Dual Contracts - IRT Lines

IRT Lines

The following lines were built under the Dual Contracts for the IRT:

  • Astoria Line and Flushing Line
  • Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line south of Times Square – 42nd Street, including the Brooklyn Branch
  • Lexington Avenue Line north of Grand Central – 42nd Street
  • Jerome Avenue Line
  • Ninth Avenue Line from 155th Street to the Jerome Avenue Line
  • Pelham Line
  • White Plains Road Line north of 177th Street (present-day Tremont Avenue)
  • Eastern Parkway Line beyond Atlantic Avenue
  • Nostrand Avenue Line
  • New Lots Line

The following lines were rebuilt with extra tracks:

  • Ninth Avenue Line from 125th Street to 155th Street (one new track)

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