List of New York City Subway services

Trains with route bullets

As of April 2013, the New York City Subway system has 24 lettered or numbered route designations.^[1]

• The 1, 6, 7, C, G, L, M and R trains are fully local, making all stops.
• The 2, 3, 4, 5, <6>, <7>, A, B, D, E, F, N and Q trains have portions of express and local service.
• The J train normally operates local, but during rush hours it is joined by the Z train in the peak direction. Both run local, express or skip-stop on different parts of their route.
• The letter S is used for three shuttle services.

Due to the subway operating 24 hours a day, there are five different service patterns. There are rush-hour, midday, evening, weekend and late night service patterns. Each service has a table in its article to show what tracks are used and when.

This table lists all the current services, along with their lines and terminals and a brief description; see Unused New York City Subway service labels for unused and defunct services.

Time periods [edit]

The New York City Subway is one of the few subways worldwide operating 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. The schedule is divided into different periods of time, with each containing different operation patterns and train intervals.

The MTA defines time periods as follows; these are used in articles (sometimes abbreviated by numbers in superscript or the symbol indicated):

• (1) rush hours – 6:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Monday–Friday
  • (1a) rush hours in the peak direction (towards Manhattan in the morning, away from Manhattan in the afternoon)
• (2) middays – 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday–Friday
  • (2a) middays in the peak direction
  • (2b) middays in the non-peak direction
• (3) evenings – 8:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m., Monday–Friday
  • (3a) early evenings – 8:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
  • (3b) evenings in the peak direction
  • (3c) early evenings in the peak direction – 8:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
• (4) weekends – 6:30 a.m. to 12:00 a.m., Saturday and Sunday
• (5) late nights – 12:00 a.m. to 6:30 a.m., every day
  • (5a) weekday late nights (i.e., Tuesday–Saturday mornings)
  • (5b) southbound only
  • (5c) northbound only

Other symbols are derivatives and are defined based on the rules above:

• all times – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
  • all times except rush hours in the peak direction
  • all times except weekdays in the peak direction
• daily – criteria (1), (2), (3), and (4) above (all times except late nights)
  • daily except rush hours in the peak direction
• nights and weekends – criteria (4) and (5) above
• weekdays – criteria (1), (2), and (3) above

Service listing [edit]

Lines with colors next to them are the primary trunk line of the corresponding service; they determine the color of the service bullets and diamonds, except shuttles which are dark gray.

Current services [edit]

	Route	Line(s)	North terminal	South terminal
A Division (IRT)
	Broadway – Seventh Avenue Local[2]	IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line	Van Cortlandt Park – 242nd Street	South Ferry
		operates at all times, fully local, making all stops
	Seventh Avenue Express[3]	IRT White Plains Road Line, IRT Lenox Avenue Line,      IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line, Clark Street Tunnel, IRT Eastern Parkway Line, IRT Nostrand Avenue Line	Wakefield – 241st Street	Flatbush Avenue – Brooklyn College New Lots Avenue (some rush hour trips)
		operates at all times, normally express on the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line in Manhattan, and local elsewhere operates fully local late nights
	Seventh Avenue Express[4]	IRT Lenox Avenue Line,      IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line, Clark Street Tunnel, IRT Eastern Parkway Line, IRT New Lots Line	Harlem – 148th Street	Times Square – 42nd Street (late nights) New Lots Avenue
		operates at all times, express on the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line in Manhattan and local elsewhere short turns at Times Square – 42nd Street late nights
	Lexington Avenue Express[5]	IRT Jerome Avenue Line,      IRT Lexington Avenue Line, Joralemon Street Tunnel, IRT Eastern Parkway Line, IRT New Lots Line	Woodlawn	Crown Heights – Utica Avenue New Lots Avenue (some rush hour trips and late nights)
		operates at all times; normally express on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line in Manhattan and IRT Eastern Parkway Line in Brooklyn and local elsewhere extended to New Lots Avenue and operates fully local late nights
	Lexington Avenue Express[6]	IRT Dyre Avenue Line, IRT White Plains Road Line, IRT Jerome Avenue Line,      IRT Lexington Avenue Line, Joralemon Street Tunnel, IRT Eastern Parkway Line, IRT Nostrand Avenue Line	Eastchester – Dyre Avenue Nereid Avenue (some rush hour trips)	Flatbush Avenue – Brooklyn College (weekdays) Bowling Green (evenings & weekends) Crown Heights – Utica Avenue (some rush hour trips) New Lots Avenue (some rush hour trips) East 180th Street (late nights)
		operates the full route (Dyre Avenue to Flatbush Avenue) rush hours and middays; with additional service rush hours short turns at Bowling Green evenings and weekends normally express in Manhattan and on the IRT Eastern Parkway Line in Brooklyn operates as a shuttle (Dyre Avenue to East 180th Street) late nights
	Lexington Avenue Local[7]	IRT Pelham Line,      IRT Lexington Avenue Line	Pelham Bay Park Parkchester (rush hours and middays)	Brooklyn Bridge – City Hall
		operates at all times, fully local short turns at Parkchester when the <6> operates
	Lexington Avenue Local[7]	IRT Pelham Line,      IRT Lexington Avenue Line	Pelham Bay Park	Brooklyn Bridge – City Hall
		operates rush hours and midday only, in the peak direction express on the IRT Pelham Line between Third Avenue and Parkchester and local elsewhere
	Flushing Local[8]	IRT Flushing Line	Flushing – Main Street	Times Square
		operates at all times, fully local
	Flushing Express[8]	IRT Flushing Line	Flushing – Main Street	Times Square
		operates rush hours and evenings only, in the peak direction express between Queensboro Plaza and Main Street and local elsewhere
	42nd Street Shuttle[9]	IRT 42nd Street Shuttle	Times Square	Grand Central
		operates at all times except late nights
B Division (IND/BMT)
	Eighth Avenue Express[10]	IND Eighth Avenue Line, Cranberry Street Tunnel, IND Fulton Street Line, IND Rockaway Line	Inwood – 207th Street 168th Street (some peak direction rush hour trips) Euclid Avenue (late night Lefferts Boulevard Shuttle)	Ozone Park – Lefferts Boulevard or Far Rockaway – Mott Avenue Rockaway Park – Beach 116th Street (some peak direction rush hour trips)
		operates at all times, normally express between 168th Street and Euclid Avenue and local elsewhere operates fully local late nights to Far Rockaway with additional shuttle service between Euclid Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard
	Sixth Avenue Express[11]	IND Concourse Line, IND Eighth Avenue Line,      IND Sixth Avenue Line, Chrystie Street Connection, Manhattan Bridge north tracks, BMT Brighton Line	Bedford Park Boulevard 145th Street (middays)	Brighton Beach
		operates weekdays only, until 11:00 p.m. operates express in Brooklyn and on the IND Sixth Avenue Line in Manhattan; local on Central Park West / Eighth Avenue Line in Manhattan and in the Bronx short turns at 145th Street during middays
	Eighth Avenue Local[12]	IND Eighth Avenue Line, Cranberry Street Tunnel, IND Fulton Street Line	168th Street	Euclid Avenue
		operates at all times except late nights, fully local
	Sixth Avenue Express[13]	IND Concourse Line, IND Eighth Avenue Line,      IND Sixth Avenue Line, Chrystie Street Connection, Manhattan Bridge north tracks, BMT Fourth Avenue Line, BMT West End Line	Norwood – 205th Street	Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue
		operates at all times, normally express in Manhattan and on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line in Brooklyn and local elsewhere operates fully local in Brooklyn late nights express on the IND Concourse Line in the Bronx, rush hours in the peak direction
	Eighth Avenue Local[14]	IND Archer Avenue Line, IND Queens Boulevard Line, 53rd Street Tunnel,      IND Eighth Avenue Line	Jamaica – 179th Street (some rush hour trips) Jamaica Center – Parsons / Archer	World Trade Center
		operates at all times, normally express on the IND Queens Boulevard Line in Queens and local elsewhere operates fully local late nights
	Sixth Avenue Local[15]	IND Queens Boulevard Line, IND 63rd Street Line,      IND Sixth Avenue Line, Rutgers Street Tunnel, IND Culver Line	Jamaica – 179th Street	Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue
		operates at all times operates express in Queens between Forest Hills – 71st Avenue and 21st Street – Queensbridge and local elsewhere some rush hour trains short turn at Kings Highway
	Brooklyn–Queens Crosstown Local[16]	IND Crosstown Line, IND Culver Line	Court Square	Church Avenue
		operates at all times, fully local
	Nassau Street Local[17]	BMT Archer Avenue Line, BMT Jamaica Line, Williamsburg Bridge,      BMT Nassau Street Line	Jamaica Center – Parsons / Archer	Chambers Street (weekends) Broad Street (weekdays)
		operates at all times, normally fully local operates skip-stop with the Z train during rush hours in the peak direction operates express in the peak direction between Myrtle Avenue and Marcy Avenue midday and rush hours short turns at Chambers Street on weekends
	14th Street – Canarsie Local[18]	BMT Canarsie Line, 14th Street Tunnel	Eighth Avenue	Canarsie – Rockaway Parkway
		operates at all times, fully local
	Sixth Avenue Local[19]	IND Queens Boulevard Line, 53rd Street Tunnel,      IND Sixth Avenue Line, Chrystie Street Connection, BMT Nassau Street Line, Williamsburg Bridge, BMT Jamaica Line, BMT Myrtle Avenue Line	Forest Hills – 71st Avenue Myrtle Avenue (late nights and weekends)	Middle Village – Metropolitan Avenue
		operates the full route weekdays, fully local operates as a shuttle (Myrtle Avenue to Metropolitan Avenue) at all other times
	Broadway Local[20]	BMT Astoria Line, 60th Street Tunnel,      BMT Broadway Line, Manhattan Bridge south tracks, BMT Fourth Avenue Line, BMT Sea Beach Line Montague Street Tunnel (late nights)	Astoria – Ditmars Boulevard 57th Street – Seventh Avenue	Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue
		operates at all times via the Manhattan Bridge and express on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line in Brooklyn at all times except late nights via the Montague Street Tunnel late nights, fully local
	Broadway Express[21]	BMT Astoria Line, 60th Street Tunnel,      BMT Broadway Line, Manhattan Bridge south tracks, BMT Brighton Line	Astoria – Ditmars Boulevard 57th Street – Seventh Avenue	Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue
		operates at all times, express in Manhattan and local elsewhere extended to Astoria – Ditmars Boulevard on weekdays short turns at 57th Street – Seventh Avenue at all other times
	Broadway Local[22]	IND Queens Boulevard Line, 60th Street Tunnel Connection, 60th Street Tunnel,      BMT Broadway Line, Montague Street Tunnel, BMT Fourth Avenue Line	Forest Hills – 71st Avenue 36th Street (late nights)	Bay Ridge – 95th Street
		operates the full route at all times except late nights, fully local operates as a shuttle (36th Street to 95th Street, Brooklyn) late nights
	Franklin Avenue Shuttle[23]	BMT Franklin Avenue Line	Franklin Avenue	Prospect Park
		operates at all times
	Rockaway Park Shuttle[24]	IND Rockaway Park Branch of the IND Rockaway Line	Broad Channel	Rockaway Park – Beach 116th Street
		operates at all times; currently operating as on a modified routing due to damage from Hurricane Sandy
	Nassau Street Express[17]	Skip-stop clone of J service during rush hours in the peak direction only

Future services [edit]

	Route	Line(s)	North terminal	South terminal
	Second Avenue Local	IND Second Avenue Line	125th Street	Second Avenue (Phase 3) Hanover Square (Phase 4)
		will operate at all times, fully local, making all stops

Service variants [edit]

• The 6 service has a midday (2a) and rush hour (1a) diamond Bronx express service labeled <6>, in addition to 6 local service.
• The 7 service has a rush hour (1a), and evening (3c) diamond Queens express service labeled <7>, in addition to 7 local service.
• The J and Z are identical routings, differing only by stations skipped during rush-hours (1a).

Because of inconsistencies in usage there are, in practice, more distinctly identifiable services operating simultaneously than are represented by the color/letter/number designations:

• The 2 service has a rush-hour variant that operates to a different southern terminal: New Lots Avenue.
• The 5 service has rush-hour variants that operate to different terminals: Nereid Avenue, New Lots Avenue and Utica Avenue.
• The A service has three physically separate southern terminals: Far Rockaway, Lefferts Boulevard and Rockaway Park.
  • Lefferts Boulevard is served late nights by a shuttle.
  • Rockaway Park is served only in the peak direction during rush hours (and by the Rockaway Park Shuttle at all times).
• The E service has a rush-hour variant that operates to a different northern terminal: Jamaica – 179th Street.

A number of services operate shorter routes during lower ridership hours, but these are neither signed differently nor counted as separate services. Special services caused by General Orders or construction, usually during off-peak hours, are also not counted.

Train intervals [edit]

The schedule offers trains every 3 to 5 minutes on the most used sections during rush hours. During other traffic periods, intervals range usually from 4 to 12 minutes or up to 20 minutes on outer sections. During late nights, only selected express services are operated and all late night services usually run every 20 minutes.

Train headways in minutes (2007)
Period	Time								(42nd Street)														(Rockaway Park)	(Franklin Avenue)
Rush hours	Mondays to Fridays 6:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. 3:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.	3-5	4-8	5-9	4-7	4-10	2-5	2-3	2-5	6-9	6-8	8-10	6-10	4-7	4-6	6-10	5	4-6	9-12	7-10	7-10	6-9	15	10
Middays	Mondays to Fridays 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.	4-6	8	8	4-7	10-12	4	5	5	6-9	10	10	10	6-8	6-9	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	15	10
Evenings	Mondays to Fridays 8:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m.	10	12	12	10	10-12	10-12	5-8	10	10-12	N/A	12	10-12	6-10	8-10	15	12-15	7-12	12-15	10-12	10-12	12	15-20	12-15
Weekends	Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays 6:30 a.m. – 12:00 a.m.	6-10	12	12	8-12	10-14	8-10	4-8	5	8-12	N/A	10-12	8-15	8-10	8-10	8-10	8-15	6-10	9-12	8-12	8-10	8-12	12-20	10-15
Late nights	12:00 a.m. – 6:30 a.m.	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	N/A	20	N/A	N/A	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

History [edit]

See New York City Subway nomenclature for a complete explanation; this is just a table of when each service has existed (and been signed for the public). Shuttles were SS until 1985, when they became S (which had been used for specials). See here for the colors used for shuttles in 1967; in 1968 all six became green, and in 1979 all shuttles became dark gray.

See also [edit]

• List of New York City Subway lines
• New York City Subway nomenclature
• Unused New York City Subway service labels
• Staten Island Railway

References [edit]

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