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New Lots Line 
The 2, 3, 4 and 5 trains serve the entire IRT New Lots Line.Overview Type Rapid transit System New York City Subway Status Operating Locale Brooklyn Stations 7 Operation Opened 1920-1922 Owner City of New York Operator(s) New York City Transit Authority Character Elevated Technical No. of tracks 2-3 Track gauge 1,435mm (4ft 8½ inches) Electrification 600V DC third rail 
Crossing over BMT Canarsie line
The New Lots Line or Livonia Avenue Line is one of the lines of the IRT division of the New York City Subway, consisting of an elevated structure that begins just east of Crown Heights – Utica Avenue, and continuing to New Lots Avenue in New Lots, Brooklyn.[1][2][3]
The line includes an unused trackway in the middle for a third track. On the roof of the mezzanines at each station are cross ties but no rails. In some areas the space is used for mechanical and signal rooms. A track only exists in the middle at Junius Street, where it crosses the southbound track at grade towards the Linden Shops. This un-electrified track is one of only two connections to the national rail system. (The BMT West End Line is the other.) The Linden Shops are connected to the Long Island Rail Road and from there the rest of the nation rail system. There are plans to renovate the elevated part, including new mezzanines and stairs.
History
This line was built as a part of the Dual Contracts. The 2 and 3 trains kept on switching their southern terminals until 1983, when the 2 went to Flatbush Avenue and the 3 went to New Lots Avenue. Some 2, 4, and 5 trains use this line during rush hours, and the 4 runs this line late nights replacing the 3.
Station listing
Station service legend 
Stops all times except late nights 
Stops late nights only 
Stops rush hours only Time period details 
Station Services Opened Transfers and notes Begins as continuation of IRT Eastern Parkway Line (2 
3 
4 
5 )Sutter Avenue – Rutland Road 2 3 4 5 December 24, 1920 Saratoga Avenue 2 3 4 5 December 24, 1920 Rockaway Avenue 2 3 4 5 December 24, 1920 Junius Street 2 3 4 5 December 24, 1920 connecting track to Linden Shops (non-electrified) Pennsylvania Avenue 2 3 4 5 December 24, 1920 Van Siclen Avenue 2 3 4 5 October 16, 1922 New Lots Avenue 2 3 4 5 October 16, 1922 Terminal
B15 bus to JFK AirportConnecting tracks to Livonia Yard References
- ^ Metropolitan Transportation Authority, 2005 Adopted Budget - February Financial Plan 2005–2008, Section VII: MTA Capital Program InformationPDF (91.7 KiB): shows Utica Avenue on "EPK" and Sutter Avenue on "NLT"
- ^ Metropolitan Transportation Authority, 2005 Final Proposed Budget - November Financial Plan 2005–2008, Section VI: MTA Capital Program InformationPDF (1.02 MiB): "Sutter Avenue Portal to end"
- ^ In a 1981 list of "most deteriorated subway stations", the MTA listed Borough Hall and Court Street stations as part of the New Lots Line:
New York Times, Agency Lists Its 69 Most Deteriorated Subway Stations, June 11, 1981, section B, page 5
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DivisionBMTManhattan/QueensEastern divisionSouthern divisionFormerManhattan/BronxBrooklyn/QueensFutureSecond AvenueFormerConnections Purpose-BuiltChrystie Street (BMT/IND) · 60th Street (BMT/IND) · 63rd Street lines (BMT/IND) · Astoria / Flushing lines (BMT/IRT) · Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue station (BMT/IND)Yards207th Street Yard (IND/IRT) · Coney Island Complex (BMT/IND) · Concourse Yard (IND/IRT) · Linden Shops (BMT/IRT/LIRR)OtherLines with colors next to them are trunk lines; trunk lines determine the color of New York City Subway service bullets. A dark gray color indicates a shuttle.
Note that this is a list of New York City Subway lines, not services.Categories:- New York City Subway lines
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