1 (New York City Subway service)
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The 1 Broadway–Seventh Avenue Local is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored red on station signs, the New York City Subway map and on rollsigns on most IRT rolling stock equipment because it represents service provided on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line, which it follows for its entire route. (For more information on the line, including history, see that article.) 1 trains operate between Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street, the Bronx and South Ferry, Manhattan at all times and operates local.
The 1's rolling stock fleet consists of R62A train sets.
The 1 train uses the following lines:
| Line | Tracks | Time |
|---|---|---|
| IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line from 242nd Street to 225th Street | local | all times |
| Broadway Bridge | local | all times |
| IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line from 215th Street to Chambers Street | local | all times |
| IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line from Chambers Street to South Ferry | N/A | all times |
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[edit] Service history
After September 11, 2001, 1 trains had to be rerouted since the IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line ran directly under the World Trade Center and was heavily damaged in the collapse of the South Tower. It ran only between 242nd Street and 14th Street, running local north of and express south of 96th Street; the 9 train and skip-stop service were suspended at this time. On September 19, after a few switching delays at 96th Street, service was changed. 1 trains made all local stops from 242nd Street to New Lots Avenue via the Clark Street Tunnel and IRT Eastern Parkway Line, to replace 3 trains, which terminated at 14th Street. On September 15, 2002, 1 trains returned to South Ferry and the skip-stop service was restored.
[edit] Skip-stop service
The 1/9 skip-stop service was introduced on August 26, 1989 to meet demands for more frequent service. At first, almost every station between 242nd Street in the Bronx and 137th Street in Manhattan were skipped. However, as time passed, many skipped stations became more utilized and were no longer skipped. Popularity and use rose to where the skip-stop service saved little or no time at all. By 1995, 1 trains only skipped three stops while 9 trains only skipped four. In early 2005, it was announced that the skip-stop service would be discontinued, and the 9 train made its final run on May 27.
At the end of the 9, skip-stop service assigned the following stations to the 1 only:
- 238th Street
- 215th Street
- Dyckman Street
- 157th Street
and the following stations to the 9 only:
- Marble Hill–225th Street
- 207th Street
- 145th Street
[edit] Stations
| Station service legend | |
|---|---|
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Stops all times |
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Station closed |
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[edit] External links
- MTA NYC Transit - 1 Broadway-Seventh Avenue Local
- MTA NYC Transit - 1 schedulePDF (209 KiB)
- MTA NYC Transit - 9 Broadway-Seventh Avenue Local (on the Internet Archive)
