Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Interborough_Rapid_Transit_Company_(IRT)
GPTKB entity
Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf defunct company
public transit operator
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:IRT
gptkbp:acquiredBy gptkb:City_of_New_York
gptkbp:businessModel rapid transit
gptkbp:category Defunct companies based in New York City
Railway companies disestablished in 1940
Railway companies established in 1902
gptkbp:ceased_operations 1940
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dissolved 1940
gptkbp:founded 1902
gptkbp:founder gptkb:August_Belmont_Jr.
gptkbp:headquarters_location gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:historicalSignificance first operator of New York City Subway
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT)
gptkbp:industry gptkb:transportation
gptkbp:legacy IRT lines still in use as part of NYC Subway
gptkbp:location gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:notable_executive gptkb:William_Barclay_Parsons
gptkb:John_B._McDonald
gptkb:August_Belmont_Jr.
gptkbp:notableEvent opened first subway line in 1904
subway system municipalized in 1940
gptkbp:notableProject 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
gptkbp:operates gptkb:New_York_City_Subway
1904
streetcar lines
elevated railways
subway lines
Manhattan elevated railways
gptkbp:parentCompany gptkb:Interborough_Metropolitan_Company
gptkbp:relatedOrganization gptkb:Independent_Subway_System_(IND)
Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT)
gptkbp:servesArea gptkb:Brooklyn
gptkb:Manhattan
gptkb:Queens
gptkb:The_Bronx
gptkbp:successor gptkb:New_York_City_Board_of_Transportation
gptkbp:trackGauge standard gauge
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Flushing_Line
gptkb:IRT_Dyre_Avenue_Line
gptkb:IRT_White_Plains_Road_Line
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7