9 (New York City Subway service)

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For the former BMT service, see BMT 9.
1989-2005 bullet
1989-2005 bullet

9 was a designation given to several IRT services of the New York City Subway.

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[edit] Dyre Avenue Line

 
9

DYRE AVE

The 9 designation was originally used for the IRT Dyre Avenue Line until it was converted to through service in 1957, though the equipment on the line did not bear numbers; it may have been used for the Dyre Avenue Shuttle, which ran nights and other times when through service did not run, after 1957. The Dyre Avenue Shuttle still runs during late night hours daily, but now carries the same number as the through service on the line, 5.the number 9 service was used in Dyre avenue line 1956-1966.The number 9 train for dyre avenue was discountined in 1966.

[edit] Skip-stop service

The 1/9 skip-stop service was formed on August 21, 1989.[1] Skip-stop service operated north of 137th Street.

Midday skip-stop service was discontinued in 1994, but remained during peak hours.[2] By this time, skip-stop service assigned the following stations to the 1 train only:

  • 238th Street
  • 215th Street
  • Dyckman Street
  • 157th Street

and the following stations to the 9 train only:

  • Marble Hill–225th Street
  • 207th Street
  • 145th Street

After September 11, 2001, 1 trains had to be rerouted since the IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line ran directly under the World Trade Center site and was heavily damaged in the collapse of the South Tower. It ran only between 242nd Street and 14th Street, running local north of and express south of 96th Street; the 9 train and skip-stop service were suspended at this time. Service was changed on September 19, after a few switching delays at 96th Street. 1 trains made all local stops from 242nd Street to New Lots Avenue via the Clark Street Tunnel and IRT Eastern Parkway Line, to replace 3 trains, which terminated at 14th Street. 1 trains returned to South Ferry and the skip-stop service was restored on September 15, 2002.[3]

The 9 train and skip-stop service was discontinued completely on May 30, 2005, including the peak hours that had continued since 1994.[4][2] The last day of #9 train on the skip-stop service was on Friday May 27,2005.

[edit] Former service information

Station service legend
Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours only
Station closed Station closed
Time period details
9 service Station Handicapped/disabled access Subway transfers Connections
The Bronx
Stops rush hours only Van Cortlandt Park-242nd Street 1
Stops rush hours only 231st Street 1
Manhattan
Stops rush hours only Marble Hill–225th Street Metro-North Railroad Hudson Line at Marble Hill
Stops rush hours only 207th Street
Stops rush hours only 191st Street 1
Stops rush hours only 181st Street 1
Stops rush hours only 168th Street 1 A C
Stops rush hours only 145th Street
Stops rush hours only 137th Street–City College 1
Stops rush hours only 125th Street 1
Stops rush hours only 116th Street–Columbia University 1 M60 bus to LaGuardia Airport
Stops rush hours only Cathedral Parkway (110th Street) 1 M60 bus to LaGuardia Airport
Stops rush hours only 103rd Street 1
Stops rush hours only 96th Street 1 2 3 (1234)
Stops rush hours only 86th Street 1
Stops rush hours only 79th Street 1
Stops rush hours only 72nd Street Handicapped/disabled access 1 2 3 (1234)
Stops rush hours only 66th Street–Lincoln Center Handicapped/disabled access 1
Stops rush hours only 59th Street–Columbus Circle 1 A B C D
Stops rush hours only 50th Street 1
Stops rush hours only Times Square–42nd Street Handicapped/disabled access 1 2 3 (1234) 7 <7> N Q R (1234) S W (123a)
(A C E at 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal)		 Port Authority Bus Terminal
Stops rush hours only 34th Street–Penn Station Handicapped/disabled access 1 2 3 (1234) Amtrak, LIRR, and NJ Transit at Pennsylvania Station
Stops rush hours only 28th Street 1
Stops rush hours only 23rd Street 1
Stops rush hours only 18th Street 1
Stops rush hours only 14th Street 1 2 3 (1234)
(F V at 14th Street, L at Sixth Avenue)		 PATH at 14th Street
Stops rush hours only Christopher Street–Sheridan Square 1 PATH at Christopher Street
Stops rush hours only Houston Street 1
Stops rush hours only Canal Street 1
Stops rush hours only Franklin Street 1
Stops rush hours only Chambers Street 1 2 3 (1234)
Station closed Cortlandt Street 1
Stops rush hours only Rector Street 1
Stops rush hours only South Ferry 1 Staten Island Ferry at South Ferry

[edit] References

  1. ^ "The New York City Transit Authority in the 1980s", nycsubway.org. 
  2. ^ a b "MTA Proposes Dropping No. 9 Train", The New York Times, January 12, 2005. 
  3. ^ "Old Service, Old Stops Restored on West Side", The New York Times, September 15, 2002. 
  4. ^ Chan, Sewell. "On Its Last Wheels, No. 9 Line Is Vanishing on Signs", The New York Times, May 25, 2005. Retrieved on 2007-09-30. 
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