The IND 63rd Street Line is a rapid transit line of the division of the New York City Subway system. It runs from a connection with the IND Sixth Avenue Line at 47th-50th Streets-Rockefeller Center east under the East River through the 63rd Street Tunnel to the IND Queens Boulevard Line in Queens. Crossover tracks connect it to the BMT 63rd Street Line.

Contents

1 Extent and service 2 Background 3 Station listing 4 External links

Extent and service

The IND part of the line carries service all the time, and is coded as new chaining route "T" (T1 and T2).

The two lines share only one point of contact, west of Lexington Avenue, where double crossovers allow northbound and southbound trains of either line to crossover to the other line. At Lexington Avenue, a double-decked station will allow cross-platform transfers between the two lines, similar to the arrangement at Queensboro Plaza. Trains to Queens (and later Upper Manhattan) use the upper level and trains to downtown Manhattan the lower level. Currently the BMT tracks are behind a wall on the platforms on each level, which will be removed when the tracks are active.

The 63rd Street Tunnel is a two-level tunnel, hosting the 63rd Street Line on its upper level. The lower level, currently without service, was built to carry the Long Island Rail Road's new terminal line to Grand Central Terminal.

Background

The main part of the route opened on October 29, 1989; the last bit from 21st Street to the Queens Boulevard Line opened on December 16, 2001.

Station listing

Station	Services	Opened	Transfers & Notes
Line begins as a split from the IND Queens Boulevard Line ( always, evenings, weekends and late nights, all but late nights, all but weekends and late nights)
21st Street-Queensbridge	F always	October 29, 1989
Roosevelt Island	F always	October 29, 1989
Lexington Avenue-63rd Street	F always	October 29, 1989	transfer to (BMT 63rd Street Line) MetroCard transfer to (IRT Lexington Avenue Line) MetroCard transfer to (BMT Broadway Line)
57th Street	F always	July 1, 1968
Line merges with IND Sixth Avenue Line ( morning rush hour until 21:00, always, V all but weekends and late nights)

External links

• NYCsubway.org - IND 6th Ave/63rd St Line