What is Interborough Rapid Transit Company?
[[File:W58th St IRT power jeh.JPG|thumb|An outside view of the power station at 11th Avenue and West 59th Street, Manhattan.]] The '''Interborough Rapid Transit Company''' (IRT) was the first operator of the original underground [[New York City Subway]] line that opened in 1904, as well as other earlier [[railway]]s and [[rapid transit]] lines in New York City. The company was bought by [[New York City]] in June 1940. The former IRT lines (the numbered lines in the current subway system) are now the A Division or IRT Division of the Subway. The following services are or were part of the IRT or MTA IRT Division: *Line 1: Seventh Avenue Local *Line 2: Seventh Avenue Express *Line 3: Seventh Avenue Express *Line 4: Lexington Avenue Express *Line 5: Lexington Avenue Express *Line 6: Lexington Avenue Local *Line 7: Flushing Express and Local *Line S: 42nd Street Shuttle {{multistub|US|transport}} {{NYCS-nav}}