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This 1939 IRT map shows the extensive network of IRT subway and elevated lines: East Side and West Side subways, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, and 9th Avenue Elevated lines, and the Flushing Line. Scan thanks to Richard Ondrovic.
Many transit maps for the New York City Subway have been designed since the subway's inception in 1904. Because the subway was originally built by three separate companies, an official map for all subway lines was not created until 1940, when the three companies were consolidated under a single operator.
This StoryMap follows the evolution of the NYC transit system, emphasizing the critique of the 1972 New York Transit Authority Map
31 Ιαν 2022 · The resulting timeline gives a brief overview of the history and development of transit maps in New York City, with a specific focus on NYC subway maps (rather than trolleys, buses, etc.). As a tool, it walks viewers through both the development of the subway system in NYC, but also through the aesthetic evolutions of the rapid transit maps.
After 1913, all lines built for the IRT and most lines for the BRT were built by the city and leased to the companies. The first line of the city-owned and operated Independent Subway System (IND) opened in 1932, intended to compete with the private systems and replace some of the elevated railways.
Schematic map showing subway lines in Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn, and the Staten Island railway. Panel title. Includes text, MTA fare and service information, insets of Staten Island and “MTA bridges and tunnels,” and advertisement. “22-30-1201.”
12 Σεπ 2018 · Opened in 1904, the New York City subway is one of the world’s oldest and most complex transit systems. Designers and cartographers have publicly fought over how best to present the tangled network of underground and elevated lines (see The Great Subway Map War of 1978).
