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A Division (New York City Subway)

The A Division, also known as the IRT Division,[2] is a division of the New York City Subway, consisting of the lines operated with services designated by numbers (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) and the 42nd Street Shuttle.[3] These lines and services were operated by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company before the 1940 city takeover. A Division cars are narrower, shorter, and lighter than those of the B Division, measuring 8.6 by 51 feet (2.62 by 15.54 m).[4][5]

A Division

4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge

147.25 ft (44.88 m)[1]

  (S all except late nights train)

IRT 42nd Street Shuttle

  (1 all times ​2 all times ​3 all times trains)

IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line

(5 all times train)

IRT Dyre Avenue Line

(2 all times ​3 all except late nights ​4 all times ​5 weekdays only trains)

IRT Eastern Parkway Line

  (7 all times <7> rush hours until 9:30 p.m., peak direction​ trains)

IRT Flushing Line

(4 all times ​5 all except late nights trains)

IRT Jerome Avenue Line

(2 all times ​3 all times trains)

IRT Lenox Avenue Line

  (4 all times ​5 all times except late nights ​6 all times <6> weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction trains)

IRT Lexington Avenue Line

(2 limited rush hour service in the reverse-peak direction ​3 all except late nights ​4 late nights, and limited rush hour service in the peak direction ​5 limited a.m. rush hour service in the northbound direction only trains)

IRT New Lots Line

(2 all times ​5 weekdays only trains)

IRT Nostrand Avenue Line

(6 all times <6> weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction​ trains)

IRT Pelham Line

(2 all times ​5 all times trains)

IRT White Plains Road Line

The following lines are part of the A Division (services shown in parentheses; lines with colors next to them are trunk lines):

B Division (New York City Subway)

Interborough Rapid Transit Company

New York City Subway