BMT West End Line

BMT West End Line
The D train serves the entire BMT West End Line at all times.
Overview
Owner	City of New York
Termini	Ninth Avenue Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue
Stations	13
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	New York City Subway
Operator(s)	New York City Transit Authority
Daily ridership	46,068[1]
History
Opened	1916–1917
Technical
Line length	4.5 miles (7.2 km)[2]
Number of tracks	3–6
Character	Open Cut (Ninth Avenue only) /Surface along Coney Island Yard/ Elevated
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	600 V DC third rail
Route map Legend South Brooklyn Railway Fourth Avenue Line 5th Avenue El 36th–38th Street Yard Ninth Avenue (lower level abandoned) Culver Line Fort Hamilton Parkway 50th Street 55th Street 62nd Street (Sea Beach Line) 71st Street 79th Street 18th Avenue 20th Avenue Bay Parkway 25th Avenue Bay 50th Street Coney Island Complex Stillwell Avenue Yard Sea Beach Line Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue Brighton and Culver Lines This diagram: view talk edit

The BMT West End Line is a line of the New York City Subway, serving the Brooklyn communities of Sunset Park, Borough Park, New Utrecht, Bensonhurst, Bath Beach and Coney Island. The D train operates local on the entire line at all times. Although there is a center express track and three express stations along the line, there is no regular express service.

The elevated line, originally mapped as the New Utrecht Avenue Line (though the common name prevailed after construction), replaced the surface West End Line.^[3]