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WikiProject New York City Subway is a project to better organize information in articles related to the New York City Subway. This page and its subpages contain the suggestions and opinions of interested contributors; it is hoped that this project will help to focus and coordinate the efforts of all.

To help, please inquire on the discussion page.

Scope

This WikiProject aims primarily to coordinate, organize and develop all Misplaced Pages activities concerning the New York City Subway. Specifically, it deals with everything on rails under the banner of MTA New York City Transit, including the Staten Island Railway and all subway stations, from the beginning of service to the present day. It also may include connecting services such as Metro-North Railroad and various ferries.

Parentage

The parents of this WikiProject are WikiProject New York City and WikiProject Trains.

Descendant WikiProjects

No descendant WikiProjects have so far been defined.


Similar WikiProjects

Other WikiProjects covering individual cities can be a good source of mutual inspiration:

See WikiProject New York City for other city-related WikiProjects, most of which include subway systems.

Participants

Active

Members who have been recently active in editing New York City Subway articles.

Inactive

Members who have not been recently active in editing New York City Subway articles. They may, however, be currently active in other areas of Misplaced Pages.

Structure

Naming conventions

For subway stations, use <Station Name> (<Division Name> <Line Name>). The most commonly-used form of each station name should be used. This will usually be the name on maps or schedules (except under exceptional circumstances, which should be discussed on this project's talk page). Numbered streets should be written with their ordinal adjective (e.g., "59th Street"); numbers ten or below should be written out (e.g., "Third Avenue"). Station names can be retrieved in route schedules. (CAUTION: These names may not be the most commonly-used. Use with discretion.) Where needed, redirects should be placed. In most multi-line stations, each line will have its own article for that station. In some cases, where there is much to say about the complex as a whole, only one article will be written for the complex and all its individual stations; naming for those articles is usually <Station Name> (New York City Subway) (e.g., Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue (New York City Subway)). Articles about subway railyards are simply of the form <Yard Name>.

Hierarchy definition

No classification of this project has been defined.

Goals

  1. Standardization and improvement of articles relating to the Subway.
  2. A complete history of the Subway.

Stubs relating to the Subway can be found in Category:New York City Subway stubs.

General strategy and discussion forums

Station infoboxes

To use the standard infobox used for New York City Subway station articles, simply call the template {{Infobox NYCS}}, with the appropriate parameters. A brief, concise list of these parameters follows; for complete documentation, see the infobox talk page.

Fields marked with an asterisk are optional. This does not mean that they can be included/excluded at will, but only that they may be excluded without breaking the infobox.

Parameter Description
name* Station name.
accessible* Indicates station accessibility.
image* Appropriate image file.
font_color* Font color of text in "Station information" banner.
bg_color Background color in "Station information" banner.
font_color_2* Font color of text in "Other" banner.
bg_color_2* Background color in "Other" banner.
line Name of subway line.
line_2* Name of second subway line.
service Template describing services (without "NYCS" prefix).
service_custom* Custom field for service information, if necessary.
platforms Number and type of platforms.
tracks Number of tracks.
borough* Borough in which station is located.
transfer_station* Station to which a free transfer can be made.
transfer_service* Template describing services at transfer station (without "NYCS" prefix).
transfer_line* Line of transfer station.
transfer_custom* Custom field for transfer station, if necessary.
transfer_station_2* Second station to which a free transfer can be made.
transfer_service_2* Template describing services at second transfer station (without "NYCS" prefix).
transfer_line_2* Line of second transfer station.
transfer_custom_2* Custom field for second transfer station, if necessary.
transfer_station_3* Third station to which a free transfer can be made.
transfer_service_3* Template describing services at third transfer station (without "NYCS" prefix).
transfer_line_3* Line of third transfer station.
transfer_custom_3* Custom field for third transfer station, if necessary.
connection* Connection to commuter rail/airport bus service.
connection_2* Second connection to commuter rail/airport bus service.
open_date Date of station opening.
Local station
north_station* The next station north.
north_line* Line of the next station north.
north_service* Template describing services that travel between current station and the next station north.
south_station* The next station south.
south_line* Line of the next station south.
south_service* Template describing services that travel between current station and the next station south.
Express station
north_line* Line of the next local and express station north.
north_local_station* Next local station north.
north_local_service* Template describing services that travel between current station and the next local station north.
north_express_station* Next express station north.
north_express_service* Template describing express' services that travel between current station and the next express station north.
south_line* Line of the next local and express station south.
south_local_station* Next local station south.
south_local_service* Template describing services that travel between current station and the next local station south.
south_express_station* Next express station south.
south_express_service* Template describing express services that travel between the current station and the next express station south.
Custom north/south
north_custom_station* Full coding for one station north.
north_custom_station_2* Full coding for another station north.
north_custom_station_3* Full coding for a third station north.
south_custom_station* Full coding for one station south.
south_custom_station_2* Full coding for another station south.
south_custom_station_3* Full coding for a third station south.
New York City Subway station in Queens, New York
 Roosevelt Avenue–Jackson Heights "E" train​"F" train"F" express train​"M" train​"R" train
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Station statistics
BoroughQueens
Division
LineIND Queens Boulevard Line
Services   E  (all times)
​   F  (all times) <F>  (two rush hour trains, peak direction)
​   M  (weekdays during the day)
​   R  (all times except late nights)
TransitQ33 bus to LaGuardia Airport
Platforms2 island platforms
Tracks4
Other information
OpenedAugust 19, 1933
AccessibleThis station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ADA-accessible
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Traffic
2023
Rank out of 423
Next southLocal:
65th Street
E, ​F, ​M, and ​R
Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops in station at all times
Stops all times except late nights Stops all times except late nights
Stops late nights only Stops late nights only
Stops late nights and weekends Stops late nights and weekends only
Stops weekdays during the day Stops weekdays during the day
Stops weekends during the day Stops weekends during the day
Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction
Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction
Stops daily except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except nights and rush hours in the peak direction
Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours only
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
Station closed Station is closed
(Details about time periods)

To the right is an example of the infobox; below is the template call that produces it.

{{Infobox NYCS

| name = Roosevelt Avenue&ndash;Jackson Heights
| accessible = yes
| bg_color = #11117D
| bg_color_2 = #FF6E1A
| line = IND Queens Boulevard Line
| service = Queens
| platforms = 2 ]s
| tracks = 4
| borough = Queens
| transfer_station = 74th Street-Broadway
| transfer_line = IRT Flushing Line
| transfer_service = Flushing local
| connection = ''']''' bus to ]
| connection_2 = ''']''' bus to ]
| open_date = ], ]
| north_line = IND Queens Boulevard Line
| north_local_station = Elmhurst Avenue
| north_local_service = Queens local
| north_express_station = 71st-Continental Avenue-Forest Hills
| north_express_service = Queens express
| south_custom_station = Local:<br />]<br />{{NYCS Queens local}}
| south_custom_station_2 = Express (Queens Boulevard Line):<br />]<br />{{NYCS Queens Plaza express}}
| south_custom_station_3 = Express (63rd Street Line):<br />]<br />{{NYCS 63rd IND}}
}}

Templates

See Misplaced Pages:WikiProject New York City Subway/Line templates for templates used to display the services that operate on a line. These should be used almost every time an article refers to services. That way, if services change, only the templates have to be updated (as well as the page for the specific service and lines it operates over) so all the pages remain correct. Specifically, use the templates in the following places:

  • station listings, both in a 'services' column showing all services that stop at the station, and for transfers to other lines
  • line descriptions, when referring to another line, in most cases
  • infoboxes on station pages
  • anywhere else where it fits with the flow of the article

Other templates:

Name Example

BMT BRT IND (NYCS) IRT PATH LIRR MNRR SIRy NJT NYCS acc LIRR acc MNRR acc PATH acc NYCS navbox

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(not a template, but a relatively unknown way of typing it) 		125th Street

Pages needing attention

Misplaced Pages:Pages needing attention listings are no longer being updated. For by-topic listings of articles that need attention, see:

To flag an article for attention, add a cleanup template to the article or talk page. See Misplaced Pages:Template index/Cleanup for a listing. All previously listed articles have either been fixed or tagged.

See also the page history of Misplaced Pages:Votes for rewrite which ran from May 2002-June 2003 then was redirected to here.

  1. "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  2. ^ "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
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