2 (New York City Subway service)

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For the former BMT service, see BMT 2.

1979–present bullet

The 2 Seventh Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored red on station signs, the New York City Subway map and on rollsigns on most IRT rolling stock equipment because it represents service provided on the IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line in Manhattan.

The normal service pattern for the 2 is express in Manhattan and local in the Bronx and Brooklyn. Late nights, the 2 runs local in the Bronx, Manhattan, and Brooklyn. The 2 operates between Wakefield–241st Street, Bronx and Brooklyn College–Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn at all times.

Limited rush hour service operates on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line to clear congestion. Limited rush hour service also runs to New Lots Avenue, Brooklyn due to space limitations along the Nostrand Avenue segment south of Franklin Avenue.

The 2 train was one of the last strongholds of the Redbird cars. Introduced in the mid-1950s to early 1960s, they ran on the line until 2001–2002 and were replaced by the Bombardier–built R142s. A few R142A sets have ran on the 2 as well.

The 2 train uses the following lines:

Line	Tracks	When
IRT White Plains Road Line (full line)	local	always
IRT Lenox Avenue Line south of 135th Street	N/A	always
IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line from 96th Street to Chambers Street	express (local late nights)	always
IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line, Brooklyn Branch, via Clark Street Tunnel	N/A	always
IRT Eastern Parkway Line north of Franklin Avenue	local	always
IRT Nostrand Avenue Line (full line)	N/A	always
IRT Eastern Parkway Line south of Franklin Avenue	local	some rush-hour trips

1 Service history
2 Stations
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Service history

2

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R12 end rollsign

1967–1979 bullet

From March to October 1998, the IRT Lenox Avenue Line was rehabilitated. On weekdays, 2 trains ran via the IRT Lexington Avenue Line between 149th Street–Grand Concourse and Nevins Street uptown from 5:00 to 12:00 and downtown from 12:00 to 0:00.

After September 11, 2001, the 2 train became local in Manhattan (so they wouldn't back up behind 3 trains terminating at 14th Street). It returned to normal service on September 15, 2002.

[edit] Stations

Station service legend
	Stops all times
	Stops late nights only
Time period details

	Station	Subway transfers	Connections
The Bronx
	Wakefield–241st Street
	Nereid Avenue	5 ^(1a)
	233rd Street	5 ^(1a)	Metro-North Railroad Harlem Line at Woodlawn
	225th Street	5 ^(1a)
	219th Street	5 ^(1a)
	Gun Hill Road	5 ^(1a)
	Burke Avenue	5 ^(1a)
	Allerton Avenue	5 ^(1a)
	Pelham Parkway	5 ^(1a)
	Bronx Park East	5 ^(1a)
	East 180th Street	5
	West Farms Square–East Tremont Avenue	5 ^(1b234)
	174th Street	5 ^(1b234)
	Freeman Street	5 ^(1b234)
	Simpson Street	5 ^(1b234)
	Intervale Avenue	5 ^(1b234)
	Prospect Avenue	5 ^(1b234)
	Jackson Avenue	5 ^(1b234)
	Third Avenue–149th Street	5 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾
	149th Street–Grand Concourse	4 • 5 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾
Manhattan
	135th Street	3 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾
	125th Street	3 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾	M60 bus to LaGuardia Airport
	116th Street	3 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾
	Central Park North–110th Street	3 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾
	96th Street	1 • 3 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾
	86th Street	1
	79th Street	1
	72nd Street	1 • 3 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾
	66th Street–Lincoln Center	1
	59th Street–Columbus Circle	1 • A • D
	50th Street	1
	Times Square–42nd Street	1 3 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ • 7 <7>^(1a2a3c) • A C⁽¹²³⁴⁾ E • N • Q • R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ • W ^(123a) • S⁽¹²³⁴⁾	Port Authority Bus Terminal
	34th Street–Penn Station	1 • 3 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾	Amtrak, LIRR and NJ Transit at Pennsylvania Station
	28th Street	1
	23rd Street	1
	18th Street	1
	14th Street	1 • 3 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ • F • L • V ⁽¹²³⁾	PATH at 14th Street
	Christopher Street–Sheridan Square	1	PATH at Christopher Street
	Houston Street	1
	Canal Street	1
	Franklin Street	1
	Chambers Street	1 • 3 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾
	Park Place	3 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ • A C⁽¹²³⁴⁾ • E	PATH at World Trade Center
	Fulton Street	3 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ • 4 5⁽¹²³⁴⁾ • A C⁽¹²³⁴⁾ • J^(1235a) M⁽¹⁾ Z^(1a)
	Wall Street	3 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾
Brooklyn
	Clark Street	3 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾
	Borough Hall	3 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ • 4 5⁽¹⁾ • M⁽¹⁾ N⁽⁵⁾ R⁽¹²³⁴⁾
	Hoyt Street–Fulton Mall	3 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾
	Nevins Street	3 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ • 4 • 5 ⁽¹⁾
	Atlantic Avenue	3 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ • 4 • 5 ⁽¹⁾ • B ^(123a) • D • M ⁽¹⁾ • N • Q • R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾	LIRR Atlantic Branch at Flatbush Avenue
	Bergen Street	3 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ • 4 ⁽⁵⁾
	Grand Army Plaza–Prospect Park	3 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ • 4 ⁽⁵⁾
	Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum	3 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ • 4 ⁽⁵⁾
	Franklin Avenue	3 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ • 4 • 5 ⁽¹⁾ S
	President Street	5 ⁽¹⁾
	Sterling Street	5 ⁽¹⁾
	Winthrop Street	5 ⁽¹⁾
	Church Avenue	5 ⁽¹⁾
	Beverly Road	5 ⁽¹⁾
	Newkirk Avenue	5 ⁽¹⁾
	Brooklyn College–Flatbush Avenue	5 ⁽¹⁾

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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