BMT Culver Line
| IND Culver Line | |
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| Overview | |
| Type | Rapid transit |
| System | New York City Subway |
| Termini | North of Jay Street–MetroTech Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue |
| Stations | 21 |
| Operation | |
| Opened | 1919–1954 |
| Owner | City of New York |
| Operator(s) | New York City Transit Authority |
| Character | Underground and elevated |
| Technical | |
| Number of tracks | 2–4 |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
| Electrification | 600 V DC third rail |
 NYC Subway Culver Viaduct Rehabilitation Project, Metropolitan Transportation Authority; January 12, 2010; 1:48 YouTube video clip |
The IND Culver Line (formerly BMT Culver Line) is a rapid transit line of the B Division of the New York City Subway, extending from Downtown Brooklyn south to Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City, United States. The line is named after Andrew Culver, who built the original Culver Line that preceded the current subway line. The local tracks of the Culver Line are served by the F service, as well as the G between Bergen Street and Church Avenue. The express tracks north of Church Avenue have not been regularly used since 1976, while the peak-direction express track between Ditmas Avenue and Avenue X has not seen regular service since 1987.
The line starts at an interlocking north of Jay Street–MetroTech, where Culver Line trains can access the IND Sixth Avenue Line or IND Eighth Avenue Line, south to Church Avenue in Kensington, the line is mostly a four-track subway, though it rises to cross over the Gowanus Canal on the only above-ground structure on the original Independent Subway System. In Kensington, a ramp allows the line to rise onto a three-track elevated structure built by the City for operation by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company as part of the Dual Contracts. When this ramp was opened in 1954, the older route from Kensington northwest to Sunset Park remained as the Culver Shuttle until it was closed in 1975. The final portion of the line in Coney Island is on the lower level of a double-decked elevated structure, with the BMT Brighton Line above.
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