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IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/IRT_(Interborough_Rapid_Transit)
GPTKB entity
Statements (36)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
defunct rapid transit company
gptkbp:abbreviation
gptkb:IRT
gptkbp:ceased_operations
1940
gptkbp:fate
acquired by City of New York
gptkbp:founded
1902
gptkbp:fullName
gptkb:Interborough_Rapid_Transit_Company
gptkbp:gauge
standard gauge
gptkbp:headquarters
gptkb:New_York_City
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit)
gptkbp:legacy
gptkb:IRT_division_of_NYC_Subway
gptkbp:location
gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:notableEvent
first subway line opened in 1904
integration into city system in 1940
subway expansion in early 20th century
gptkbp:notableFor
gptkb:IRT_Broadway–Seventh_Avenue_Line
gptkb:IRT_Flushing_Line
gptkb:IRT_Lexington_Avenue_Line
gptkb:IRT_Dyre_Avenue_Line
gptkb:IRT_Eastern_Parkway_Line
gptkb:IRT_New_Lots_Line
gptkb:IRT_Pelham_Line
gptkb:IRT_Jerome_Avenue_Line
gptkb:IRT_White_Plains_Road_Line
gptkb:IRT_Nostrand_Avenue_Line
gptkbp:operates
gptkb:New_York_City_Subway_lines
gptkbp:parentCompany
gptkb:Interborough_Metropolitan_Company
gptkbp:servesArea
gptkb:Brooklyn
gptkb:Manhattan
gptkb:Queens
gptkb:The_Bronx
gptkbp:successor
gptkb:New_York_City_Board_of_Transportation
gptkb:New_York_City_Transit_Authority
gptkbp:type
subway operator
elevated railway operator
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:74th_Street–Broadway_subway_station
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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