![]() ![]() These tracks connect to the Montague Street Tunnel, currently used by the (R) train.Ī screenshot from Vanshnookenraggen’s Subway Track Map In fact, standing at the southern end of the station, it is clear to see that the tracks continue into a tunnel. This is because Broad St was not always a terminal station. The layout of the station is unusual for a terminal, with two side platforms that don’t connect at platform level, rather than an island platform (a single platform in between two tracks), or a U shaped station with the platforms connected at one end and the tracks in the middle. The station sits just south of Wall Street, adjacent to Federal Hall and the New York Stock Exchange. This station is one of the few stations in the system named for the street along which the subway runs, as opposed to a perpendicular street that the subway crosses. The line starts at Broad St, in the Financial District of Manhattan. Read the Introduction on the home page for some relevant background and important information Four of the thirty sharpest curves in the entire system lie along this route. The longest continually served station in the city lies along this route. As you travel from Broad Street to Jamaica Center, you travel over both the oldest and newest pieces of elevated track in the entire system. As puts it, “the Broadway Elevated Line is a study in contrasts”. It is the descendent of the Broadway El Line, built in stages by the Brooklyn Elevated Railroad, the Union Elevated Railroad, the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation, and the Independent Subway. The Jamaica Line is the longest elevated line in the system. He writes and speaks about transit, and he is building Transit Standards to make transit as easy as driving.The BMT Jamaica Line is the MTA’s name for the tracks of the (J), (Z), and part of the (M) services, colored brown on the map. He advises agencies, officials, and policymakers based on his proven ability to lead complex projects and deliver results in demanding corporate and public-sector venues. He established the PATH Riders Council, built a new model for constructive collaboration with the Port Authority of NY & NJ, and created the New York & New Jersey Subway Map used by tens of thousands of riders to seamlessly navigate the entire metro area. Stewart Mader brings new thinking and nearly two decades of experience in design, digital strategy, and communications to his work transforming transit. Endorsed by current and former mayors of Hoboken, NJ and Jersey City, NJ.Review: Subway NY NJ by Stewart Mader – Transit Maps. ![]() Should the PATH be on the MTA’s subway map? – Transitism.Should the NYC subway map include N.J.? This man thinks so, and he’s not alone –. ![]()
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