The
Eighth Avenue Line is a
rapid transit line in
New York City,
United States, and is part of the
B Division of the
New York City Subway. Opened in 1932, it was the first line of the
Independent Subway System (IND), and the
Eighth Avenue Subway name was also applied by New Yorkers to the entire IND system. Most of the line has four tracks, with one local and one express track in each direction, except for the extreme north and south ends, where only the two express tracks continue. The line is
signaled as Line "A", with tracks A1, A3, A4, and A2 from west to east, running from approximately 800 at the south end to 1540 at the north end (measured in feet).