K (Eighth Avenue Local)
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The K Eighth Avenue Local, earlier the AA, was a rapid transit service of the New York City Subway. Its route bullet was colored blue on station signs, car rollsigns, and the official subway map since
K train rollsign on a preserved R42 car at the New York Transit Museum
Sixth Avenue Subway Will Be Opened to the Public at 12:01 A.M. Sunday, Dec 15, 1940
The A Eighth Avenue Express is a rapid transit service in the B Division of the New York City Subway. Its route emblem, or "bullet", is colored blue since it is a part of the IND Eighth Avenue Line in
K (Eighth Avenue Local)
…Boulevard and Euclid Avenue, replacing the K as the local on Eighth Avenue. It was discontinued in 1988 as part of a series of major service changes. A and AA service began on September 10, 1932, with the opening of the IND Eighth Avenue Line. The Independent Subway System (IND) used single letters to…
A Manhattan-bound A train of R211As approaching 80th Street
Lefferts Boulevard-bound A shuttle train of R46s at 80th Street.
Manhattan-bound R179 A train arriving at Broad Channel
An R1-led nostalgia train celebrates the return of service to Far Rockaway in May 2013, after Hurricane Sandy damage was repaired.