6 (New York City Subway service)
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The 6 Lexington Avenue Local is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored green on station signs, the New York City Subway map and on most IRT rolling stock equipment since it uses the IRT Lexington Avenue Line through midtown. 6 trains operates between Pelham Bay Park, the Bronx and Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall, Manhattan at all times and operates local in Manhattan. During middays and rush hours in the peak direction 6 trains that begins/terminates at Parkchester operates local in the Bronx, and <6> trains that begins/terminates at Pelham Bay Park operates express in the Bronx between Parkchester and Third Avenue–138th Street.
The 6 trains' rolling stock fleet currently consists of R142A train sets.
The following lines are used by the 6 service:
| Line | Tracks | When |
|---|---|---|
| IRT Pelham Line (full line) | local (some rush hour trains run express south of Parkchester in the peak direction) | always |
| IRT Lexington Avenue Line north of Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall | local | always |
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[edit] Service history
On October 27, 1904, local and express service opened on the original subway in Manhattan, following the route of the present IRT Lexington Avenue Line from City Hall to 42nd Street–Grand Central. From there, the service traveled west on 42nd Street on the route of the present 42nd Street Shuttle, and then north on the present Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line, and then the Lenox Avenue Line to 145th Street.
The current "H" configuration — with separate services along Lexington Avenue and Broadway–Seventh Avenues — was introduced in 1917. Full Lexington Avenue local service from City Hall to 125th Street opened on July 17, 1918.
On December 31, 1945, City Hall station closed, making the former Brooklyn Bridge station (renamed Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall the new southern terminal.
[edit] Cultural references
- In the 1974 film The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, a 6 train was hijacked, and hostages were held inside a subway car.
- When she was growing up, Jennifer Lopez regularly rode a 6 train into Manhattan to go to her dance studio. Her debut 1999 album is called On the 6, a reference to the train.
- Mark Wahlberg rides the 6 (R29/36 cars) in the The Yards.
- On January 22, 2006, eight members of the Improv Everywhere comedy troup were arrested on a 6 train after participating in a city-wide prank dubbed "No Pants".
[edit] Service information
| Station service legend | |
|---|---|
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Stops all times |
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Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction |
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Stops rush hours in the peak direction only |
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- Rush hours, mid-days and evenings, Bronx express trains begin/terminate at Pelham Bay Park; Bronx local trains begin/terminate at Parkchester.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- MTA NYC Transit - 6 Lexington Avenue Local
- MTA NYC Transit - 6 Lexington Avenue Local / Pelham Express
- MTA NYC Transit - 6 schedule PDF (255 KiB)
