New York City Subway

New York City have 24 train lines along 468 stations. The rail is owned by New York City and leased to the New York City Transit Atority, one of the oldest and most extensive public transportations systems in the world. The New York City Subway have more than 4 million travellers daily and more than 5 millions in the weekends. The New York city subway is the fourth busiest rapid system in the world after Tokyo, Moscow and Seoul. The system's stations are located in Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan. The subway have been used since 1904. All but 2 of the subway stations are served 24 hours a day. Outside Manhattan large portions of the rails are on embankments or on open cuts.

The state Long Island has a railway line included in the Manhattan maps since 1998, but have no connection what so ever to the New York City Subway system. The Long Island railway opened in 1860.

The New York City Subway service - number 7 have been called the "International Express" becuse it travel from Times Square to Flushing - Main Street in queens and have 21 stations and travel through many ethnic neighbourhoods. The 7 Flushing Local and the 7 Flusing Express are rapid transit services of the New York City Subways. The 7 service operates with 11-car trains, which is more than any other New York City Subway route. 

In 1915 the first test on the rail ran between Grand Central and Vernon Boulevard - Jackson Boulevard.

The 9-11 attacks in 2001 resulted in disruption of the lines through Lower Manhattan. Particulary the IRT Broadway - Seventh Avenue Lane that goes right below the World Trade Center Twin Towers that fell from the attacks.