List of New York City Subway services

Not to be confused with List of New York City Subway lines. See also: New York City Subway nomenclature for the difference between New York City Subway lines and services.
Route bullets for the 3, N, 7, and D services
(clockwise from top left) on rolling stock

As of November 2016, the New York City Subway system has 25 lettered or numbered route designations.[1]

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

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 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):

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
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, 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 the full route at all times except late nights, 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 on the IRT Woodlawn Line in the Bronx
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
Express in the peak direction between East 180th Street and East 149th Street-Grand Concourse in the Bronx rush hours only and local at all other times
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 34th Street–Hudson Yards
operates at all times, fully local
Flushing Express[8]      IRT Flushing Line Flushing–Main Street 34th Street–Hudson Yards
operates rush hours and evenings only, in the peak direction
express between Queensboro Plaza and Main Street
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
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 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 and evenings)		 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 and evenings
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 Kings Highway (some rush hour trips)
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 Broad Street
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
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
Essex Street (weekends)
Myrtle Avenue (late nights)		 Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue
operates the full route weekdays, fully local
short turns at Essex Street on weekends
operates as a shuttle (Myrtle Avenue to Metropolitan Avenue) late nights
Broadway Express[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 Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue
operates at all times
via the Manhattan Bridge, express on the BMT Broadway Line, express on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line in Brooklyn at all times, and local elsewhere

local in Manhattan during weekends and late nights
via the Montague Street Tunnel late nights, fully local

Broadway Express[21]      BMT Broadway Line, Manhattan Bridge south tracks, BMT Brighton Line 57th Street–Seventh Avenue Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue
operates at all times, normally express in Manhattan and local in Brooklyn
operates fully local late nights
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
Whitehall Street (late nights)		 Bay Ridge–95th Street
operates the full route at all times except late nights, fully local
operates as a shuttle (Whitehall 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 Rockaway Boulevard (summer weekend extension)
Broad Channel		 Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street
operates at all times
Broadway Local BMT Astoria Line, 60th Street Tunnel,      BMT Broadway Line Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard Whitehall Street–South Ferry
operates during weekdays only, fully local, making all stops
Nassau Street Express[17] Skip-stop pair of J service during rush hours in the peak direction only

Future services

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

Service variants

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.

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:

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 headways in minutes (2016)
Period Time [25] [26] [27] [28] [29]
[30]
[31]
(42nd
Street)		 [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38]
[39]		 [40] [41] [42] [43] [44]
(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 6-7 6-7 4-5 5-6 2-4 2-3 2-4 4-5 7-9 9-10 6-7 4 4-5 6-9 5 4-5 8-10 6-8 6-8 6-8 8-10 12-28 10
Middays Mondays to Fridays
9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.		 6 7-8 8-9 7-8 8-9 4 5 5 7-10 10 10 10 7-8 7-8 10 10 4-6 10 10 8 10 10 13-17 10
Evenings Mondays to Fridays
8:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m.		 10 8-12 12 10 10-12 10-12 5-8 5 10-12 N/A 12 10-12 6-10 8-10 8-12 12-15 7-12 12-15 10-12 8-12 12 10 15-20 12-15
Weekends Saturdays, Sundays,
Holidays
6:30 a.m. – 12:00 a.m.		 8-12 8-12 12 8-12 10-14 8-10 4-8 5 7-10 N/A 10-12 8-15 8-10 8-10 10 8-15 6-10 9-12 8-12 8-10 8-12 N/A 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 N/A 20 20
  • The 3 train runs late nights Harlem–148th Street ↔ 42nd Street only. Between Crown Heights – Utica Avenue and New Lots Avenue, 4 train operates during this time.
  • The 5 train runs late nights Eastcheste Dyre Avenue ↔ East 180th Street only. During rush hours, 5 train runs express between East 180th Street and Third Avenue–149th Street in the peak direction; this is the reason for the different intervals shown in the table.
  • Every other 6 train runs express between Third Avenue–138th Street and Parkchester from 06:30 until 12:30 only in inbound direction and from 12:30 until 21:00 only in outbound direction. Local trains terminate at Parkchester while express trains continue as locals to Pelham Bay Park during PM rush hours.
  • Every other 7 train runs express from 06:30 until 12:30 only in inbound direction and from 12:30 until 22:00 only in outbound direction.
  • Every other A train serves Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard and Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue terminus approximately alternating; five daily trains originate/terminate at Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street during rush hours in the peak directions.
  • Every other J train is designated as a Z train during rush hours in the peak direction; both J & Z operate skip-stop between Sutphin Boulevard and Myrtle Avenue during these times.
  • The M train operates as a shuttle between Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue ↔ Myrtle Avenue from 20:00 until 06:30, and on weekends between Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue ↔ Essex Street
  • The R train operates as a shuttle between 36th Street ↔ 95th Street during late nights.

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 give or take approximately 2 tph.

Trains per hour (2015)
Period
(42nd
Street)
(Rock.
Pk.)
(Fnkln.
Ave.)
Rush hours 20 9–10
[note 1]		 9–10 14.5
[note 1]		 14.5
[note 1]
[note 2]		 12–15 12–15 10–15 10–15 20 15
[note 3]		 8 6–7 10 15
[note 4]		 14.5 6–8 6 12–15 7–8 7.5 7.5 7.5 6-7 5 6 6
Middays, evenings, and weekends[note 5] 10 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 12 N/A 12 8
[note 6]		 6 6 6 8 8 6 6 10 10 6 6 6 6 6 6 N/A
Late nights 3 3 3 3 3 3 N/A 3 N/A N/A 6
[note 7]		 N/A N/A 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 N/A 3 3 N/A
  1. 1 2 3 Some trains also go to New Lots Avenue during rush hours
  2. ↑ Most trains go to Dyre Avenue, but a few go to Nereid Avenue
  3. ↑ 7 to Lefferts Boulevard, 7 to Far Rockaway, plus five daily trains to Rockaway Park
  4. ↑ 12 to Parsons/Archer, 3 to 179th Street
  5. ↑ Evening and weekend frequencies are the same as midday frequencies, except that <6> and <7> trains do not operate in the evenings or weekends, and B trains do not operate on weekends.
  6. ↑ 4 to Lefferts Boulevard, 4 to Far Rockaway
  7. ↑ 3 for regular service, 3 for Lefferts shuttle

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.

B Division (IND/BMT) A Division (IRT) JFK (New York City Subway service) Z (New York City Subway service) W (New York City Subway service) V (New York City Subway service) TT (New York City Subway service) T (New York City Subway service) RJ (New York City Subway service) RR (New York City Subway service) R (New York City Subway service) QT (New York City Subway service) QJ (New York City Subway service) QB (New York City Subway service) Q (New York City Subway service) NX (New York City Subway service) N (New York City Subway service) MJ (New York City Subway service) M (New York City Subway service) LL (New York City Subway service) L (New York City Subway service) KK (New York City Subway service) K (New York City Subway service) JJ (New York City Subway service) J (New York City Subway service) 16 (Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation service) 15 (Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation service) 14 (Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation service) 13 (Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation service) 10 (Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation service) 7 (Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation service) 4 (Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation service) 1 (Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation service) HH (New York City Subway service) H (New York City Subway service) GG (New York City Subway service) G (New York City Subway service) F (New York City Subway service) EE (New York City Subway service) E (New York City Subway service) D (New York City Subway service) CC (New York City Subway service) C (New York City Subway service) BB (New York City Subway service) B (New York City Subway service) AA (New York City Subway service) A (New York City Subway service) 9 (New York City Subway service) 8 (New York City Subway service) 7 (New York City Subway service) 6 (New York City Subway service) 5 (New York City Subway service) 4 (New York City Subway service) 3 (New York City Subway service) 2 (New York City Subway service) 1 (New York City Subway service)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Subway Service Guide, November 2016" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. November 2016. Retrieved 2016-11-07.
  2. ↑ "1 Subway Timetable, Effective November 7, 2016" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  3. ↑ "2 Subway Timetable, Effective November 7, 2016" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  4. ↑ "3 Subway Timetable, Effective November 7, 2016" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  5. ↑ "4 Subway Timetable, Effective November 7, 2016" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  6. ↑ "5 Subway Timetable, Effective November 7, 2016" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  7. 1 2 "6 Subway Timetable, Effective November 7, 2016" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  8. 1 2 "7 Subway Timetable, Effective November 7, 2016" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  9. ↑ "S Subway Timetable Between Grand Central Station and Times Square, Manhattan, Effective November 7, 2016" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  10. ↑ "A Subway Timetable, Effective November 7, 2016" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  11. ↑ "B Subway Timetable, Effective November 7, 2016" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  12. ↑ "C Subway Timetable, Effective November 7, 2016" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  13. ↑ "D Subway Timetable, Effective November 7, 2016" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  14. ↑ "E Subway Timetable, Effective November 7, 2016" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  15. ↑ "F Subway Timetable, Effective November 7, 2016" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  16. ↑ "G Subway Timetable, Effective November 7, 2016" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  17. 1 2 "J/Z Subway Timetable, Effective November 7, 2016" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  18. ↑ "L Subway Timetable, Effective November 7, 2016" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  19. ↑ "M Subway Timetable, Effective November 7, 2016" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  20. ↑ "N Subway Timetable, Effective November 7, 2016" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  21. ↑ "Q Subway Timetable, Effective November 7, 2016" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  22. ↑ "R Subway Timetable, Effective November 7, 2016" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  23. ↑ "S Subway Timetable, Franklin Av Shuttle, Effective November 7, 2016" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  24. ↑ "S Subway Timetable, Rockaway Park Shuttle, Effective November 7, 2016" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  25. ↑ 1 Subway Line Profile
  26. ↑ 2 Subway Line Profile
  27. ↑ 3 Subway Line Profile
  28. ↑ 4 Subway Line Profile
  29. ↑ 5 Subway Line Profile
  30. ↑ 6 Subway Line Profile
  31. ↑ 7 Subway Line Profile
  32. ↑ A Subway Line Profile
  33. ↑ B Subway Line Profile
  34. ↑ C Subway Line Profile
  35. ↑ D Subway Line Profile
  36. ↑ E Subway Line Profile
  37. ↑ F Subway Line Profile
  38. ↑ G Subway Line Profile
  39. ↑ J/Z Subway Line Profile
  40. ↑ L Subway Line Profile
  41. ↑ M Subway Line Profile
  42. ↑ N Subway Line Profile
  43. ↑ Q Subway Line Profile
  44. ↑ R Subway Line Profile
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