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List of New York City Subway services

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The New York City Subway system has lettered or numbered route designations.

The ****, ****, ****, ****, ****, ****, and **** trains are fully local, making all stops.
The ****, ****, ****, ****, ****, ****, ****, ****, ****, and **** trains have portions of express and local service.
The **** train normally operates local, but during rush hours it is joined by the **** train in the peak direction. Both run local, express or skip-stop on different parts of their route.
The **** and **** 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 **** 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 **** 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 depending on the time of day.

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):

(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 (toward 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 (weekends during the day)
(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:

– 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
24 hours a day, except rush hours in the peak direction
24 hours a day, except weekdays in the peak direction
daily – criteria (1), (2), (3), and (4) above (all times except late nights)
daytime hours only, except rush hours in the peak direction
daily – criteria (1), (2), (3), (4), and (5b) above (all times except weekday late nights)
weekdays – criteria (1), (2), and (3) above (weekdays during the day)
weekdays and weekday nights – criteria (1), (2), (3), and (5a) above
nights and weekends – criteria (4) and (5) above
weekends and weekend nights – criteria (4) and (5b) above
limited service during rush hours – criterion (1) above, but only for selected trains
limited service during rush hours in the peak direction
service during rush hours in the reverse peak direction – opposite of criteria (1) above
limited service during rush hours in the reverse peak direction

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)	B Division (IND/BMT)
	Broadway–Seventh Avenue Local	IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line		Operates 24 hours a day.
Makes all stops along the full route.
	Seventh Avenue Express	IRT White Plains Road Line
IRT Lenox Avenue Line
IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
IRT Eastern Parkway Line
IRT Nostrand Avenue Line
(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.
	Seventh Avenue Express	IRT Lenox Avenue Line
IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
IRT Eastern Parkway Line
IRT New Lots Line
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.
	Lexington Avenue Express	IRT Jerome Avenue Line
IRT Lexington Avenue Line
IRT Eastern Parkway Line
IRT New Lots Line
(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).

	Lexington Avenue Express	IRT Dyre Avenue Line
IRT White Plains Road Line
IRT Jerome Avenue Line
IRT Lexington Avenue Line
IRT Eastern Parkway Line
IRT Nostrand Avenue Line
(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.
	Lexington Avenue Local	IRT Pelham Line
IRT Lexington Avenue Line
(weekday rush hours, middays and evenings)	Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall	Operates 24 hours a day.
Makes all stops along the full route; When the [](6d-new-york-city-subway-service) 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.
	Pelham Bay Park Express	IRT Pelham Line
IRT Lexington Avenue Line			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.
	Flushing Local	IRT Flushing Line		Operates 24 hours a day.
Makes all stops along the full route.
	Flushing Express	IRT Flushing Line		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.
	timetable	0}}	IRT 42nd Street Shuttle		Operates at all times except overnights.
	Eighth Avenue Express	IND Eighth Avenue Line
IND Fulton Street Line
IND Rockaway Line
(late night Lefferts Boulevard Shuttle)	or
(some peak direction rush hour trips)	Operates at all times, normally express between 168th Street and Euclid Avenue and local elsewhere.
	Sixth Avenue Express	IND Concourse Line
IND Eighth Avenue Line
IND Sixth Avenue Line
BMT Brighton Line	(rush hours and limited middays)
(limited middays and evenings)		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.
	Eighth Avenue Local	IND Eighth Avenue Line
IND Fulton Street Line			Operates at all times except late nights, fully local.
	Sixth Avenue Express	IND Concourse Line
IND Eighth Avenue Line
IND Sixth Avenue Line
BMT Fourth Avenue Line
BMT West End Line			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.
	Eighth Avenue Local	IND Archer Avenue Line
IND Queens Boulevard Line
IND Eighth Avenue Line
(some rush hour trips)		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.
	Queens Boulevard Express/Sixth Avenue Local	IND Queens Boulevard Line
IND 63rd Street Line
IND Sixth Avenue Line
IND Culver Line
(some rush hour trips)	Operates at all times.
Operates express in Queens between Forest Hills–71st Avenue and Fifth Avenue/53rd Street during weekdays, and 21st Street–Queensbridge during late nights and weekends and local elsewhere.
Some rush hour trains short turn at Kings Highway. Operates fully local late nights.
	Culver Express	IND Queens Boulevard Line
IND Sixth Avenue Line
IND Culver Line			Operates rush hours, peak direction only.
Operates express in Queens between Forest Hills–71st Avenue and Fifth Avenue/53rd Street and in Brooklyn between Jay Street–MetroTech and Church Avenue, and local elsewhere.
	Brooklyn–Queens Crosstown	IND Crosstown Line
IND Culver Line			Operates at all times, fully local.
	Nassau Street Local	BMT Archer Avenue Line
BMT Jamaica Line
BMT Nassau Street Line			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.
	14th Street–Canarsie Local	BMT Canarsie Line		Operates at all times, fully local.
Some Canarsie-bound trains short-turn at Myrtle-Wyckoff Avenues during the AM rush hour.
	Queens Boulevard/Sixth Avenue Local	IND Queens Boulevard Line
IND Sixth Avenue Line
BMT Nassau Street Line
BMT Jamaica Line
BMT Myrtle Avenue Line
(weekdays evenings and all day weekends)
(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.
	Broadway Express	BMT Astoria Line
BMT Broadway Line
BMT Fourth Avenue Line
BMT Sea Beach Line			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.
	Second Avenue/Broadway Express/Brighton Local	IND Second Avenue Line
BMT 63rd Street Line
BMT Broadway Line
BMT Brighton Line			Operates at all times, normally express in Manhattan and local in Brooklyn.
Operates fully local late nights.
	Broadway Local	IND Queens Boulevard Line
BMT Broadway Line
BMT Fourth Avenue Line
(late nights)		Operates the full route at all times except late nights, fully local.
Short turns at Whitehall Street late nights.
	timetable	s}}	BMT Franklin Avenue Line		Operates at all times.
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IND Rockaway Park Branch	Broad Channel		Operates at all times.
	Broadway Local	BMT Astoria Line
BMT Broadway Line			Operates during weekdays only until 10:00 PM, fully local, making all stops.
	Nassau Street Express	BMT Archer Avenue Line
BMT Jamaica Line
BMT Nassau Street Line			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)
	Second Avenue Local	IND Second Avenue Line	Broadway	Houston Street (Phase 3)
Hanover Square (Phase 4)

Service variants

The 6 service has a midday (2a) and rush hour (1a) diamond Bronx express service labeled ****, in addition to 6 local service.
The 7 service has a rush hour (1a), and evening (3c) diamond Queens express service labeled ****, in addition to 7 local service.
Overnights (5), the A train between and is replaced by a shuttle which originates at Euclid Avenue. This service has been labeled on the late-night map as [[File:NYCS-bull-trans-A gray.svg|20px|link=]] (gray A) and on trains as [[File:NYCS-bull-trans-S blue.svg|20px|link=]] (blue S).
The F service has a rush hour (1a), diamond Brooklyn express service labeled ****, in addition to F local service.

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.

Limited rush hour 2 trains operate to and from a different southern terminal ().
Limited rush hour 4 trains are extended to and from .
Limited rush hour 5 trains operate to and from two different northern terminals ( and ) and two different southern terminals ( and ).
Limited rush hour E trains operate to and from a different northern terminal ().
Limited rush hour N trains operate from a different northern terminal ().
One rush hour R train operates to a different northern terminal ().
Limited rush hour W trains are extended to and from .

Short turns

Because of some terminal station capacity constraints, numerous services operate a truncated route through a short turn as well as their usual terminus during weekdays. This list does not include overnight schedule truncations.

Limited weekday 1 trains operate to and from a different northern terminal (, and ).
Limited rush hour 2 trains operate from a different northern terminal ()
Limited weekday 3 trains operate to and from a different northern terminal (, ) and limited weekday and weekend trains operate from a different southern terminal ().
Limited weekday 4 trains operate to and from a different northern terminal (, and ) and a different southern terminal ().
Limited weekday 5 trains operate to and from a different northern terminal () and a different southern terminal ().
Limited rush hour 6 trains operate to and from a different northern terminal ( and )
Limited rush hour 7 trains operate to and from a different eastern terminal ( and )
Limited weekday A trains operate to and from a different northern terminal (, and ) and a different southern terminal ().
Limited weekday B trains operate to and from a different northern terminal ( and )
Limited rush hour D trains operate from a different northern terminal (), to a different southern terminal (), and from a different southern terminal ()
Limited weekday F trains operate to and from a different southern terminal (, , and )
Limited weekday J trains operate from a different eastern terminal () and to and from a different western terminal ()
Limited weekday and weekend L trains operate to and from a different eastern terminal ( and )
Limited weekday N trains operate from a different southern terminal ()
Limited evening Q trains operate to a different southern terminal ()
Limited evening R trains operate to a different northern terminal ()

Event variants

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

The 4 train has a downtown-only express from to after events at Yankee Stadium.
The 7 train has a Manhattan-bound "Super Express" from Mets–Willets Point, operating express, and also bypassing Junction Boulevard, Hunters Point Avenue and Vernon Boulevard–Jackson Avenue after New York Mets games weeknights and weekends at Citi Field, as well as after US Open tennis matches.
The Holiday Nostalgia Train, which is made up of retired subway cars, runs on weekends during the Christmas holiday season. The pre-2022 version of the train, marked as S | Special, ran via IND trackage to Second Avenue, with northern terminals at either or 145th Street and ran on Sunday mornings and mid-days from Thanksgiving until the Sunday before Christmas. For the 2022 holiday season, the train, signed as the 1 train, traveled via IRT trackage between 137th Street and Chambers Street. During Saturdays in December 2023, the IND version was back in the daytime, with 145th Street being the northern terminal.

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	Period


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St.)



(Fkln.
Ave.)

(Rock.
Park)

Rush hours	3-7	6-7	6-7	4-5	4-6	3-7	2-3	2-4
Middays	6	7-8	8-9	7-8	8-9	5-6	5	5
Evenings	10	8-12	12	10	10-12	10-12	5-8	5
Weekends	6-8	8-12	8-12	8-12	8-12	6-8	4-8	5
Late nights	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	Period









(42nd
St.)

















(Fkln.
Ave.)

(Rock.
Pk.)

Rush hours	8–18	9–10
Some trains also go to New Lots Avenue during rush hours	9–10	14.5
14.5
Most trains go to Dyre Avenue, but a few go to Nereid Avenue	8	8–12	10–15	10–15	20	12	8	6–7	10	15
12 to Parsons/Archer, 3 to 179th Street	14.5	2
2 from Brooklyn in the AM, and 2 toward Brooklyn in the PM	6–8	6	6	18–20	7–8	7.5	7.5-10	7.5	6-7	6	3-4
Middays, evenings, and weekendsEvening and weekend frequencies are the same as midday frequencies, with the following exceptions: trains do not operate in the evenings or weekends. B and W trains do not operate on weekends.	10	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	12		12	8
Trains alternate between Howard Beach and Lefferts Boulevard	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
3 for Howard Beach, 3 for Lefferts Boulevard shuttle			3	3	3		3	3		3	3	3	3	3		3	3

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 (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.

References

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