13 (BMT rapid transit service)
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| Overview | |
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| Service type | Subway |
| Status | Discontinued |
| Locale | New York City, United States |
| First service | 1924 |
| Last service | 29 April 1956 |
| Successor | (only east of Hudson Street) |
| Former operator(s) | BMT |
| Route | |
| Start | Park Row |
| End | Lefferts Avenue – 119th Street |
13 was the BMT's designation for service on the BMT Fulton Street Line, not to be confused with today's IND Fulton Street Line, which uses a portion of the old BMT line at its east end.
When the BMT assigned numbers in 1924, 13 was assigned to trains between Park Row in Manhattan and Lefferts Avenue – 119th Street, via the Brooklyn Bridge and BMT Fulton Street Line. Service patterns were rather complicated, with the following services running:
By 1925, local morning trains were added from Grant Avenue to Fulton Ferry or Park Row. Between 1925 and 1931, afternoon rush hour service was changed to the following:
Between 1931 and 1937, local morning trains were shifted from beginning at Atlantic and Grant Avenues to beginning at Grant and Lefferts Avenues. Afternoon service became the following:
Extra service during all rush hours and Saturday mornings ran only from Lefferts Avenue to Atlantic Avenue.
Also at this time, special 14th Street-Fulton Street rush hour and Saturday morning trains were added between Lefferts Avenue and Eighth Avenue on the BMT 14th Street-Canarsie Line, switching lines at Atlantic Avenue.
Between 1937 and 1939, local morning trains were truncated at Sands Street (with some still going to Fulton Ferry).
The BMT Fulton Street Line was closed west of Rockaway Avenue on May 31, 1940, with free transfers to the IND Fulton Street Line. Service from then on was limited to trains running the remaining length, as well as 14th Street-Fulton Street trains and the new Fulton-Lexington Avenue service provided by 12 trains).
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