1 (New York City Subway Service)
The 1 Broadway – Seventh Avenue Local is a rapid transit service of the New York City Subway. It is colored tomato red on station signs, route signs and the official subway map, since it uses the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line for its entire route.
The 1 service operates local at all times between Van Cortlandt Park – 242nd Street in Riverdale, Bronx and South Ferry in Lower Manhattan. It is the only service in the system that has elevated stations in Manhattan (125th Street and all stations north of and including Dyckman Street). It also has the longest service in Manhattan, going the furthest north at Marble Hill – 225th Street and furthest south at its terminal South Ferry.
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