List of New York City Subway services
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Current services
As of May 28, 2005, the New York City Subway system has 26 lettered or numbered route designations. This table lists them all along with their lines and terminals.
Time periods
The MTA defines time periods as follows; these are used in articles (sometimes abbreviated by numbers):
- (1) rush hours – 06:30 to 09:30 and 15:30 to 20:00 weekdays
- (1a) rush hours in peak direction (towards Manhattan in the morning, away from Manhattan in the afternoon)
- (1b) rush hours in non-peak direction
- (2) middays – 09:30 to 15:30 weekdays
- (2a) middays in peak direction
- (2b) middays in non-peak direction
- (3) evenings – 20:00 to 24:00 weekdays
- (3a) early evenings – 20:00 to 21:00 weekdays
- (3b) peak direction 20:00 to 22:00 weekdays
- (4) weekends – 06:30 to 24:00 weekends
- (5) late nights – 24:00 to 06:30 every day
- (5a) weekday late nights (Tuesday-Friday mornings)
- (5b) southbound only
- (5c) northbound only
Variants unaccounted for by formal designations
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 5 service has a rush-hour (1a) diamond service that operates to a different northern terminal;
- The 6 service a midday (2a) and rush hour (1a) diamond Bronx express service;
- The 7 service a midday (2a) and rush hour (1a) diamond Queens express service;
- The A service has three physically separate southern terminals, two of which operate as shuttles part-time (one of which is marked as S);
- The E service has a rush-hour (1) service that operates to a different northern terminal;
- Conversely, the J and Z are identical routings, differing only by stations skipped during rush-hours.
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, usually during off-peak hours, are also not counted.
Service listing
| Route | Line(s) | North Terminal | |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Terminal | |||
| 1 | Broadway-Seventh Avenue Local | IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line | Van Cortlandt Park-242nd Street |
| South Ferry | |||
| 2 | Seventh Avenue Express | IRT White Plains Road Line, IRT Lenox Avenue Line, IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line, IRT Brooklyn Branch, IRT Clark Street Tunnel, IRT Eastern Parkway Line, IRT Nostrand Avenue Line | Wakefield-241st Street |
| Brooklyn College-Flatbush Avenue | |||
| 3 | Seventh Avenue Express | IRT Lenox Avenue Line, IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line, IRT Brooklyn Branch, IRT Clark Street Tunnel, IRT Eastern Parkway Line (no late night service) | Harlem-148th Street |
| New Lots Avenue | |||
| 4 | Lexington Avenue Express | IRT Jerome Avenue Line, IRT Lexington Avenue Line, IRT Joralemon Street Tunnel, IRT Eastern Parkway Line | Woodlawn |
| Utica Avenue New Lots Avenue (some rush hour trips and late nights) | |||
| 5 | Lexington Avenue Express | IRT Dyre Avenue Line, IRT White Plains Road Line, IRT Jerome Avenue Line, IRT Lexington Avenue Line IRT White Plains Road Line, IRT Joralemon Street Tunnel, IRT Eastern Parkway Line, IRT Nostrand Avenue Line (rush hours) | Eastchester-Dyre Avenue Nereid Avenue (some rush hour trips) |
| Bowling Green Brooklyn College-Flatbush Avenue (rush hours) Utica Avenue (some rush hour trips) New Lots Avenue (some rush hour trips) East 180th Street (late nights) | |||
| 6 | Lexington Avenue Local | IRT Pelham Line, IRT Lexington Avenue Line | Pelham Bay Park Parkchester (rush hours and middays) |
| Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall | |||
| 7 | Flushing Local | IRT Flushing Line | Flushing-Main Street |
| Times Square-42nd Street | |||
| S | 42nd Street Shuttle | IRT 42nd Street Shuttle (no late night service) | Times Square-42nd Street |
| Grand Central-42nd Street | |||
| A | Eighth Avenue Express | IND Eighth Avenue Line, IND Cranberry Street Tunnel, IND Fulton Street Line, IND Rockaway Line, IND Far Rockaway Branch IND Rockaway Park Branch (some rush hour trips) | Inwood-207th Street Euclid Avenue (special late night Lefferts Boulevard Shuttle) |
| Ozone Park-Lefferts Boulevard or Far Rockaway-Mott Avenue Rockaway Park-Beach 116th Street (some rush hour trips) | |||
| B | Sixth Avenue Express | IND Concourse Line, IND Eighth Avenue Line, IND Sixth Avenue Line, IND Chrystie Street Connection, BMT Manhattan Bridge north tracks, BMT Brighton Line (no evening service after 21:00 or late night or weekend service) | 145th Street Bedford Park Boulevard (rush hours) |
| Brighton Beach | |||
| C | Eighth Avenue Local | IND Eighth Avenue Line, IND Cranberry Street Tunnel, IND Fulton Street Line (no late night service) | Washington Heights-168th Street |
| Euclid Avenue | |||
| D | Sixth Avenue Express | IND Concourse Line, IND Eighth Avenue Line, IND Sixth Avenue Line, IND Chrystie Street Connection, BMT Manhattan Bridge north tracks, BMT Fourth Avenue Line, BMT West End Line | Norwood-205th Street |
| Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue | |||
| E | Eighth Avenue Local | IND Archer Avenue Line, IND Queens Boulevard Line, IND Eighth Avenue Line | Jamaica Center-Parsons-Archer Jamaica-179th Street (some rush hour trips) |
| World Trade Center | |||
| F | Sixth Avenue Local | IND Queens Boulevard Line, IND 63rd Street Line, IND Sixth Avenue Line, IND Rutgers Street Tunnel, IND Culver Line | Jamaica-179th Street |
| Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue | |||
| G | Brooklyn-Queens Crosstown Local | IND Crosstown Line, IND Culver Line IND Queens Boulevard Line (evenings, late nights and weekends only) | Long Island City-Court Square Forest Hills-71st Avenue (evenings, late nights and weekends only) |
| Smith-9th Streets | |||
| J | Nassau Street Express | BMT Archer Avenue Line, BMT Jamaica Line, BMT Williamsburg Bridge tracks, BMT Nassau Street Line | Jamaica Center-Parsons-Archer |
| Broad Street Chambers Street (weekends) | |||
| L | 14th Street-Canarsie Local | BMT Canarsie Line | Eighth Avenue |
| Canarsie-Rockaway Parkway | |||
| M | Nassau Street Local | BMT Myrtle Avenue Line, BMT Jamaica Line, BMT Williamsburg Bridge tracks, BMT Nassau Street Line BMT Montague Street Tunnel, BMT Fourth Avenue Line, BMT West End Line (rush hours) | Middle Village-Metropolitan Avenue |
| Chambers Street Bay Parkway (rush hours) Myrtle Avenue (evenings, late nights and weekends) | |||
| N | Broadway Express | BMT Astoria Line, BMT 60th Street Tunnel, BMT Broadway Line, BMT Manhattan Bridge Line, BMT Manhattan Bridge south tracks, BMT Fourth Avenue Line, BMT Sea Beach Line BMT Montague Street Tunnel (late nights) | Astoria-Ditmars Boulevard |
| Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue | |||
| Q | Broadway Express | BMT Broadway Line, BMT Manhattan Bridge Line, BMT Manhattan Bridge south tracks, BMT Brighton Line | Midtown-57th Street-Seventh Avenue |
| Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue | |||
| R | Broadway Local | IND Queens Boulevard Line, IND 60th Street Tunnel Connection, BMT 60th Street Tunnel, BMT Broadway Line, BMT Montague Street Tunnel, BMT Fourth Avenue Line | Forest Hills-71st Avenue 36th Street (late nights) |
| Bay Ridge-95th Street | |||
| V | Sixth Avenue Local | IND Queens Boulevard Line, IND Sixth Avenue Line (no late night or weekend service) | Forest Hills-71st Avenue |
| Lower East Side-2nd Avenue | |||
| W | Broadway Local | BMT Astoria Line, BMT 60th Street Tunnel, BMT Broadway Line (no service evenings after 21:00, late nights or weekends) | Astoria-Ditmars Boulevard |
| Whitehall Street | |||
| Z | Nassau Street Express | Skip-stop rush hours-only clone of J service | |
| S | Franklin Avenue Shuttle | BMT Franklin Avenue Shuttle | Franklin Avenue |
| Prospect Park | |||
| S | Rockaway Park Shuttle | IND Rockaway Park Branch | Broad Channel |
| Rockaway Park-Beach 116th Street | |||
History
See New York City Subway line, route and station 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 1986, 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.
| 1924–48 | 1948–67 | 1967–79 | 1979–86 | 1986- | ||
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| 9 | ||||||
| A | ||||||
| AA | →K | |||||
| B | ||||||
| BB | ||||||
| C | ||||||
| CC | →C/H | |||||
| D | ||||||
| E | ||||||
| EE | ||||||
| F | ||||||
| G | ||||||
| GG | →G | |||||
| H | →S | |||||
| HH | ||||||
| J/QJ | BMT 15 | (QJ 1967–1973) | ||||
| JJ | BMT 15 | |||||
| K | →C | |||||
| KK | BMT 14 | →K | ||||
| L | ||||||
| LL | BMT 16 | →L | ||||
| M | BMT 10 | |||||
| MJ | BMT 11 | |||||
| N | BMT 4 | |||||
| NX | ||||||
| Q | BMT 1 | |||||
| QB | BMT 1 | →Q | ||||
| QT | BMT 1 | |||||
| R | ||||||
| RR | BMT 2 | →R | ||||
| RJ | BMT 2 | |||||
| T | BMT 3 | |||||
| TT | BMT 3 | |||||
| V | ||||||
| W | ||||||
| Z | ||||||
| JFK | ||||||
| New York City Subway (official site) | |
| Services | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 A B C D E F G J L M N Q R V W Z |
| Shuttles (S) | 42nd Street – Franklin Avenue – Rockaway Park |
| Unused/defunct | 8 10 11 12 13 H K P T U X Y JFK Express BMT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 |
| Divisions | IRT – BMT – IND (Second System) |
| Lists | Lines – Services – Stations – Terminals – Inter-division connections – Inter-division transfers – Yards |
| Miscellaneous | Accessibility – Dual Contracts – Chaining – History – Nomenclature – Rolling stock – Straphanger |
| Other transit in NYC | Amtrak – LIRR – Metro-North – NJ Transit – PATH – Staten Island Railway – AirTrain – Roosevelt Island Tramway |
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