B Division (New York City Subway)とは 意味・読み方・使い方

The B Division is a division of the New York City Subway, consisting of the lines operated with services designated by letters (A, B, C, D, E, F, G, J, L, M, N, Q, R and Z), in addition to the Franklin Avenue Shuttle and Rockaway Park Shuttle. These lines and services were operated by the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation and city-owned Independent Subway System before the 1940 city takeover of the BMT. B Division cars are wider, longer, and heavier than those of the A Division, measuring 9 ft 9 in (2.97 m) by 60 or 75 ft (18.29 or 22.86 m) .