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The W Broadway Local was a rapid transit service of the New York City Subway's B Division that ran from July 21, 2001 to June 25, 2010. Its route emblem, or "bullet", was colored since it used the BMT Broadway Line in Manhattan. In addition to the Broadway Line, the W served the BMT Astoria Line in Queens and used the 60th Street Tunnel to travel under the East River between Queens and Manhattan during its nine-year history.〔MTA New York City Transit, (W Broadway Local )〕 It also ran in Brooklyn until 2004, serving the BMT Fourth Avenue and West End lines. == Service history == The W was introduced on July 22, 2001 when the Manhattan Bridge north tracks were closed for reconstruction. The had run full-time from Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue to Manhattan via the BMT West End Line and Manhattan Bridge north tracks onto the IND Sixth Avenue Line, but had to be split as a result of the reconstruction project. A similar split had been made from 1986 to 1988, when a part-time orange diamond B only ran north of 34th Street. Meanwhile, a full-time (though only in Brooklyn at nights) yellow B ran from Coney Island across the south side of the bridge and up the BMT Broadway Line into Queens. This old pattern was effectively restored in 2001, but instead of having two "B" services, the Brooklyn service became the W. This route began at Coney Island and ran up the West End Line (local), BMT Fourth Avenue Line (express), Manhattan Bridge south tracks, Broadway Line (express, switching to local for 49th Street), and BMT Astoria Line (express during rush hours in the peak direction) to Astoria – Ditmars Boulevard. Evening service ended at 57th Street in Manhattan (using the express tracks and bypassing 49th Street), late night service at 36th Street in Brooklyn, and weekend service at Atlantic Avenue – Pacific Street in Brooklyn. After September 11, 2001, service was suspended and W trains ran at all times between Ditmars Boulevard and Coney Island. It made all stops except in Brooklyn north of 36th Street. During late nights, it ran in two sections, between Ditmars Boulevard and 34th Street (skipping 49th Street northbound) and in Brooklyn between 36th Street and Coney Island. Normal service on both trains resumed on October 28, 2001. The Astoria express service, being unpopular with residents, was discontinued on January 15, 2002. Around that time, evening service was extended from 57th Street to Astoria.〔New York City Transit Authority, (W Line ) from July 28, 2002, via the Internet Archive〕 When Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue was closed for reconstruction, the W became a full-time Coney Island–Astoria service. Late night and weekend service was sent via the Montague Street Tunnel and the local tracks of the Fourth Avenue and Broadway Lines; the ran only in Brooklyn at those times.〔http://web.archive.org/web/20031204032030/http://www.mta.info/nyct/service/pdf/twcur.pdf〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=NYCT Line by Line History )〕 When all four tracks on the Manhattan Bridge were restored to service on February 22, 2004, the W was changed to its final service pattern, running weekdays only from 7:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. (7:00 to 21:30) as an entirely local service between Ditmars Boulevard and Whitehall Street – South Ferry, Lower Manhattan. The Brooklyn portion was replaced by the , which was extended over the north side of the bridge and down the West End Line.〔 The first three W trains of the day, however, entered service at 86th Street in Gravesend, Brooklyn and the last three trains of the night continued in service to Kings Highway. These trips ran local in Brooklyn via the Montague Street Tunnel, BMT Fourth Avenue and Sea Beach lines.〔A search using the MTA's (trip planner ) using "Whitehall Street" and "Kings Highway" as stations and setting the time to the appropriate hour (6:00 am into Manhattan; 9:00pm out of Manhattan) turned out results that showed the W as a possible travel option. Clicking the departure time also showed two additional times.〕 On July 27, 2008, the W was extended to run until 11:00 p.m.〔()〕 On March 24, 2010 the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced the elimination of the W due to financial shortfalls with the and replacing it. The W ceased operation on Friday, June 25, 2010, along with the , with the last train bound for Astoria – Ditmars Boulevard leaving Whitehall Street – South Ferry at 10:50 p.m.〔 In July 2015, the MTA confirmed that it was considering restoring the W train in its 2004-2010 format in order to maintain service levels on the BMT Astoria Line in Queens once the Q train is rerouted from the Astoria Line to the Second Avenue Line in Manhattan's Upper East Side. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「W (New York City Subway service)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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