BMT Broadway Line
| BMT Broadway Line | |
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Services that use the BMT Broadway Line have been colored yellow since 1979.
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| Overview | |
| Type | Rapid transit line |
| System | New York City Subway |
| Status | Operational |
| Locale | Manhattan, New York City, New York |
| Termini | east of Lexington Avenue/59th Street south of Whitehall Street–South Ferry |
| Stations | 16 |
| Services | 4 |
| Daily ridership | 748,925 |
| Operation | |
| Opened | April 9, 1917 |
| Owner | City of New York |
| Operator(s) | New York City Transit Authority |
| Character | Underground |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) |
| Electrification | 600V DC third rail |
The BMT Broadway Line is a rapid transit line of the B Division of the New York City Subway in Manhattan, New York City, United States. As of November 2016[update], it is served by four services, all colored sunflower yellow: the N Q trains on the express tracks and the R W trains on the local tracks during weekdays (the N Q trains run local during late nights, as do the R and N on weekends). The line is often referred to as the "N and R", since those were the only services on the line during the long years that the Manhattan Bridge south tracks were closed for rebuilding. The Broadway Line was built to give the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (later the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation) access to Midtown Manhattan.
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