D train

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The D train is a specific subway line in the New York City transit system, running through Manhattan, the Bronx, and Brooklyn.

More generally, a D train refers to any train designated by the letter D in a transit system: We took the D train to Yankee Stadium.

The phrase evokes Billy Strayhorn's jazz standard "Take the 'A' Train," making any lettered train carry a hint of mid-century New York.

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