Construction of the Second Avenue Subway
The Second Avenue Subway, a New York City Subway line that runs under Second Avenue on the East Side of Manhattan, has been proposed since 1920. The first phase of the line, consisting of three stations on the Upper East Side, started construction in 2007 and opened in 2017, ninety-seven years after the route was first proposed. Up until the 1960s, many distinct plans for the Second Avenue subway line were never carried out, though small segments were built in the 1970s as part of the Program for Action. The complex reasons for these delays are why the line is sometimes called "the line that time forgot".
The track junction with the BMT 63rd Street Line south of 72nd Street
Initial plans called for a spur from the Second Avenue Subway to Grand Central Terminal via 44th Street.
The 72nd Street station cavern in January 2012
Ceiling of the 86th Street station in December 2013
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
