5 (New York City Subway service)
The 5 Lexington Avenue Express is a rapid transit service in the A Division of the New York City Subway. Its route emblem, or "bullet", is colored forest green since it uses the IRT Lexington Avenue Line in Manhattan.
Nereid Avenue-bound 5 train of R142s leaving Gun Hill Road
The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system in the New York City boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. It is owned by the government of New York City and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, an affiliate agency of the state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Opened on October 27, 1904, the New York City Subway is one of the world's oldest public transit systems, one of the most-used, and the one with the most stations, with 472 stations in operation.
Top: A 1 train made up of ten R62A cars enters the 207th Street elevated station. Bottom: An E train made up of ten R160A cars enters the 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal station.
Image: Bombardier R62A “1” Train arriving into 207th Street November 2022
Some old pictures from the New York City Subway (1910)
The City Hall station of the IRT Lexington Avenue Line, part of the first underground line of the subway that opened on October 27, 1904
