BMT Canarsie Line - Chaining Information

Chaining Information

  • The entire line is chained BMT Q. This has no relation whatever to lettered train service that operates on the line, which is designated L.
  • The tracks on the line are Q1 towards Canarsie and Q2 towards Manhattan.
  • Chaining zero is BMT Q, now located at the compass western end of the line at Eighth Avenue and 14th Street in Manhattan. The entire Canarsie Line is coextensive with chaining letter BMT Q and this chaining letter is used for no other line.
  • Railroad north on this line is towards Manhattan, and corresponds roughly to a northwesterly to westerly compass direction.

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