Editing 60th Street Tunnel Connection (section)

== History ==
The connection opened on December 1, 1955,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fg4KAQAAMAAJ&q=1977|title=A History of the New York City Subway System|last1=Cunningham|first1=Joseph|last2=DeHart|first2=Leonard O.|date=1993-01-01|publisher=J. Schmidt, R. Giglio, and K. Lang|language=en}}</ref> and permitted BMT trains from Brooklyn to use the IND Queens Boulevard Line; the first service to do so was the ''Brighton Beach Local via Tunnel'' ([[1 (BMT)|1]], now [[Q (New York City Subway service)|Q]]).<ref>{{cite news |title=Straphangers Sit As Tunnel Opens |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0613FB345E1A7493C0A91789D95F418585F9 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=December 2, 1955 |page=29 |access-date=February 13, 2010}}</ref> This connection allowed for an increase of 20 trains per hour on Queens Boulevard.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mTMxAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Queens+Line%22|title=Proceedings|date=1948|publisher=New York (N Y. ) Board of Transportation|pages=1198|language=en}}</ref> Unlike the later [[Chrystie Street Connection]], this was of the nature of a [[trackage rights]] operation, without the mixing of BMT and IND equipment or crews, as opposed to a true operating integration.

===Service history===
The first service to use the connection was the daytime [[1 (BMT)|1]] local via [[Montague Street Tunnel]], which became the [[QT (New York City Subway service)|QT]] in the early 1960s. The QT was rerouted to [[Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard (BMT Astoria Line)|Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard]] on January 1, 1961, and the [[RR (New York City Subway service)|RR]] was sent through the connection during daytime hours. The [[EE (Broadway Local)|EE]] was created on November 26, 1967, when the [[Chrystie Street Connection]] opened and the RR moved back to Astoria. On August 27, 1976, the [[N (New York City Subway service)|N]] was extended through the connection, absorbing the EE; this change sent late night and weekend trains through the tunnel for the first time. The N and [[R (New York City Subway service)|R]] were swapped in Queens on May 24, 1987, taking the R through the connection in a move that reassigned a former BMT route (the R) to the IND's Jamaica Yard (it had heretofore used the Coney Island Yard).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.subwaynut.com/brochures/nrswitch/index.html|title=Announcing Service Changes on the N and R Routes Advertising Supplement to The New York Times, The New York Daily News, and Newsday, © 1987 New York City Transit Authority|author=New York City Transit Authority|work=Subway Nut|access-date=March 27, 2007|archive-date=August 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819105802/http://www.subwaynut.com/brochures/nrswitch/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Late night service was later truncated to [[36th Street (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)|36th Street]] in Brooklyn,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.subwaynut.com/brochures/1990servicechanges.pdf|title=Service Changes September 30, 1990|date=September 30, 1990|website=subwaynut.com|publisher=New York City Transit Authority|access-date=May 1, 2016|archive-date=October 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026015324/http://www.subwaynut.com/brochures/1990servicechanges.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> then later extended to [[Whitehall Street (BMT Broadway Line)|Whitehall Street]] in Manhattan.<ref>*{{Cite web|url=https://progressiveaction.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/sub-division-b-general-distribution-fall-2016-wp-book.pdf|title=SUB-DIVISION B TRAIN OPERATOR/CONDUCTOR ROAD & NON-ROAD WORK PROGRAMS IN EFFECT: NOVEMBER 6, 2016|date=July 29, 2016|website=progressiveaction.info|publisher=New York City Transit|access-date=August 19, 2016}}
*{{Cite web |url=http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/pdf/160620_1000_Transit&BUS.pdf |title=Transit & Bus Committee Meeting June 2016 |date=June 17, 2016 |website=www.mta.info |publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority |access-date=June 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807195510/http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/pdf/160620_1000_Transit%26BUS.pdf |archive-date=2016-08-07 |url-status=dead }}
*{{Cite web|url=http://pix11.com/2016/10/23/mta-flyers-spotted-for-w-trains-return-in-november/|title=MTA flyers spotted for W train's return in November|last=Lam|first=Katherine|date=October 23, 2016|publisher=PIX11|access-date=October 24, 2016}}
*{{cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/nqrw/|title=New NQRW Service|date=October 2016|website=mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=October 26, 2016}}</ref> The connection is not being used during late nights {{as of|2022|May|lc=y}}.<ref>{{NYCS const|serviceguide}}</ref>