List of New York City Subway services

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Template:New York City Subway sidebar The New York City Subway system has Template:NYCS const lettered or numbered route designations.[1]

  • The 1, C, G, L, M, R, and W trains are fully local, making all stops.
  • The 2, 3, 4, 5, A, B, D, E, 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 6 and 7 are fully local, but during rush hours, express variants of the routes, designated by diamond-shaped route markers, are operated alongside the locals in the peak direction.
  • The F has portions of express and local service, but during rush hours, an express variant of the route, designated by a diamond-shaped route marker, is operated alongside the local in Brooklyn in the peak direction.
  • The letter S is used for three shuttle services: the 42nd Street Shuttle, Franklin Avenue Shuttle, and Rockaway Park Shuttle.

The subway normally operates 24 hours a day with five different service patterns: rush-hour, midday, evening, weekend and late-night. Each service has a table in its article to show what tracks are used and when. This article 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.

In the New York City Subway nomenclature, numbered or lettered "services" use different segments of physical trackage, or "lines". The services that run on certain lines change periodically.

Time periods

The New York City Subway is one of the few subways worldwide operating 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, every day of the year. The schedule is divided into different periods, 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):

  • Template:NYCS SSI (1) rush hours – 6:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Monday–Friday
  • (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
  • Template:NYCS SSI (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.
  • Template:NYCS SSI (4) weekends – 6:30 a.m. to 12:00 a.m., Saturday and Sunday (weekends during the day)
  • Template:NYCS SSI (5) late nights – 12:00 a.m. to 6:30 a.m., every day
    • (5a) weekday late nights
    • (5b) weekend late nights

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

Service listing

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

Route Line(s) North terminal South terminal Service pattern(s)
A Division (IRT)
Template:Rint Broadway–Seventh Avenue Local[2] Template:Color box IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line Template:Stl Template:Stl Operates 24 hours a day.
Makes all stops along the full route.
Template:Rint Seventh Avenue Express[3] IRT White Plains Road Line
IRT Lenox Avenue Line
Template:Color box IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
IRT Eastern Parkway Line
IRT Nostrand Avenue Line
Template:Stl Template:Stl
Template:Stl (some rush hour trips)
Operates 24 hours a day;
Makes express stops in Manhattan (between 96th and Chambers Streets) and all stops in the Bronx and Brooklyn during daytime hours;
Makes all stops along the full route during overnight hours.
Template:Rint Seventh Avenue Express[4] IRT Lenox Avenue Line
Template:Color box IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
IRT Eastern Parkway Line
IRT New Lots Line
Template:Stl Template:Stl
34th Street–Penn Station (late nights)
Operates 24 hours a day.
Operates along the full route during daytime hours; makes express stops in Manhattan (between 96th and Chambers Streets) and all stops in Brooklyn.
Short turns at 34th Street-Penn Station during overnight hours and does not operate to or from New Lots Avenue.
Template:Rint Lexington Avenue Express[5] IRT Jerome Avenue Line
Template:Color box IRT Lexington Avenue Line
IRT Eastern Parkway Line
IRT New Lots Line
Template:Stl Template:Stl
Template:Stl (some rush hour trips and late nights)
Operates 24 hours a day;
Makes express stops in Manhattan and Brooklyn and all stops in the Bronx during daytime hours (skips 138th Street during rush hours in the peak direction;
Extended beyond Utica Avenue to and from New Lots Avenue and makes all stops during overnight hours (skips Hoyt Street in Brooklyn).
Template:Rint Lexington Avenue Express[6] IRT Dyre Avenue Line
IRT White Plains Road Line
IRT Jerome Avenue Line
Template:Color box IRT Lexington Avenue Line
IRT Eastern Parkway Line
IRT Nostrand Avenue Line
Template:Stl
Template:Stl (some rush hour trips)
Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College (weekdays until 8:45 PM)
Bowling Green (weekday evenings and all day weekends)
East 180th Street (late nights)
Operates 24 hours a day.
Operates along the full route (between Dyre Avenue and Flatbush Avenue) during weekday rush hours, middays and early evenings; Makes express stops in Manhattan and Brooklyn (between Borough Hall and Franklin Avenue and all stops in the Bronx (makes express stops in the Bronx between East 180th Street and Third Avenue–149th Street during rush hours in the peak direction;
Additional service operates to and from Nereid Avenue during rush hours in the peak direction instead of Dyre Avenue.
Short turns at Bowling Green during weekday evenings and all day on weekends and does not operate to or from Flatbush Avenue;
Operates as a shuttle between Dyre Avenue and East 180th Street during overnight hours.
Template:Rint Lexington Avenue Local[7] IRT Pelham Line
Template:Color box IRT Lexington Avenue Line
Template:Stl
Template:Stl (weekday rush hours, middays and evenings)
Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall Operates 24 hours a day.
Makes all stops along the full route; When the <6> is operating, 6 Local trains short turn at Parkchester in the Bronx during weekday rush hours, middays and evenings; peak direction service does not operate to or from Pelham Bay Park.
Template:Rint Pelham Bay Park Express[7] IRT Pelham Line
Template:Color box IRT Lexington Avenue Line
Template:Stl Template:Stl Operates weekday rush hours and middays in the peak direction only.
Operates along the full route and makes express stops in the Bronx (between Parkchester and Third Avenue–138th Street and all stops in the Bronx.
Template:Rint Flushing Local[8] Template:Color box IRT Flushing Line Template:Stl Template:Stl Operates 24 hours a day.
Makes all stops along the full route.
Template:Rint Flushing Express[8] Template:Color box IRT Flushing Line Template:Stl Template:Stl Operates weekday rush hours and early evenings in the peak direction only.
Makes express stops in Queens between Main Street and 74th Street–Broadway and all stops in Manhattan.
Template:Rint 42nd Street Shuttle[9] IRT 42nd Street Shuttle Template:Stl Template:Stl Operates during daytime hours only; no overnight service.
B Division (IND/BMT)
Template:Rint Eighth Avenue Express[10] Template:Color box IND Eighth Avenue Line
IND Fulton Street Line
IND Rockaway Line
Template:Stl
Template:Stl (late night Lefferts Boulevard Shuttle)
Template:Stl or Template:Stl
Template:Stl (some peak direction rush hour trips)
Operates at all times, normally express between 168th Street and Euclid Avenue and local elsewhere.

Trains alternate between Lefferts Boulevard and Far Rockaway with limited peak service to Rockaway Park.
Operates fully local late nights only to Far Rockaway with shuttle service between Euclid Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard.

Template:Rint Sixth Avenue Express[11] IND Concourse Line
IND Eighth Avenue Line
Template:Color box IND Sixth Avenue Line
BMT Brighton Line
Template:Stl (rush hours and limited middays)
Template:Stl (limited middays and evenings)
Template:Stl Operates weekdays only, until 10:00 PM
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 limited middays and evenings.
Template:Rint Eighth Avenue Local[12] Template:Color box IND Eighth Avenue Line
IND Fulton Street Line
Template:Stl Template:Stl Operates at all times except late nights, fully local.
Template:Rint Sixth Avenue Express[13] IND Concourse Line
IND Eighth Avenue Line
Template:Color box IND Sixth Avenue Line
BMT Fourth Avenue Line
BMT West End Line
Template:Stl Template:Stl Operates at all times, express in Manhattan at all times, normally express on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line in Brooklyn and local elsewhere in Brooklyn.
Operates fully local in Brooklyn late nights.
Express on the IND Concourse Line rush hours in the peak direction and local other times.
Template:Rint Eighth Avenue Local[14] IND Archer Avenue Line
IND Queens Boulevard Line
Template:Color box IND Eighth Avenue Line
Template:Stl
Template:Stl (some rush hour trips)
Template:Stl Operates at all times, normally express on the IND Queens Boulevard Line in Queens and local elsewhere.
Operates local north of Forest Hills weekday evenings and weekends.
Operates fully local late nights.
Template:Rint Queens Boulevard Express/Sixth Avenue Local[15] IND Queens Boulevard Line
IND 63rd Street Line
Template:Color box IND Sixth Avenue Line
IND Culver Line
Template:Stl Template:Stl
Template:Stl (some rush hour trips)
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.
Template:Rint Culver Express[15] IND Queens Boulevard Line
IND 63rd Street Line
Template:Color box IND Sixth Avenue Line
IND Culver Line
Template:Stl Template:Stl Operates rush hours, peak direction only.
Operates express in Queens between Forest Hills–71st Avenue and 21st Street–Queensbridge and in Brooklyn between Jay Street–MetroTech and Church Avenue, and local elsewhere.
Template:Rint Brooklyn–Queens Crosstown[16] Template:Color box IND Crosstown Line
IND Culver Line
Template:Stl Template:Stl Operates at all times, fully local.
Template:Rint Nassau Street Local[17] BMT Archer Avenue Line
BMT Jamaica Line
Template:Color box BMT Nassau Street Line
Template:Stl Template:Stl Operates at all times, normally fully local.
Operates skip-stop with the Z train during rush hours in the peak direction.
Runs express from Myrtle Avenue to Marcy Avenue rush hours and middays in the peak direction.
Template:Rint 14th Street–Canarsie Local[18] Template:Color box BMT Canarsie Line Template:Stl Template:Stl Operates at all times, fully local.
Some Canarsie-bound trains short-turn at Myrtle-Wyckoff Avenues during the AM rush hour.
Template:Rint Queens Boulevard/Sixth Avenue Local[19] IND Queens Boulevard Line
Template:Color box IND Sixth Avenue Line
BMT Nassau Street Line
BMT Jamaica Line
BMT Myrtle Avenue Line
Template:Stl
Template:Stl (weekdays evenings and all day weekends)
Template:Stl (late nights)
Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue Operates the full route weekdays, fully local.
Short turns at Essex Street weekday evenings and all day weekends.
Operates as a shuttle (Metropolitan Avenue to Myrtle Avenue) late nights.
Template:Rint Broadway Express[20] BMT Astoria Line
Template:Color box BMT Broadway Line
BMT Fourth Avenue Line
BMT Sea Beach Line
Template:Stl Template:Stl Operates at all times.
Normally operates via the Manhattan Bridge, express on the BMT Broadway Line south of Times Square weekdays, express on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line in Brooklyn, and local elsewhere.
Local in Manhattan weekends
Operates via the Montague Street Tunnel late nights, fully local.
Template:Rint Second Avenue/Broadway Express/Brighton Local[21] IND Second Avenue Line
BMT 63rd Street Line
Template:Color box BMT Broadway Line
BMT Brighton Line
Template:Stl Template:Stl Operates at all times, normally express in Manhattan and local in Brooklyn.
Operates fully local late nights.
Template:Rint Broadway Local[22] IND Queens Boulevard Line
Template:Color box BMT Broadway Line
BMT Fourth Avenue Line
Template:Stl
Template:Stl (late nights)
Template:Stl Operates the full route at all times except late nights, fully local.
Short turns at Whitehall Street late nights.
Template:Rint Franklin Avenue Shuttle[23] BMT Franklin Avenue Line Template:Stl Template:Stl Operates at all times.
Template:Rint Rockaway Park Shuttle[24] IND Rockaway Line
IND Rockaway Park Branch
Template:Stl Template:Stl Operates at all times.
Template:Rint Broadway Local[25] BMT Astoria Line
Template:Color box BMT Broadway Line
Template:Stl Template:Stl Operates during weekdays only until 10:00 PM, fully local, making all stops.
Template:Rint Nassau Street Express[17] BMT Archer Avenue Line
BMT Jamaica Line
Template:Color box BMT Nassau Street Line
Template:Stl Template:Stl Skip-stop pair with J service during rush hours in the peak direction only.

Future services

Route Line(s) North terminal South terminal Service pattern(s)
Template:Rint Second Avenue Local Template:Color box IND Second Avenue Line Template:Stl Houston Street (Phase 3)
Hanover Square (Phase 4)
Will operate at all times, fully local, making all stops

Service variants

  • The 6 service has a midday (2a) and rush hour (1a) diamond Bronx express service labeled <6>, in addition to 6 local service.[7]
  • The 7 service has a rush hour (1a), and evening (3c) diamond Queens express service labeled <7>, in addition to 7 local service.[8]
  • Overnights (5), the A train between Template:Stl and Template:Stl is replaced by a shuttle which originates at Euclid Avenue.[10] This service has been labeled on the late-night map as File:NYCS-bull-trans-A gray.svg (gray A) and on trains as File:NYCS-bull-trans-S blue.svg (blue S).
  • The F service has a rush hour (1a), diamond Brooklyn express service labeled <F>, in addition to F local service.[15]

Several services operate shorter routes during lower ridership hours, but these are neither signed differently nor counted as separate services. Although service changes caused by General Orders for construction occur on most days during midday and overnight hours, and throughout most weekends, these changes are not counted as separate services.

Variants to a different terminal

Because of some terminal station capacity constraints, numerous services operate to a secondary terminal as well as their usual terminus during peak hours.

Event variants

The "2007 Holiday Shopper's Special", which ran on December Sundays in 2007, consists of a group of museum cars.
The "2007 Holiday Shopper's Special", which ran on December Sundays, is a train of museum subway cars. This particular car is displaying the (former) S Special on its rollsign at the 23rd Street (Sixth Avenue) station.

The following lines run in special service or after sporting and other events:

Train frequency charts

Train intervals

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 times
Day of the week Rush Hour a.m. Midday Rush Hour p.m. Evening Weekend Late Night
Monday to Friday 6:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. 8 p.m. – 12 a.m. 12 a.m. – 6:30 a.m.
Saturday, Sunday, Holidays 6:30 a.m. – 12 a.m.
Train headways in minutes
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Rush hours 3-7 6-7 6-7 4-5 4-6 3-7 2-3 2-4 6 7-9 9-10 6-7 4-5 4-5 6-9 5-8 3-4 8-10 6-8 5-7 6-8 8-10 10 12-28
Middays 6 7-8 8-9 7-8 8-9 5-6 5 5 8 8 8 8 7-8 7-8 8 8 4-6 8 8 8 8 10 10 13-17
Evenings 10 8-12 12 10 10-12 10-12 5-8 5 7 10 12 10-12 6-10 8-10 8-12 12-15 7-12 12-15 10-12 8-12 12 10 12-15 15-20
Weekends 6-8 8-12 8-12 8-12 8-12 6-8 4-8 5 10 12 12 12 12 8 8-10 4-10 8-10 12 8-10 12 10-15 15-20
Late nights 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
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Trains per hour

This is a list of average train frequencies during different times of the day, measured in trains per hour (tph). This chart shows frequencies based on the train intervals listed in timetables, with a margin of error of 2 tph.

Trains per hour
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Rush hours 8–18 9–10
[note 1]
9–10 14.5
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14.5
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[note 2]
8 8–12 10–15 10–15 20 12

[note 3]

8 6–7 10 15
[note 4]
14.5 2
[note 5]
6–8 6 6 18–20 7–8 7.5 7.5-10 7.5 6-7 6 3-4
Middays, evenings, and weekends[note 6] 10 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 12 12 8
[note 7]
6-7.5 6-7.5 6-7.5 8 8 7.5 6-7.5 15 6-7.5 6 6 6 6 6 4
Late nights 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 6
[note 8]
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

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History

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.

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See also

References

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