Though they were officially one entity on paper, the physical integrations between the former IRT - today’s numbered lines - and the BMT and IND - today’s lettered lines - progressed slowly through the mid-1960s. In 1940, all three companies were unified under City control. New York’s subway system was originally three separate companies: the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Company (BMT), and the City-owned Independent Subway System (IND).
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