D (New York City Subway service)

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The D Sixth Avenue Express is a rapid transit service of the New York City Subway. It is colored orange on route signs, station signs, and the official subway map, since it uses the IND Sixth Avenue Line through Manhattan.

The normal service pattern for the D is from Norwood–205th Street in the Bronx to Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue, running local in the Bronx and express in Manhattan and northern Brooklyn. During rush hours, service north of 145th Street is express in the peak direction, with the B extended to serve local stops); during late nights, service is local in the Bronx and Brooklyn but remains express in Manhattan.

The D fleet currently consists of R68 cars, with an occasional R68A. The fleet also uses R40/R40A and R42 cars (which are mostly coupled with the modified R40As) during games at Yankee Stadium.

The following lines are used by the D service:

Line	Tracks	When
IND Concourse Line (full line)	local (express rush hours in peak direction)	always
IND Eighth Avenue Line from 145th Street to 59th Street–Columbus Circle	express	always
IND Sixth Avenue Line from 59th Street to Broadway–Lafayette Street	express	always
IND Chrystie Street Connection (full line)	express	always
BMT Manhattan Bridge north tracks (full line)	N/A	always
BMT Fourth Avenue Line north of 36th Street	express (local late nights)	always
BMT West End Line (full line)	local	always

Contents 1 History 2 Cultural References 3 Stations 4 External links 5 References

[edit] History

• The DD designation was only used once, in December 1962, during a water main break at Sixth Avenue and 18th Street. It ran local between 205th Street and Stillwell Avenue, making all stops, using the IND Eighth Avenue Line north of West Fourth Street, and the IND Sixth Avenue Line south of it.

• On November 26, 1967, the IND Chrystie Street Connection opened, adding express service on the Sixth Avenue Line and connecting it with the Manhattan Bridge. D service was switched over to BMT Brighton Line via this new connector. It became the express service on weekdays to Brighton Beach and the local to Stillwell Avenue other times. In Manhattan, it ran express from West Fourth Street to 34th Street rush hours only (the B used the express tracks to terminate there at other times). It would become the full time Sixth Avenue Express when non-rush hours B service was extended to 57th Street–Sixth Avenue.

• When the north side of the Manhattan Bridge was closed in April 1986, D service ran in two sections, one between the Bronx and 34th Street while the other ran from 57th Street on the BMT Broadway Line, then express along the Broadway Line to Canal Street, then over the south side of the Manhattan Bridge into Brooklyn, and then along the Brighton Line to Stillwell Avenue. At this time, D/Q skip-stop service ran in Brooklyn on weekdays.

• In 1988, the north side reopened and the two sections joined. The D now ran as the full time Brighton Local to Stillwell Avenue.

• In May 1995, the north side was closed during midday and weekends and D service was cut south of 34th Street. On July 22, 2001, it was closed at all times and D service was cut again. In Brooklyn, it was replaced by Q local service.

• After September 11, 2001, C service was suspended. On weekends, the D ran local on the Eighth Avenue Line north of 59th Street to fill in the gap caused by the suspension.

• On February 22, 2004, the north side of the Manhattan Bridge was reopened, and D trains were extended via the north side of the bridge to Brooklyn, replacing the W as the Fourth Avenue Express (late nights local) and West End Local to Stillwell Avenue.

• From May 24 to Fall 2004, construction on the IND Concourse Line suspended D express service in the Bronx, but the B still traveled to Bedford Park Boulevard during rush hours.

• The Eighth Avenue fire in January 2005 caused D trains to run local on the Eighth Avenue Line north of 59th Street on weekday evenings until C service was restored on February 2.

[edit] Cultural References

• Bob Dylan's 1966 song "Visions of Johanna" includes the lyric "In the empty lot where the ladies play blindman's bluff with the keychain/And the all-night girls, they whisper of escapades out on the D train."

[edit] Stations

For a more detailed station listing, see the articles on the lines listed above.

Station service legend
	Stops all times
	Stops late nights only
	Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction
Time period details

	Station		Subway transfers	Connections
The Bronx
	Norwood–205th Street
	Bedford Park Boulevard		B (1)
	Kingsbridge Road		B (1)
	Fordham Road		B (1)
	182nd–183rd Streets		B (1)
	Tremont Avenue		B (1)
	174th–175th Streets		B (1)
	170th Street		B (1)
	167th Street		B (1)
	161st Street–Yankee Stadium		B (1)
Manhattan
	155th Street		B (1)
	145th Street		A B (123a) C (1234)
	125th Street		A B (123a) C (1234)	M60 to LaGuardia Airport
	59th Street–Columbus Circle		1 2 3(1234) A B (123a) C (1234)
	Seventh Avenue		B (123a) E
	47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center		B (123a) F V (123)
	42nd Street–Bryant Park		B (123a) F V (123)
	34th Street–Herald Square		B (123a) F N Q R (1234) V (123) W (123a)	PATH at 33rd Street Amtrak, LIRR, NJ Transit at Pennsylvania Station
	West Fourth Street–Washington Square		A B (123a) C (1234) E F V (123)	PATH at Ninth Street
	Broadway–Lafayette Street		B (123a) F V (123) (downtown 4(5) 6 <6>(1a2a) only)
	Grand Street		B (123a)
Brooklyn
	DeKalb Avenue		N (5) Q
	Atlantic Avenue–Pacific Street		2 3(1234) 4 5(1) B (123a) M (1) N Q R (1234)	LIRR Atlantic Branch at Flatbush Avenue
	Union Street		N (5)
	Ninth Street		F N (5)
	Prospect Avenue		N (5)
	25th Street		N (5)
	36th Street		M (1) N R
	Ninth Avenue		M (1)
	Fort Hamilton Parkway		M (1)
	50th Street		M (1)
	55th Street		M (1)
	62nd Street		M (1) N
	71st Street		M (1)
	79th Street		M (1)
	18th Avenue		M (1)
	20th Avenue		M (1)
	Bay Parkway		M (1)
	25th Avenue
	Bay 50th Street
	Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue		F N Q

[edit] External links

• MTA NYC Transit - D Sixth Avenue Express
• MTA NYC Transit - D schedulePDF (171 KiB)

[edit] References

• Line By Line History
• New Routes Listed in IND Emergency Caused by Flooding, New York Times December 8, 1962 page 33

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