What Is the Interborough Express Line in NYC? – NBC New York
It's a brand new transit line that connect Brooklyn and Queens, add multiple connections to Manhattan and serve nearly 1 million people daily.
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It's a brand new transit line that connect Brooklyn and Queens, add multiple connections to Manhattan and serve nearly 1 million people daily.
The new line — dubbed the Interborough Express — would run along a 14-mile stretch of tracks between Bay Ridge and Jackson Heights that until the 1920s were used for passenger trains, but are now only used for freight rail. Transit officials estimate it would serve up to 88,000 riders per day, and would only take 40 minutes to run from end to end.
“There's economic opportunities. There's jobs," one community advocate said of an Inter-Borough Express plan that would include The Bronx.
Gov. Kathy Hochul says the 'Interborough Express' could bring a rail or bus route to transit-starved communities in Brooklyn and Queens.
The proposed Interborough Express would operate along existing freight train tracks that run through several underserved neighborhoods between Bay Ridge in Brooklyn and Jackson Heights in Queens.