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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the New York City Subway is the largest rapid transit system in the world by number of stations, with 469 stations in operation?
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To add the "Full and partial subway closures"

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Before 2011 there have been some full subway closures for NYC transit strikes (1-13 January 1966, 1-11 April 1980, 20-22 December 2005) and blackouts (9 November 1965, 13-14 July 1977, 14-16* August 2003). I think that it is necessary to add them.

  • Friday 15 August at 9:30 pm the power was restored to the entire city, but only Saturday morning 16 August around 6:00 am, the MTA resumed services throughout the City.

Deinterlining

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A section should be added on the concept of deinterlining the NYC subway. 2600:1003:B13F:7982:8400:BC6C:8046:D94C (talk) 15:04, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@2600:1003:B13F:7982:8400:BC6C:8046:D94C Thanks for your suggestion. When you believe an article needs improvement, please feel free to change it. We encourage you to be bold in updating pages, because wikis like ours develop faster when everybody edits. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes—they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. You can always preview your edits before you publish them or test them out in the sandbox. If you need additional help, check out our getting started page or ask the friendly folks at the Teahouse. Jeremyb (talk) 15:30, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
And through running and missed connections? Like the place the lines cross in East Brooklyn and there's no transfer. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 18:37, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sadly, nearly all of the sources that talk about this are blogs or other self-published sources. I would support the addition of such a section, however, if reliable sources did discuss this. – Epicgenius (talk) 01:17, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There is precedent-the 1959 switch on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line at 96th Street, but it was not discussed as such. Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 20:58, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Number of ADA stations

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@Epicgenius: It seems like we forgot to update this: As of September 2021, there were 145 ADA-accessible stations. Is there a way of having the month update with the text on Accessibility of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority? Thanks. Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 17:55, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Kew Gardens 613, I think there is already a parameter in Template:NYCS const to update the number of ADA stations. Perhaps we may need another parameter, though, for the "as of" date. Epicgenius (talk) 18:49, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes-this was about the "as of" date. Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 18:50, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I've added a parameter to {{NYCS const}} now. – Epicgenius (talk) 01:15, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]