

      Ya

    • @theairplanegeek
      @theairplanegeek 2 года назад +1

      Yeah, basically the #-ed lines use different trains because before all the transit companies merged, IRT made their own tunnels smaller so that the competition can’t bring their own trains in their tunnels.

  • @kathymcmorrow
    @kathymcmorrow 3 года назад +3

    1:54 Union Square platform fillers: Im gonna stop you right there

  • @rahmel2009
    @rahmel2009 Год назад +2

    Also, before 1985, some lines (mainly local services) used double letters.
    AA - K (discontinued 1988)
    CC- C
    GG - G
    LL - L
    QB - Q
    RR - R
    SS - S (SS used to mean shuttles, S meant specials)

  • @nyrmike9841
    @nyrmike9841 3 года назад +4

    Thanks for the informative video. Learned something new!

  • @boxheadfan9174
    @boxheadfan9174 3 года назад +3

    I watched this as a 5 year old, brings back memories. I understood the first part but I didn't understand the second one.

    • @boxheadfan9174
      @boxheadfan9174 3 года назад

      Now I do

    • @LunaDragofelis
      @LunaDragofelis 2 года назад

      You were 5 years old when you first saw this? I am 21 and feel old now.

  • @Partyboy426
    @Partyboy426 4 года назад +3

    People are saying this is confusing but if you LIVE in NYC or at least know how to ride the trains, this could actually teach some neat stuff. For example, the numbered and lettered ones represent three different companies that use to make up the MTA, in which the letters A-G represent one company and the other letters another different company.
    But that aside, you May think the MTA is quite confusing, but to me I think it’s mostly because-
    1. The Map is less of a diagram and more of a map. It’s intended purpose is to yes, tell you the stops but also seemingly tell you where places are relative to landmarks around the city and such (if that makes sense.)
    2. And 2, the constant changing and fixing of tracks (especially on weekends where kids aren’t typically in the subway.)
    So, to me at least, I think that pretty much if you got the MTA app, you’re good on updates ahead of hand (so you know if they will get in the way- in which many will not, unless it’s in Manhattan or northern Brooklyn- (like Atlantic Barclays Center).)

  • @xstremz7116
    @xstremz7116 6 лет назад +2

    for those of you that do not know about the nyc subway system:
    -It was the first to develop a 4-track subway system. This allows express and local trains to run on separate tracks for customers to get to locations quicker and easier.
    -There are many subway car prototypes that are for the BMT, IRT, and IND.
    -The NYC subway system has an interesting history and features. You should learn more about it.
    Lol

    • @Ethan-ik1nm
      @Ethan-ik1nm 6 лет назад +2

      They could just run local trains at a higher speed with slower dwell times at stations like London. I was so surprised when i saw guards on the subway, its a metro system. Meanwhile in europe, we've got automatic trains, driverless trains, trains every 100seconds etc. Im not gonna lie having 4 tracks is clever, especially if a train brakes down etc but europe is way ahead with public transport.

    • @blue9multimediagroup
      @blue9multimediagroup 4 года назад

      @@Ethan-ik1nm more stops and lines than London so that won't work

  • @NorthAtlanticRails
    @NorthAtlanticRails 2 года назад

    I remember back in the very very early 2010s I would watch this video all the time and I am still glad I can remember the good old times by watching this.

  • @franklyspeaking8335
    @franklyspeaking8335 7 лет назад +1

    My Dad was a Conductor for NYCTA for 24 years. Worked on the IRT out of East 241st in The Bronx.

  • @jaimepimentel1107
    @jaimepimentel1107 7 лет назад +12

    they are also know as divisions the 1234567S(42nd street shuttle) is A Division and ABCDEFGJLMNQRWZ S(Franklin Avenue & Rockaway Park Shuttles) is the B Division.

  • @ChickenNoodle
    @ChickenNoodle 3 года назад +3

    This is interesting and nostalgic.

  • @GoXavi
    @GoXavi 3 года назад

    Well that's sure cleared things up, I'm glad I've still got a map on my phone!

  • @thurmanpatterson8884
    @thurmanpatterson8884 2 года назад +1

    The exception to the rule of the IND/IRT at the same platform is Queensboro Plaza station where the 7 train and Q and N trains share a platform

  • @KingofGamingAndTrains456
    @KingofGamingAndTrains456 9 месяцев назад +1

    0:52 “…and dark gray for the shuttles on 42nd Street in Manhattan, and Franklin Avenue in Brooklyn.”
    The Rockaway Park Shuttle in Queens: Am I a joke to you?

    • @BMTEnjoyer160
      @BMTEnjoyer160 9 месяцев назад

      Lol I think the H still existed at this time or smth

  • @myri0731
    @myri0731 7 лет назад +41

    this honestly made me even more confused

    • @LuisMendoza-jx4sg
      @LuisMendoza-jx4sg 4 года назад +1

      shamyri yea you should be if you don’t here’s proof go to Queensboro Plaza there’s a 7 And 5 and a N and Q there all mixed up there BMT IND I just don’t get it

    • @edrickang2338
      @edrickang2338 4 года назад +1

      Denis Daily the (5) train don’t go to Queens and the (Q) train doesn’t go to Queens anymore

    • @blue9multimediagroup
      @blue9multimediagroup 4 года назад +1

      Never been a 5 in Queens bro LoL
      You meant 7, N, R, W (replaced the Q).

    • @blue9multimediagroup
      @blue9multimediagroup 3 года назад

      @@LuisMendoza-jx4sg but they're on different tracks as the structure gauge is different. That's what the narrator meant.

  • @fbiagent1317
    @fbiagent1317 4 года назад +6

    I actually saw a 7 train on the N train track but I'm not sure if it was out of service

    • @georgelopez4130
      @georgelopez4130 4 года назад

      FBI AGENT it was, it was a r62 transfer to the 6 train, the 6 train needs r62, the IRT 6 line runs better with the r62’s EDIT: when I said it was I mean like it was out of service.

    • @blue9multimediagroup
      @blue9multimediagroup 4 года назад +1

      Number lines can use letter lines to get to yards because the number cars are narrower. But the reverse will never happen because the letter cars are too wide to fit into a number line platform and will cause damage.

    • @blue9multimediagroup
      @blue9multimediagroup 3 года назад

      @@javie2064 read my above comment

  • @brandoncastro7624
    @brandoncastro7624 6 лет назад +2

    The beginning doesn't actually say why they are the color they are just what route they use. She made it sound like they'd explain why blue is used for 8th ave or purple for the flushing line.

  • @OsagieGuobadia
    @OsagieGuobadia 2 года назад +1

    That is very educational for me to know which Subway trains are very close to me to take. : )

  • @VoteForMr.Trump2024
    @VoteForMr.Trump2024 3 года назад +1

    (Note this is a fan account of Bart Simpson)
    I remember watching this when I was a little kid I loved trains! Going back to this video after 2014 brings back so many memories.

  • @MJBYouTubeNetwork
    @MJBYouTubeNetwork 7 лет назад +63

    A lettered train on a numbered platform.
    Uh.. Queensboro Plaza? 😝

    • @edrickang2338
      @edrickang2338 6 лет назад +4

      Um did they do wrong railings on the (N) before

    • @xstremz7116
      @xstremz7116 6 лет назад +14

      the (N) and the (7) do not link tracks at that point

    • @edrickang2338
      @edrickang2338 6 лет назад +11

      Theirs an X switch at the upper level of queens borough that connects the BMT and IRT

    • @kcpatri
      @kcpatri 6 лет назад +5

      there are only two platforms at queensboro plaza the upper one for trains going into queens and the lower one going into Manhattan. this is the only cross platform transfer between the IRT and BMT/BRT on the entire Revenue system. the crossover tracks nearby the station are not used for revenue service however they can be used for non-revenue trains(refuse trains, work trains, track geometry cars) as those are all sized to fit into IRT size to cut down on cost. there are a few more connections between the IRT and BMT/BRT/IND like the one between the woodlawn line(4) and concourse yard nearby Beadford Park Boulevard station.

    • @fgaye1
      @fgaye1 6 лет назад +1

      Miss Jennifer Banks queensboro plaza is the first station to have one side IRT and the other side for BMT

  • @fgaye1
    @fgaye1 6 лет назад

    In Manhattan just walk a few blocks and your already at another subway station that is amazing!

  • @bearbear1224
    @bearbear1224 3 года назад

    I love your videos

  • @Assmark
    @Assmark 14 лет назад

    I lived in the Bronx and always used the 6 train and I have never ever thought about this, but this is interesting!

  • @budblack5428
    @budblack5428 6 лет назад +13

    This video didn't explain anything. Color means size? Letter means size? Wtf?

    • @blue9multimediagroup
      @blue9multimediagroup 4 года назад

      Number lines were part of the IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit) and are built to narrow dimensions (cars are 51ft L x 9ft W).
      Letter lines A-G were part of the Independent Subway (IND) while J-Z were part of the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Co (BMT). Both systems were built to wider and longer dimensions (60' or 75' L x 10' W).
      The numbers and letters are how you tell them apart. Number lines will have shorter trains while letter lines will have wider and longer trains. Also as such, you will never see one type on the other's line. Although some stations are shared, they can't share physical trackage due to the different dimensions.

    • @ninofromkitchennightmares1497
      @ninofromkitchennightmares1497 3 года назад

      @@blue9multimediagroup They can share Trackage
      It’s only the Width keeps BMT/IND trains can’t go on IRT Tracks Because of the Platforms and Curves while the IRT Can go Anywhere in the System

    • @blue9multimediagroup
      @blue9multimediagroup 3 года назад

      @@ninofromkitchennightmares1497 is that not what we just said?

  • @A08041988
    @A08041988 12 лет назад +1

    for the 7 train there is a diamond for express service. Besides the 7, you just have to know that different letters and numbers individually. For instance, the D always runs express along central park west, but the A does not do so at night.
    Along 7th ave, for example, the 2 and 3 are express except for the 1.

  • @kinkisharyocoasters
    @kinkisharyocoasters 3 года назад +1

    The lines didn't have the alphanumeric nomenclature until 1967 when the Chrystie Street Connection opened, blurring the distinction between BMT and IND.

  • @MateuszD157M
    @MateuszD157M 11 лет назад

    Nicely done

  • @makhs8750
    @makhs8750 6 лет назад

    The best way tp explain the subway Colors and names:
    Imagine that the tracks are roads and the trains have a specific route, just like buses, but on rails and underground and faster

  • @itsyanielxo
    @itsyanielxo 5 лет назад +4

    I love and miss NYC 😭❤️

  • @eldarodriguez4488
    @eldarodriguez4488 2 года назад

    I love it!

  • @DrSurprise
    @DrSurprise 14 лет назад +2

    @5BronxExp
    thats a good point! i was gonna say the exact. like the video says, red is for 7th Ave, for all we know, NYC might as well rename each street a subway goes udner to 7th ave which would be even more of a headache

  • @parpedo245diaz6
    @parpedo245diaz6 6 лет назад +4

    I like the IRT number lines in my opinion

  • @teenblue8147
    @teenblue8147 4 года назад +3

    1:31 yawning person walking to his train

  • @nyclover2000
    @nyclover2000 13 лет назад

    Congratulations on having over 10,000 views of this video clip. Now, I know why the trains are labeled the way they are labeled.

  • @dj_istheway
    @dj_istheway 5 лет назад +8

    Yet we are still confused till this day😅

    • @sebi01200
      @sebi01200 4 года назад

      Impas_sive no I understand it pretty well.

  • @edwardmiessner6502
    @edwardmiessner6502 5 лет назад +1

    I was hoping the narrator would explain why the MTA picked the colors they picked for certain lines - why the Broadway line is yellow, the 8th Avenue line is blue, the Lexington Avenue line is green, etc.

    • @wizzedcam
      @wizzedcam 5 лет назад

      I assume so that people can just differentiate them more easily on the map and in person. Life would be a bit harder if every train was colored yellow or something

  • @kingraver507
    @kingraver507 10 лет назад +44

    I'm so happy chicago CTA is just colors, so much more simple. MTA is too confusing for me lol.

    • @davidr7998
      @davidr7998 9 лет назад +3

      What if you're color.blind? ;)

    • @hectorrivera3887
      @hectorrivera3887 7 лет назад

      kingraver507 i

    • @jacktucker9487
      @jacktucker9487 7 лет назад +3

      I agree i used to live in chicago cta is easy metra is way hard-Union Pacific West Line see it so hard

    • @ChrisGugliuzza
      @ChrisGugliuzza 7 лет назад

      Seoul has the best and one of biggest subways in the world, and they only use numbers. Wow, so easy and smart!

    • @dominican2051
      @dominican2051 6 лет назад +3

      Not to me, maybe because I'm an new Yorker

  • @grassyadventuresofficial
    @grassyadventuresofficial 6 месяцев назад

    Wow. The first MTA video I ever saw. Isn't it so simplistic?

  • @josephbarone428
    @josephbarone428 4 года назад +1

    At one time, as my father told me, that trains would also have a combination of colored lights (red, green, yellow and blue) on the front of the first car. Because many could not read, before WW2, the color combination told people what train it was. Heaven forbid if the color combination was wrong.

  • @thenycsubwayfoxykidrailfan5722
    @thenycsubwayfoxykidrailfan5722 5 лет назад +1

    I learned alot

  • @AlphaCelebrities874
    @AlphaCelebrities874 Год назад +1

    Me: Flushing-Main St
    Me in 2012: Forest Hills, Elmhurst Avenue.

  • @whitywhite710
    @whitywhite710 10 лет назад

    is there anywhere where the lettered trains can transfer and end up on a numbered track & vice versa. besides the n/q going on the 7 train track

    • @RailRide
      @RailRide 10 лет назад +1

      Concourse Yard (B,D) has a ramp leading up to the Jerome Avenue line (4).
      Once upon a time, (I'm thinking during the 1970's) a 4 train departed the yard up this ramp...with a BMT car on the end. Let's just say that car had a severe disagreement with the first station platform it encountered.

    • @joepropsnyc
      @joepropsnyc 10 лет назад +3

      The "Letter Trains" IND, BMT can never ride on the IRT "Numbered Lines." Only the opposite can occur. The tunnels and stations on the IRT are too small and narrow for BMT & IND cars to travel through. The IRT trains can travel on all tracks which is why a lot of retired IRT cars were used as work trains. The great thing about the NYC Subway is an IRT train could actually travel the whole subway system as all lines are connected at various points whether it be a specific station of a train yard.

    • @abdoulieceesay2335
      @abdoulieceesay2335 7 лет назад

      ROBERTO CARLO the Q and N line are not on the 7 line because at Queens boro plaza the N and Q has its own track like the 7 one side for 7 other for N and Q

    • @blue9multimediagroup
      @blue9multimediagroup 4 года назад

      The 7 can only use the N W to get to Coney Island for maintenance. Nothing else. They can't run in revenue service due to the large perform gap between IRT trains and BMT/IND platforms.

  • @tareqrasheed2589
    @tareqrasheed2589 6 лет назад

    please can someone tell what does the letters and numbers means ? and how do I know the area Im going to through the numbers and letters ? if im not really from there ...

    • @red5t653
      @red5t653 6 лет назад

      They don't mean anything, really. Just match up the symbol with the track it runs on and you'll be fine.

  • @cbwavy
    @cbwavy 12 лет назад

    At 1:14, where the people are waving... does anyone know anything about that locomotive that pulling the trains. Its very short and I've never seen anything like it, would like to learn more.

  • @Din9r_
    @Din9r_ 6 лет назад +3

    Holy sh*t I never knew that

  • @BJMediaTransit8516
    @BJMediaTransit8516 8 месяцев назад

    In the NYC Subway, each individual line is depicted by a number or a letter designation symbol. The color of the route indicates a main portion of the route, and many routes of the same color have a portion where they run together (sometimes more than one meeting portion). Therefore if saying the Orange Line for NYC, you’d have to know which orange line you’re referring. NYC’s subway is the largest subway system in the United States.

  • @fabianramirez1809
    @fabianramirez1809 5 лет назад +3

    0:09 and 2:04 1 Avenue’s exit leads to the water in the map.

  • @jasminejohnston6393
    @jasminejohnston6393 2 года назад +2

    In Vancouver:
    Blue- Expo Line
    Yellow- Millennium Line
    Yellow with green- Millennium-Evergreen Extension
    Teal- Canada Line
    Green by itself- Rapid Bus line
    Purple- West Coast Express

  • @bearbear1224
    @bearbear1224 3 года назад

    Good job

  • @Jimirulz1
    @Jimirulz1 10 лет назад

    That is helpful.

  • @Vxllain
    @Vxllain 4 года назад +1

    This didnt even confuse me at all, i guess because i’m a rail fan its not that confusing

  • @maribelgarcia3214
    @maribelgarcia3214 7 лет назад +10

    at least the w train came back

    • @rahmel2009
      @rahmel2009 6 лет назад

      yep I wish they created this in 2000.

    • @timafiggy
      @timafiggy 6 лет назад

      That's gotta be Brooklyn /queens line. Whoa.

    • @bullymaguire6168
      @bullymaguire6168 3 года назад

      @@timafiggy the W isn’t the Brooklyn and queens lines

  • @johnhernandez3640
    @johnhernandez3640 6 лет назад

    this video shows the past that they had those vintage trains.

  • @5trainproductions455
    @5trainproductions455 4 года назад +2

    *Queensboro Plaza: am I a joke to you?*

  • @BJMediaTransit8516
    @BJMediaTransit8516 9 лет назад +2

    If the subway had no line colors and you would see an F train at a 2 Train platform, then no one would want to ride the subway because the lines would be all scattered around and no one would know what train they would have to take to get to a certain station.

    • @Fsxvideo11
      @Fsxvideo11 9 лет назад

      The letter trains have a stand track gauge but the number trains have a more narrow track gauge (width) so a number train can't be on a letter line and vise versa.

    • @professorhineschoice
      @professorhineschoice 9 лет назад +3

      Eric Iliyev Actually the track gauge is the same for all rail lines, it's the actually train cars that are different and their station platform clearance and tunnels. Number trains can ride on Letter rail lines just fine, but not vice versa as the tunnels and platforms are too narrow for the letter cars like the R160.

    • @snackwrap2011
      @snackwrap2011 8 лет назад +1

      +Professor Hines' Choice absolutely correct

    • @patmeaden
      @patmeaden 6 лет назад

      No colors has no relation to unorganized service

    • @rahmel2009
      @rahmel2009 5 лет назад

      Except number train models like r62 and r142 would make a huge gap between the train and the platform.

  • @mattyiannielli2067
    @mattyiannielli2067 4 года назад +1

    What about the T train (The Second Avenue Subway)?

    • @blue9multimediagroup
      @blue9multimediagroup 4 года назад +1

      T isn't a thing yet.
      2nd Ave Subway is Q at the moment.
      Plus, this video was made in 2010 so.... Yeah

  • @thecombiner4710
    @thecombiner4710 2 года назад

    Ah... I used to watch this when I was little
    And that map does look different to me now,
    Now that I'm older hehe

  • @Comwhiz2002
    @Comwhiz2002 12 лет назад

    A bit strange they'd even show that locomotive drawn train since that wasn't even part of the subway but rather of the now long gone elevated lines in Manhattan.

  • @trevorjackson4086
    @trevorjackson4086 6 лет назад +1

    I love trains

  • @thedogdogification
    @thedogdogification 5 лет назад +1

    Nice video with interesting info. But next time please consider limiting the use of music. There were times I couldn't quite hear the words.

  • @hghjfgjfjf6
    @hghjfgjfjf6 11 лет назад +2

    this is awesome!!! apple, banana

  • @brendamorell169
    @brendamorell169 4 года назад

    The colors are crazy

  • @AlphaCelebrities874
    @AlphaCelebrities874 Год назад +1

    Fact: the (7) train is the ONLY subway number line that goes to Queens.

    • @BillyFromNYC
      @BillyFromNYC Год назад

      That’s not true, the N train goes to queens just like the E train too

    • @robotx9285
      @robotx9285 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@BillyFromNYCBruh the N got designated already and the E always used a letter labal.

  • @raymondmariano295
    @raymondmariano295 Месяц назад

    What music is that?

  • @Randomer-rz7jf
    @Randomer-rz7jf 5 месяцев назад

    What's the music here?

  • @flamegaming1846
    @flamegaming1846 4 года назад

    btw the track gauge are the same right?

    • @blue9multimediagroup
      @blue9multimediagroup 4 года назад

      Yup
      4' 8.5"
      Only the loading gauges are different.
      A Division (#s): 51' long x 8' 9" wide approx.
      B Division (letters): 60'-75' long x 10' wide approx.

  • @mattguy2998
    @mattguy2998 6 лет назад +5

    This video confused the hell outta me....i know the subway by heart but it damn sure wasn't cause of this video.

  • @alphawolfcreations8511
    @alphawolfcreations8511 4 года назад +1

    In London we name our Subway lines

    • @blue9multimediagroup
      @blue9multimediagroup 4 года назад

      They have names in NYC for the main branches as well, but that would create clutter as there are 26 lines in NYC:
      1, 2, 3
      (Red)
      7th Ave Line
      4, 5, 6
      (Green)
      Lexington Ave Line
      7
      (Purple)
      Flushing Line
      A, C, E
      (Blue)
      8th Ave Line
      B, D, F, M
      (Orange)
      6th Ave Line
      G
      (Lime)
      Crosstown Line (doesn't enter Manhattan, only runs between Brooklyn & Queens)
      J, Z
      (Brown)
      Nassau St Line
      L
      (Light Grey)
      14th St Line
      N, Q, R, W
      (Yellow)
      Broadway Line
      S
      (Charcoal)
      42nd St Shuttle
      Franklin Ave Shuttle
      Rockaway Shuttle

  • @mastacheifa1182
    @mastacheifa1182 6 лет назад +2

    This should be on subway maps.

  • @toters2724
    @toters2724 7 лет назад +10

    N: We need a extra train!
    Q: Okay! Delete me out of queens to
    57 street 7 avenue
    R: is this the W?
    N: yes
    Q: Yes
    The power of (W) strikes the (Q)
    W: Im here back after a 6 year vacation in the heavens
    Q: Why did your power strike me
    W: I dont know lol

    • @toters2724
      @toters2724 7 лет назад +1

      Everybody on the 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,A,B,C,D,E,F,G,J,L,M,N,Q,R,The 3 shuttles, and Z hear (W) and they say yay!!!!!!

    • @BonneterPenguinRedStinger
      @BonneterPenguinRedStinger 6 лет назад

      W Train Broadway Express What about the 1,3,A,B,D,G,Z,and the 3 Shuttles?

    • @toters2724
      @toters2724 6 лет назад

      I was supposed to say that, but for some random reason, I said all the express except (3) and one local (J)

    • @toters2724
      @toters2724 5 лет назад

      1985
      MTA: we will get rid of double lines, and replace them!
      AA: noo
      MTA: the AA is now the K!
      K: yay
      MTA: the CC is now the C!
      C: only one letter got away
      MTA: the GG is now the G!
      G: yas
      MTA: the other CC, is the H!
      H: ok
      MTA: the LL is now the L!
      L: ok then
      MTA: the QB is now the Q!
      Q: yay havent been alive since 1967.
      MTA: the RR is now the R!
      R: yay
      1988
      K: i hate myself
      MTA: the K will be discontinued
      C: nooo
      A: 😭😭
      E: nooo
      1989
      MTA: 1, 2, and 3; please welcome 9!
      9: yay
      1: hello
      2: hi
      3: hiiiii
      9: hi i go with 1
      1: ok
      2 and 3: ok.....
      1995
      5: i no longer need to go to Wakefield
      2: ok 😭😭
      5: but i still go to nereid!
      2: ok
      July 2001
      MTA: welcome W
      N: yay
      Q: uh
      R: yay
      September 2001
      9: oh r.i.p cortlandt st
      1: yes i know
      2: oh wow
      3: 1, how are we supposed to go to south ferry?
      1: its closed
      2: oh
      3: oh
      December 2001
      MTA: the Q went back to yellow, so V will take over!
      B: hi V
      D: hi V
      F: hi V
      MTA: the V will also run with the E on 53rd St
      E: yay
      F: but MTA? Where do i go now?
      MTA: on 63rd street tunnel
      F: ok
      2005
      MTA: sorry 9, but you have to go.
      9: why???
      1: low ridership
      2: bye i guess
      3: 😭😭😭
      5: also my express is no longer labeled as the
      2007
      1: oh wow r.i.p cortlandt
      2: its completely gone?
      3: yes
      1: nooo
      2: you dumb people! Just restore it.
      1: now it got destroyed 😭😭😭
      2008
      MTA: cortlandt street will begin rebuilding but not until 2015
      1: yay
      9: i wish i saw that
      2010
      W: bye
      V: bye
      Everyone else: bye V and W!
      2016
      W: i am back
      MTA: you sure are
      2018
      MTA: cortlandt street is back!
      1: WTC-Cortlandt? WTF is that?
      2: its cortlandt street
      1: oh 😒😒

    • @rahmel2009
      @rahmel2009 5 лет назад

      2010:
      MTA:The Q will go to Astoria
      Q:Yass!
      MTA:The M will replace all the V stops between Broadway Lafayette and Forest Hills, but first we need the to take an M into a makeover.
      *later*
      M:How do I look?
      MTA:Orange as a carrot!
      M:Can I see!
      M:I look like an official member to the 6th Avenue

  • @aaronmohammed727
    @aaronmohammed727 8 лет назад

    great

  • @HesJustSteven
    @HesJustSteven 10 лет назад

    FYI: before people think the (S) arent all IND/BMT, the (S) on 42nd Street is actually IRT the other two (S), Franklin Avenue is BMT and Rockaway Park, which was left is IND

    • @TheRailShooter
      @TheRailShooter 9 лет назад

      the roc kaway and Franklin are BMT not ind

    • @HesJustSteven
      @HesJustSteven 9 лет назад

      Ery RBX​ no they're not, look at the trackage, the Franklin runs on the BMT Franklin Avenue line and the Rockaway runs on some IND Rockaway trackage, either you didnt know that or you need to reread what I wrote

    • @TheRailShooter
      @TheRailShooter 9 лет назад

      Steven Francis
      i did know franklin avenue ran BMT..

    • @HesJustSteven
      @HesJustSteven 9 лет назад

      Ery RBX yeah, just Rockaway runs IND

    • @TheRailShooter
      @TheRailShooter 9 лет назад

      Steven Francis
      with the A

  • @tonyvaldes8352
    @tonyvaldes8352 2 года назад +1

    I was new in the city and took the wrong train.Had to walk for miles as I got off.

  • @Alexandraofficialproductions
    @Alexandraofficialproductions Год назад +2

    They forgot the W once

    • @rahmel2009
      @rahmel2009 Год назад

      this was made a bit after it was discontinued in 2010, it did not return until 2016.

  • @jeffthemetsguy5638
    @jeffthemetsguy5638 3 года назад +1

    "That's why you'll never see a numbered train next to a lettered train"
    Times square 42nd Avenue and 168th street

  • @BJMediaTransit8516
    @BJMediaTransit8516 9 лет назад +1

    People have been seeing R188 cars at the 18th Avenue (N) Train Station.

    • @BJMediaTransit8516
      @BJMediaTransit8516 9 лет назад

      That station is an Open-Cut Station.

    • @BJMediaTransit8516
      @BJMediaTransit8516 9 лет назад

      Nick Jablonski 18th Avenue is a local station on the BMT Sea Beach Line of the New York City Subway, located in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn at the intersection of 18th Avenue and 64th Street. It is served by the N train at all times.
      This open cut station, opened on June 22, 1915, has four tracks and two side platforms. The two center express tracks are not normally used. The Coney Island-bound track has been disconnected from the line and the Manhattan-bound track is signaled for trains in both directions. Both platforms are made of concrete and carved in the Earth's crust. The rectangular columns are painted light blue while the platform walls are painted beige.
      This station has two fare control areas, one at each end of the platforms. The full-time side is at the east (railroad south) end. A single staircase from each platform goes up to a metal crossover, where a short staircase goes up to a set of doors that lead to the station house's waiting area. A turnstile bank provides access to and from the station. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and doors leading to the west side of 18th Avenue between 63rd and 64th Streets. The station house is shared with several businesses.
      On the west (railroad north) end of the station, one staircase from each platform goes up to a metal crossover, where a set of doors lead to an un-staffed station house with one exit only turnstile and one High Entry/Exit Turnstile providing access to and from the station. The doors lead to the west side of 17th Avenue between 63rd and 64th Streets.
      This station was renovated with cream colored tiles and a light blue and red trim line.
      This station, along with eight others along the Sea Beach Line, is scheduled for a rehabilitation starting in 2015.[2]
      Station layout[edit]
      G Street Level Entrances/Exits
      M Station house to entrances/exits, station agent, MetroCard vending machines
      P
      Platform level Side platform, doors will open on the right
      Northbound local ← toward Astoria - Ditmars Boulevard (New Utrecht Avenue)
      Northbound express ← Trackbed
      Southbound express → No regular service
      Southbound local → toward Coney Island - Stillwell Avenue (20th Avenue) →
      Side platform, doors will open on the right

    • @BJMediaTransit8516
      @BJMediaTransit8516 9 лет назад

      Nick Jablonski Address 18th Avenue & 64th Street
      Brooklyn, NY 11204
      Borough Brooklyn
      Locale Bensonhurst, Mapleton
      Coordinates 40°37′12.07″N 73°59′22.00″WCoordinates: 40°37′12.07″N 73°59′22.00″W
      Division B (BMT)
      Line BMT Sea Beach Line
      Services N (all times)
      Connection
      New York City Bus: B8
      Structure Open-cut
      Platforms 2 side platforms
      Tracks 4 (2 in regular service)
      Other information
      Opened June 22, 1915 (99 years ago)
      Traffic
      Passengers (2013) 1,641,928[1] 9.7%
      Rank 280 out of 421
      Station succession
      Next north New Utrecht Avenue: N
      Next south 20th Avenue: N

    • @BJMediaTransit8516
      @BJMediaTransit8516 9 лет назад

      Here is some information about the 18th Avenue (N) Train Station.

    • @blue9multimediagroup
      @blue9multimediagroup 4 года назад

      Non revenue moves to the from Coney island

  • @Robot-fi6gs
    @Robot-fi6gs 3 года назад

    Can you turn the m train brown again

  • @QuarioQuario54321
    @QuarioQuario54321 7 лет назад +1

    The only chance for there being the opposite size at a platform is if 7 trains are rerouted via the W line.

    • @blue9multimediagroup
      @blue9multimediagroup 4 года назад

      You forgot 207th St.....

    • @iNevaan
      @iNevaan 2 года назад

      @@blue9multimediagroup 207 Yard is not a station...

  • @enochfrank8270
    @enochfrank8270 9 лет назад

    I like the music

  • @commonsense6512
    @commonsense6512 6 лет назад

    Does anybody know the difference between the IRT, BMT and IND?

    • @aquatic5203
      @aquatic5203 6 лет назад

      common sense
      IRT is the original Underground Subway in NYC, and it’s just the Number Lines 1,2,3,4,5,6,7
      BMT Original Elevated/Subway in Brooklyn
      J,L,Z,N,Q,R,W, and the Future Second Ave Subway (T)
      IND Subway build by the City not a private Company, mostly underground Prior to Unification with the BMT and IND to form the Subway we know and New Yorkers Loth,
      It’s the A,B,C,D,E,F,G and the M Train as it runs on and IND Trunk Line not with the J,Z before 2010
      All you really need to know is
      Color
      Number/Letter
      North/Southbound,
      Local/Express
      And the Amount of Transfers if any and done

  • @myratorres724
    @myratorres724 2 года назад

    Make brown v plz from middle village to 86 st via lcl

  • @UtimateGearsPlayer
    @UtimateGearsPlayer 3 месяца назад

    “Stand clear of the closing doors please”

  • @whyiseverythingcake9488
    @whyiseverythingcake9488 5 лет назад +1

    This made me even more confused, there’s other lines for the whole NYC subway.

  • @quinlanwconley4010
    @quinlanwconley4010 5 лет назад

    42 street grand central is midtown but I see what you’re saying the other 2 shuttles