Archer Avenue Line

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The Archer Avenue Line is a rapid transit line of the New York City Subway, mostly running under Archer Avenue in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens. Conceived as part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's 1968 expansion plans, this line is one of the newest sections of the system. Actually consisting of two separate levels, it is served by trains from both the IND Queens Boulevard Line (E) and the BMT Jamaica Line (J Z ^(1a)). Since the two levels share no track connections and have different chainings and radio frequencies, they are really two separate lines—the IND Archer Avenue Line (upper level) and the BMT Archer Avenue Line (lower level).

Contents 1 Extent and service 2 Station listing 2.1 BMT Archer Avenue Line 2.2 IND Archer Avenue Line

[edit] Extent and service

The following services use the Archer Avenue Line:

	Service	Section of line
E	Eighth Avenue Local / Queens Boulevard Express	upper level, north of junction with the IND Queens Boulevard Line
J	Nassau Street Local / Jamaica Express	lower level, north of 121st Street on the BMT Jamaica Line
Z	Nassau Street Local / Jamaica Express

The Archer Avenue Line begins at its northern terminal, Jamaica Center–Parsons Boulevard/Archer Avenue (E J Z ^(1a)), as a bi-level subway, with each level consisting of two tracks. The line runs compass west along Archer Avenue to another station at Sutphin Boulevard, where connections can be made to the Long Island Rail Road and AirTrain JFK. West of this station, the two levels diverge. The lower level tracks (J Z ^(1a)) continue roughly compass northwest, emerging from a portal near 89th Road and 130th Street and paralleling the Main Line of the LIRR before turning west onto the elevated structure of the BMT Jamaica Line. The upper level tracks (E) turn compass north under the Van Wyck Expressway, with another station at Jamaica Avenue. Just north of Hillside Avenue, they meet the four tracks of the IND Queens Boulevard Line at a flying junction, with connections to both the local and express tracks.

[edit] Station listing

[edit] BMT Archer Avenue Line

	Station	Tracks	Services	Opened	Transfers and notes
	Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer	all	J Z (1a)	December 11, 1988
	Sutphin Boulevard/Archer Avenue–JFK	all	J Z (1a)	December 11, 1988	LIRR at Jamaica AirTrain JFK to JFK Int'l Airport
Merge into BMT Jamaica Line

[edit] IND Archer Avenue Line

	Station	Tracks	Services	Opened	Transfers and notes
	Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer	all	E	December 11, 1988
	Sutphin Boulevard/Archer Avenue–JFK	all	E	December 11, 1988	LIRR at Jamaica AirTrain JFK to JFK Int'l Airport
	Jamaica–Van Wyck	all	E	December 11, 1988
Merge into IND Queens Boulevard Line

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