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New York’s vast subway system consists of 460 stations along 660 miles of track. The Interborough Rapid Transit first opened in 1904 as a solution to the city’s massive surface traffic jams. The 1 Broadway–Seventh Avenue Local runs from South Ferry to Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx..

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Information on the official Metropolitan Transit Authority website
Everything about rapid transit is on nycsubway.org
An animated map showing the growing web of subway lines

How to build the IRT Subway Train Order the postcard