List of New York City Subway services
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Route bullets for the 3, N, 7, and D services (clockwise from top left) on rolling stock |
As of April 2015, the New York City Subway system has 24 lettered or numbered route designations.[1]
- The 1, 6, 7, C, G, L, M and R trains are fully local, making all stops.
- The 2, 3, 4, 5, <6>, <7>, A, B, D, E, F, 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 letter S is used for three shuttle services: the Rockaway Park Shuttle, Franklin Avenue Shuttle, and 42nd Street Shuttle.
Due to the subway operating 24 hours a day, there are five different service patterns. There are rush-hour, midday, evening, weekend and late night service patterns. Each service has a table in its article to show what tracks are used and when.
This table 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.
Time periods
The New York City Subway is one of the few subways worldwide operating 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. The schedule is divided into different periods of time, with each containing different operation patterns and train intervals.
The MTA defines time periods as follows; these are used in articles (sometimes abbreviated by numbers in superscript or the symbol indicated):
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(1) rush hours – 6:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Monday–Friday
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(1a) rush hours in the peak direction (toward Manhattan in the morning, away from Manhattan in the afternoon)
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- (2) middays – 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday–Friday
- (2a) middays in the peak direction
- (2b) middays in the non-peak direction
- (3) evenings – 8:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m., Monday–Friday
- (3a) early evenings – 8:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
- (3b) evenings in the peak direction
- (3c) early evenings in the peak direction – 8:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
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(4) weekends – 6:30 a.m. to 12:00 a.m., Saturday and Sunday
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(5) late nights – 12:00 a.m. to 6:30 a.m., every day
- (5a) weekday late nights (i.e., Tuesday–Saturday mornings)
- (5b) weekend late nights (i.e., Sunday and Monday mornings)
- (5c) southbound only
- (5d) northbound only
Other symbols are derivatives and are defined based on the rules above:
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all times – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
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all times except rush hours in the peak direction
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all times except weekdays in the peak direction
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daily – criteria (1), (2), (3), and (4) above (all times except late nights)
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daily except rush hours in the peak direction
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nights and weekdays – criteria (1), (2), (3), and (5) above
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nights and weekends – criteria (4) and (5) above
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weekdays – criteria (1), (2), and (3) above
Service listing
Lines with colors next to them are the primary trunk line of the corresponding service; they determine the color of the service bullets and diamonds, except shuttles which are dark gray.
Current services
Route | Line(s) | North terminal | South terminal | |
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Broadway – Seventh Avenue Local[2] | IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line | Van Cortlandt Park – 242nd Street | South Ferry |
operates at all times, fully local, making all stops | ||||
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Seventh Avenue Express[3] | IRT White Plains Road Line, IRT Lenox Avenue Line, IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line, Clark Street Tunnel, IRT Eastern Parkway Line, IRT Nostrand Avenue Line | Wakefield – 241st Street | Flatbush Avenue – Brooklyn College New Lots Avenue (some rush hour trips) |
operates at all times, normally express on the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line in Manhattan, and local elsewhere operates fully local late nights | ||||
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Seventh Avenue Express[4] | IRT Lenox Avenue Line, IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line, Clark Street Tunnel, IRT Eastern Parkway Line, IRT New Lots Line | Harlem – 148th Street | Times Square – 42nd Street (late nights) New Lots Avenue |
operates at all times, express on the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line in Manhattan and local elsewhere short turns at Times Square – 42nd Street late nights | ||||
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Lexington Avenue Express[5] | IRT Jerome Avenue Line, IRT Lexington Avenue Line, Joralemon Street Tunnel, IRT Eastern Parkway Line, IRT New Lots Line | Woodlawn | Crown Heights – Utica Avenue New Lots Avenue (some rush hour trips and late nights) |
operates at all times; normally express on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line in Manhattan and IRT Eastern Parkway Line in Brooklyn and local elsewhere extended to New Lots Avenue and operates fully local late nights | ||||
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Lexington Avenue Express[6] | IRT Dyre Avenue Line, IRT White Plains Road Line, IRT Jerome Avenue Line, IRT Lexington Avenue Line, Joralemon Street Tunnel, IRT Eastern Parkway Line, IRT Nostrand Avenue Line | Eastchester – Dyre Avenue Nereid Avenue (some rush hour trips) |
Flatbush Avenue – Brooklyn College (weekdays) Bowling Green (evenings & weekends) Crown Heights – Utica Avenue (some rush hour trips) New Lots Avenue (some rush hour trips) East 180th Street (late nights) |
operates the full route (Dyre Avenue to Flatbush Avenue) rush hours and middays; with additional service rush hours short turns at Bowling Green evenings and weekends normally express in Manhattan and on the IRT Eastern Parkway Line in Brooklyn operates as a shuttle (Dyre Avenue to East 180th Street) late nights | ||||
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Lexington Avenue Local[7] | IRT Pelham Line, IRT Lexington Avenue Line | Pelham Bay Park Parkchester (rush hours and middays) |
Brooklyn Bridge – City Hall |
operates at all times, fully local short turns at Parkchester when the <6> operates | ||||
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Lexington Avenue Local[7] | IRT Pelham Line, IRT Lexington Avenue Line | Pelham Bay Park | Brooklyn Bridge – City Hall |
operates rush hours and midday only, in the peak direction express on the IRT Pelham Line between Third Avenue and Parkchester and local elsewhere | ||||
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Flushing Local[8] | IRT Flushing Line | Flushing – Main Street | Times Square |
operates at all times, fully local | ||||
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Flushing Express[8] | IRT Flushing Line | Flushing – Main Street | Times Square |
operates rush hours and evenings only, in the peak direction express between Queensboro Plaza and Main Street and local elsewhere | ||||
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42nd Street Shuttle[9] | IRT 42nd Street Shuttle | Times Square | Grand Central |
operates at all times except late nights | ||||
B Division (IND/BMT) | ||||
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Eighth Avenue Express[10] | IND Eighth Avenue Line, Cranberry Street Tunnel, IND Fulton Street Line, IND Rockaway Line | Inwood – 207th Street 168th Street (some peak direction rush hour trips) Euclid Avenue (late night Lefferts Boulevard Shuttle) |
Ozone Park – Lefferts Boulevard or Far Rockaway – Mott Avenue 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 operates fully local late nights to Far Rockaway with additional shuttle service between Euclid Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard | ||||
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Sixth Avenue Express[11] | IND Concourse Line, IND Eighth Avenue Line, IND Sixth Avenue Line, Chrystie Street Connection, Manhattan Bridge north tracks, BMT Brighton Line | Bedford Park Boulevard 145th Street (middays) |
Brighton Beach |
operates weekdays only, until 11:00 p.m. 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 middays | ||||
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Eighth Avenue Local[12] | IND Eighth Avenue Line, Cranberry Street Tunnel, IND Fulton Street Line | 168th Street | Euclid Avenue |
operates at all times except late nights, fully local | ||||
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Sixth Avenue Express[13] | IND Concourse Line, IND Eighth Avenue Line, IND Sixth Avenue Line, Chrystie Street Connection, Manhattan Bridge north tracks, BMT Fourth Avenue Line, BMT West End Line | Norwood – 205th Street | Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue |
operates at all times, normally express in Manhattan and on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line in Brooklyn and local elsewhere operates fully local in Brooklyn late nights express on the IND Concourse Line in the Bronx, rush hours in the peak direction | ||||
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Eighth Avenue Local[14] | IND Archer Avenue Line, IND Queens Boulevard Line, 53rd Street Tunnel, IND Eighth Avenue Line | Jamaica – 179th Street (some rush hour trips) Jamaica Center – Parsons / Archer |
World Trade Center |
operates at all times, normally express on the IND Queens Boulevard Line in Queens and local elsewhere operates fully local late nights | ||||
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Sixth Avenue Local[15] | IND Queens Boulevard Line, IND 63rd Street Line, IND Sixth Avenue Line, Rutgers Street Tunnel, IND Culver Line | Jamaica – 179th Street | Kings Highway (some rush hour trips) Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue |
operates at all times operates express in Queens between Forest Hills – 71st Avenue and 21st Street – Queensbridge and local elsewhere some rush hour trains short turn at Kings Highway | ||||
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Brooklyn–Queens Crosstown Local[16] | IND Crosstown Line, IND Culver Line | Court Square | Church Avenue |
operates at all times, fully local | ||||
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Nassau Street Local[17] | BMT Archer Avenue Line, BMT Jamaica Line, Williamsburg Bridge, BMT Nassau Street Line | Jamaica Center – Parsons / Archer | Chambers Street (weekends) Broad Street (weekdays) |
operates at all times, normally fully local operates skip-stop with the Z train during rush hours in the peak direction operates express in the peak direction between Myrtle Avenue and Marcy Avenue midday and rush hours short turns at Chambers Street on weekends | ||||
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14th Street – Canarsie Local[18] | BMT Canarsie Line, 14th Street Tunnel | Eighth Avenue | Canarsie – Rockaway Parkway |
operates at all times, fully local | ||||
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Sixth Avenue Local[19] | IND Queens Boulevard Line, 53rd Street Tunnel, IND Sixth Avenue Line, Chrystie Street Connection, BMT Nassau Street Line, Williamsburg Bridge, BMT Jamaica Line, BMT Myrtle Avenue Line | Forest Hills – 71st Avenue Essex Street (weekends) Myrtle Avenue (late nights) |
Middle Village – Metropolitan Avenue |
operates the full route weekdays, fully local short turns at Essex Street on weekends operates as a shuttle (Myrtle Avenue to Metropolitan Avenue) late nights | ||||
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Broadway Local[20] | BMT Astoria Line, 60th Street Tunnel, BMT Broadway Line, Manhattan Bridge south tracks, BMT Fourth Avenue Line, BMT Sea Beach Line Montague Street Tunnel (late nights) |
Astoria – Ditmars Boulevard 57th Street – Seventh Avenue |
Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue |
operates at all times via the Manhattan Bridge and express on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line in Brooklyn at all times except late nights via the Montague Street Tunnel late nights, fully local | ||||
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Broadway Express[21] | BMT Astoria Line, 60th Street Tunnel, BMT Broadway Line, Manhattan Bridge south tracks, BMT Brighton Line | Astoria – Ditmars Boulevard 57th Street – Seventh Avenue |
Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue |
operates at all times, normally express in Manhattan and local elsewhere operates fully local late nights extended to Astoria – Ditmars Boulevard on weekdays short turns at 57th Street – Seventh Avenue at all other times | ||||
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Broadway Local[22] | IND Queens Boulevard Line, 60th Street Tunnel Connection, 60th Street Tunnel, BMT Broadway Line, Montague Street Tunnel, BMT Fourth Avenue Line | Forest Hills – 71st Avenue 36th Street (late nights) |
Bay Ridge – 95th Street |
operates the full route at all times except late nights, fully local operates as a shuttle (36th Street to 95th Street, Brooklyn) late nights | ||||
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Franklin Avenue Shuttle[23] | BMT Franklin Avenue Line | Franklin Avenue | Prospect Park |
operates at all times | ||||
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Rockaway Park Shuttle[24] | IND Rockaway Park Branch of the IND Rockaway Line | Broad Channel | Rockaway Park – Beach 116th Street |
operates at all times | ||||
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Nassau Street Express[17] | Skip-stop clone of J service during rush hours in the peak direction only |
Future services
Route | Line(s) | North terminal | South terminal | |
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Second Avenue Local | IND Second Avenue Line | 125th Street | Houston Street (Phase 3) Hanover Square (Phase 4) |
will operate at all times, fully local, making all stops |
Service variants
- The 6 service has a midday (2a) and rush hour (1a) diamond Bronx express service labeled <6>, in addition to 6 local service.
- The 7 service has a rush hour (1a), and evening (3c) diamond Queens express service labeled <7>, in addition to 7 local service.
- The J and Z are identical routings, differing only by stations skipped during rush-hours (1a).
Because of inconsistencies in usage there are, in practice, more distinctly identifiable services operating simultaneously than are represented by the color/letter/number designations:
- The 2 service has a rush-hour variant that operates to a different southern terminal: New Lots Avenue.
- The 5 service has rush-hour variants that operate to different terminals: Nereid Avenue, New Lots Avenue and Utica Avenue.
- The A service has three physically separate southern terminals: Far Rockaway, Lefferts Boulevard and Rockaway Park.
- Lefferts Boulevard is served late nights by a shuttle.
- Rockaway Park is served only in the peak direction during rush hours (and by the Rockaway Park Shuttle at all times).
- The E service has a rush-hour variant that operates to a different northern terminal: Jamaica – 179th Street.
A number of services operate shorter routes during lower ridership hours, but these are neither signed differently nor counted as separate services. Special services caused by General Orders or construction, usually during off-peak hours, are also not counted.
Train frequency charts
Train intervals
The schedule offers trains every 3 to 5 minutes on the most used sections during rush hours. During other traffic periods, intervals range usually from 4 to 12 minutes or up to 20 minutes on outer sections. During late nights, only selected express services are operated and all late night services usually run every 20 minutes.
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Rush hours | Mondays to Fridays 6:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. 3:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. |
3-5 | 4-8 | 5-9 | 4-7 | 4-10 | 2-5 | 2-3 | 2-5 | 6-9 | 6-8 | 8-10 | 6-10 | 4-7 | 4-6 | 6-10 | 5 | 4-6 | 9-12 | 7-10 | 7-10 | 6-9 | 6-9 | 15 | 10 |
Middays | Mondays to Fridays 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. |
4-6 | 8 | 8 | 4-7 | 10-12 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6-9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 6-8 | 6-9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 10 |
Evenings | Mondays to Fridays 8:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m. |
10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10-12 | 10-12 | 5-8 | 10 | 10-12 | N/A | 12 | 10-12 | 6-10 | 8-10 | 15 | 12-15 | 7-12 | 12-15 | 10-12 | 10-12 | 12 | 12 | 15-20 | 12-15 |
Weekends | Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays 6:30 a.m. – 12:00 a.m. |
6-10 | 12 | 12 | 8-12 | 10-14 | 8-10 | 4-8 | 5 | 8-12 | N/A | 10-12 | 8-15 | 8-10 | 8-10 | 8-10 | 8-15 | 6-10 | 9-12 | 8-12 | 8-10 | 8-12 | 12-20 | 10-15 | |
Late nights | 12:00 a.m. – 6:30 a.m. | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | N/A | 20 | N/A | N/A | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | N/A | 20 | 20 | 20 |
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Trains per hour
This is a list of average train frequencies during different times of the day, measured in trains per hour (tph). This chart shows frequencies give or take approximately 2 tph.
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Rush hours | 15–18 | 12[note 1] | 9 | 15[note 1] | 15 [note 2][note 1] | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 16 [note 3] | 8 | 6 | 10 | 15[note 4] | 15 | 6–8 | 4 | 6 | 7[45] | 7.5 | 8.5 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 6 | |
Middays[note 5] | 10 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 10 | N/A | 12 | 8 [note 6] | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | N/A | |
Late nights | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | N/A | 3 | N/A | N/A | 6 [note 7] | N/A | N/A | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | N/A |
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Some trains also go to New Lots Avenue during rush hours
- ↑ 7.5 to Dyre Avenue, 7.5 to Nereid Avenue
- ↑ 6.5 to Lefferts Boulevard, 6.5 to Far Rockaway, 5 to Rockaway Park
- ↑ 12 to Parsons/Archer, 3 to 179th Street
- ↑ Evening and weekend frequencies are the same, except that <6>, <7>, B, and Z trains do not operate on weekends.
- ↑ 4 to Lefferts Boulevard, 4 to Far Rockaway
- ↑ 3 for regular service, 3 for Lefferts shuttle
History
See New York City Subway nomenclature for a complete explanation; this is just a table of when each service has existed (and been signed for the public). Shuttles were SS until 1985, when they became S (which had been used for specials). See here for the colors used for shuttles in 1967; in 1968 all six became green, and in 1979 all shuttles became dark gray.
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See also
- List of New York City Subway lines
- New York City Subway nomenclature
- Unused New York City Subway service labels
- Staten Island Railway
References
- ↑ "Subway Service Guide, September 2014" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-24.
- ↑ "1 Subway Timetable, Effective December 7, 2014" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2015-01-02.
- ↑ "2 Subway Timetable, Effective December 7, 2014" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2015-01-02.
- ↑ "3 Subway Timetable, Effective December 7, 2014" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2015-01-02.
- ↑ "4 Subway Timetable, Effective December 7, 2014" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2015-01-02.
- ↑ "5 Subway Timetable, Effective December 7, 2014" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2015-01-02.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "6 Subway Timetable, Effective December 7, 2014" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2015-01-02.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "7 Subway Timetable, Effective December 7, 2014" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2015-01-02.
- ↑ "S Subway Timetable Between Grand Central Station and Times Square, Manhattan, Effective December 7, 2014" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2015-01-02.
- ↑ "A Subway Timetable, Effective December 7, 2014" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2015-01-02.
- ↑ "B Subway Timetable, Effective December 7, 2014" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2015-01-02.
- ↑ "C Subway Timetable, Effective December 7, 2014" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2015-01-02.
- ↑ "D Subway Timetable, Effective December 7, 2014" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2015-01-02.
- ↑ "E Subway Timetable, Effective December 7, 2014" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2015-01-02.
- ↑ "F Subway Timetable, Effective December 7, 2014" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2015-01-02.
- ↑ "G Subway Timetable, Effective December 7, 2014" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2015-01-02.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 "J/Z Subway Timetable, Effective December 7, 2014" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2015-01-02.
- ↑ "L Subway Timetable, Effective December 7, 2014" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2015-01-02.
- ↑ "M Subway Timetable, Effective December 7, 2014" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2015-01-02.
- ↑ "N Subway Timetable, Effective December 7, 2014" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2015-01-02.
- ↑ "Q Subway Timetable, Effective December 7, 2014" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2015-01-02.
- ↑ "R Subway Timetable, Effective December 7, 2014" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2015-01-02.
- ↑ "S Subway Timetable, Franklin Av Shuttle, Effective December 7, 2014" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2015-01-02.
- ↑ "S Subway Timetable, Rockaway Park Shuttle, Effective December 7, 2014" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2015-01-02.
- ↑ 1 Subway Line Profile
- ↑ 2 Subway Line Profile
- ↑ 3 Subway Line Profile
- ↑ 4 Subway Line Profile
- ↑ 5 Subway Line Profile
- ↑ 6 Subway Line Profile
- ↑ 7 Subway Line Profile
- ↑ A Subway Line Profile
- ↑ B Subway Line Profile
- ↑ C Subway Line Profile
- ↑ D Subway Line Profile
- ↑ E Subway Line Profile
- ↑ F Subway Line Profile
- ↑ G Subway Line Profile
- ↑ J/Z Subway Line Profile
- ↑ L Subway Line Profile
- ↑ M Subway Line Profile
- ↑ N Subway Line Profile
- ↑ Q Subway Line Profile
- ↑ 44.0 44.1 R Subway Line Profile
- ↑ M train timetable
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