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List of New York City Subway services

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List of New York City Subway services

The New York City Subway system has 28 lettered or numbered route designations.

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 depending on the time of day.

Tables

· Service listing › Current services
A Division (IRT)
A Division (IRT)
Col 1
A Division (IRT)
B Division (IND/BMT)
B Division (IND/BMT)
Col 1
B Division (IND/BMT)
Route
Line(s)
North terminal
South terminal
Service pattern(s)
A Division (IRT)
Broadway–Seventh Avenue Local
IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street
South Ferry
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
Wakefield–241st Street
Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College New Lots Avenue (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
Harlem–148th Street
New Lots Avenue 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
Woodlawn
Crown Heights–Utica Avenue New Lots Avenue (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
Eastchester–Dyre Avenue Nereid Avenue (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
Lexington Avenue Local
IRT Pelham Line IRT Lexington Avenue Line
Pelham Bay Park Parkchester (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.
Pelham Bay Park Express
IRT Pelham Line IRT Lexington Avenue Line
Pelham Bay Park
Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall
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
Flushing–Main Street
34th Street–Hudson Yards
Operates 24 hours a day. Makes all stops along the full route.
Flushing Express
IRT Flushing Line
Flushing–Main Street
34th Street–Hudson Yards
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.
42nd Street Shuttle
IRT 42nd Street Shuttle
Times Square
Grand Central
Operates at all times except overnights.
B Division (IND/BMT)
Eighth Avenue Express
IND Eighth Avenue Line IND Fulton Street Line IND Rockaway Line
Inwood–207th Street Euclid Avenue (late night Lefferts Boulevard Shuttle)
Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue or Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard 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. 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.
Sixth Avenue Express
IND Concourse Line IND Eighth Avenue Line IND Sixth Avenue Line BMT Brighton Line
Bedford Park Boulevard (rush hours and limited middays) 145th Street (limited middays and evenings)
Brighton Beach
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
168th Street
Euclid Avenue
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
Norwood–205th Street
Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue
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
Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer Jamaica–179th Street (some rush hour trips)
World Trade Center
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 (nights/weekends) IND Sixth Avenue Line IND Culver Line
Jamaica–179th Street
Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue Kings Highway (some rush hour trips)
Operates at all times. Operates express in Queens between Forest Hills–71st Avenue and Fifth Avenue/53rd Street via 53rd Street during weekdays. Operates local in Queens and via the 63rd Street Line nights and weekends. Some rush hour trains short turn at Kings Highway. Operates local in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Culver Express
IND Queens Boulevard Line IND Sixth Avenue Line IND Culver Line
Jamaica–179th Street
Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue
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
Court Square
Church Avenue
Operates at all times, fully local.
Nassau Street Local
BMT Archer Avenue Line BMT Jamaica Line 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. Runs express from Myrtle Avenue to Marcy Avenue rush hours and middays in the peak direction.
14th Street–Canarsie Local
BMT Canarsie Line
Eighth Avenue
Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway
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
Forest Hills–71st Avenue Essex Street (weekdays evenings and all day weekends) Myrtle Avenue (late nights)
Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue
Operates with local service at all times. Operates the full route weekdays. 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
Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard
Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue
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
96th Street
Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue
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
Forest Hills–71st Avenue Whitehall Street–South Ferry (late nights)
Bay Ridge–95th Street
Operates the full route at all times except late nights, fully local. Short turns at Whitehall Street late nights.
Franklin Avenue Shuttle
BMT Franklin Avenue Line
Franklin Avenue
Prospect Park
Operates at all times.
Rockaway Park Shuttle
IND Rockaway Line IND Rockaway Park Branch
Broad Channel
Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street
Operates at all times.
Broadway Local
BMT Astoria Line BMT Broadway Line
Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard
Whitehall Street–South Ferry
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
Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer
Broad Street
Skip-stop pair with J service during rush hours in the peak direction only.
· Service listing › 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)
Will operate at all times, fully local, making all stops
· Train frequency charts › Train intervals
Day of the week
Day of the week
Train times
Day of the week
Train times
Rush Hour a .
Train times
Midday
Train times
Rush Hour p .
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Evening
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Weekend
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Late Night
Monday to Friday
Monday to Friday
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Monday to Friday
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6:30 a . – 9:30 a .
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9:30 a . – 3:30 p .
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3:30 p . – 8 p .
Train times
8 p . – 12 a .
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—N/a
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12 a . – 6:30 a .
Saturday, Sunday, Holidays
Saturday, Sunday, Holidays
Train times
Saturday, Sunday, Holidays
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—N/a
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—N/a
Train times
—N/a
Train times
—N/a
Train times
6:30 a . – 12 a .
Train times
Day of the week
Rush Hour a .
Midday
Rush Hour p .
Evening
Weekend
Late Night
Monday to Friday
6:30 a . – 9:30 a .
9:30 a . – 3:30 p .
3:30 p . – 8 p .
8 p . – 12 a .
—N/a
12 a . – 6:30 a .
Saturday, Sunday, Holidays
—N/a
—N/a
—N/a
—N/a
6:30 a . – 12 a .
· Train frequency charts › Train intervals
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(42nd St.)
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6
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Middays
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Middays
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6
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7-8
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5
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5
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8
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8
Evenings
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10
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8-12
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12
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10
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5
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7
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10
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12
Weekends
Weekends
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Weekends
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6-8
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8-12
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8-12
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8-12
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8-12
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6-8
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4-8
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5
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10
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—N/a
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12
Late nights
Late nights
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Late nights
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20
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20
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20
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20
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20
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20
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20
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—N/a
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20
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—N/a
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—N/a
The 3 train runs late nights Harlem–148th Street ↔ 34th Street-Penn Station only. Between Crown Heights–Utica Avenue and New Lots Avenue, 4 train operates during this time. The 5 train runs late nights Eastchester-Dyre Avenue ↔ East 180th Street only. During weekday rush hours, 5 train runs express between East 180th Street and Third Avenue–149th
The 3 train runs late nights Harlem–148th Street ↔ 34th Street-Penn Station only. Between Crown Heights–Utica Avenue and New Lots Avenue, 4 train operates during this time. The 5 train runs late nights Eastchester-Dyre Avenue ↔ East 180th Street only. During weekday rush hours, 5 train runs express between East 180th Street and Third Avenue–149th
Train headways in minutes
The 3 train runs late nights Harlem–148th Street ↔ 34th Street-Penn Station only. Between Crown Heights–Utica Avenue and New Lots Avenue, 4 train operates during this time. The 5 train runs late nights Eastchester-Dyre Avenue ↔ East 180th Street only. During weekday rush hours, 5 train runs express between East 180th Street and Third Avenue–149th
Train headways in minutes
Period
(42nd St.)
Rush hours
3-7
6-7
6-7
4-5
4-6
3-7
2-3
2-4
6
7-9
9-10
Middays
6
7-8
8-9
7-8
8-9
5-6
5
5
8
8
8
Evenings
10
8-12
12
10
10-12
10-12
5-8
5
7
10
12
Weekends
6-8
8-12
8-12
8-12
8-12
6-8
4-8
5
10
—N/a
12
Late nights
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
—N/a
20
—N/a
—N/a
The 3 train runs late nights Harlem–148th Street ↔ 34th Street-Penn Station only. Between Crown Heights–Utica Avenue and New Lots Avenue, 4 train operates during this time. The 5 train runs late nights Eastchester-Dyre Avenue ↔ East 180th Street only. During weekday rush hours, 5 train runs express between East 180th Street and Third Avenue–149th
· Train frequency charts › Trains per hour
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(42nd St.)
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Rush hours
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8–18
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9–10
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9–10
Trains per hour
14
Trains per hour
14
Trains per hour
8
Trains per hour
8–12
Trains per hour
10–15
Trains per hour
10–15
Trains per hour
20
Trains per hour
12
Middays, evenings, and weekends
Middays, evenings, and weekends
Trains per hour
Middays, evenings, and weekends
Trains per hour
10
Trains per hour
7
Trains per hour
7
Trains per hour
7
Trains per hour
7
Trains per hour
7
Trains per hour
7
Trains per hour
12
Trains per hour
—N/a
Trains per hour
12
Trains per hour
8
Late nights
Late nights
Trains per hour
Late nights
Trains per hour
3
Trains per hour
3
Trains per hour
3
Trains per hour
3
Trains per hour
3
Trains per hour
3
Trains per hour
—N/a
Trains per hour
3
Trains per hour
—N/a
Trains per hour
—N/a
Trains per hour
6
Trains per hour
Period
(42nd St.)
Rush hours
8–18
9–10
9–10
14
14
8
8–12
10–15
10–15
20
12
Middays, evenings, and weekends
10
7
7
7
7
7
7
12
—N/a
12
8
Late nights
3
3
3
3
3
3
—N/a
3
—N/a
—N/a
6

References

  1. 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. 5 for Lefferts Boulevard, 6 for Howard Beach, and 1 from/to Euclid Av
  4. 12 to Parsons/Archer, 3 to 179th Street
  5. 2 from Brooklyn in the AM, and 2 toward Brooklyn in the PM
  6. Evening and weekend frequencies are the same as midday frequencies, with the following exceptions: <6> trains do not ope
  7. Trains alternate between Howard Beach and Lefferts Boulevard
  8. 3 for Howard Beach, 3 for Lefferts Boulevard shuttle
  9. "Subway Service Guide"
    https://new.mta.info/document/12331
  10. "1 Subway Timetable, Effective June 8, 2025"
    https://new.mta.info/document/9426
  11. "2 Subway Timetable, Effective June 8, 2025"
    https://new.mta.info/document/9431
  12. "3 Subway Timetable, Effective November 2, 2025"
    https://new.mta.info/document/9436
  13. "4 Subway Timetable, Effective June 8, 2025"
    https://new.mta.info/document/9441
  14. "5 Subway Timetable, Effective June 8, 2025"
    https://new.mta.info/document/9446
  15. "6 Subway Timetable, Effective November 2, 2025"
    https://new.mta.info/document/9456
  16. "7 Subway Timetable, Effective June 23, 2025"
    https://new.mta.info/document/9461
  17. "42nd Street Shuttle Timetable, Effective June 8, 2025"
    https://new.mta.info/document/9531
  18. "A Subway Timetable, Effective November 2, 2025"
    https://new.mta.info/document/9466
  19. "B Subway Timetable, Effective November 2, 2025"
    https://new.mta.info/document/9481
  20. "C Subway Timetable, Effective November 2, 2025"
    https://new.mta.info/document/9471
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