3 (New York City Subway service)

Seventh Avenue Express
A train made of R62 cars in 3 service enters Sutter Avenue–Rutland Road in Brooklyn.
Note: Dotted dark line shows weekday service to New Lots Avenue.
Northern end	Harlem–148th Street
Southern end	New Lots Avenue (weekdays) Times Square–42nd Street (weekday late nights) 14th Street (weekends and weekend late nights)
Stations	34 (weekday daytime service between 148th Street and New Lots Avenue) 9 (weekday late night service between 148th Street and Times Square) 11 (weekend and weekend late night service between 148th Street and 14th Street)
Rolling stock	250 R62s (25 trains)
Depot	Livonia Yard
Started service	November 23, 1904 (1904-11-23)
Route map  3  Harlem–148th Street 145th Street first 5 cars only  2  trains continue to The Bronx 135th Street 125th Street 116th Street Central Park North–110th Street  1  trains continue north 96th Street  3  Local section; bypassed at all times  3  Local section; bypassed at all times 91st Street 86th Street 79th Street 72nd Street  3  Local section; bypassed at all times  3  Local section; bypassed at all times 66th Street–Lincoln Center 59th Street–Columbus Circle 50th Street  3  (weekday nights) Times Square–42nd Street 34th Street–Penn Station  3  Local section; bypassed at all times  3  Local section; bypassed at all times 28th Street 23rd Street 18th Street  3  (weekends) 14th Street  3  Local section; bypassed at all times  3  Local section; bypassed at all times Christopher Street–Sheridan Square Houston Street Canal Street Franklin Street Chambers Street  1   2  trains continue south Park Place Fulton Street Wall Street Manhattan Brooklyn Clark Street  4   5  trains continue to Manhattan Borough Hall northbound only for  4   5  trains Hoyt Street Nevins Street Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center Bergen Street Grand Army Plaza Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum Franklin Avenue  2   5  trains continue south Nostrand Avenue Kingston Avenue ( 4   5  ) Crown Heights–Utica Avenue Sutter Avenue–Rutland Road Saratoga Avenue Rockaway Avenue Junius Street Pennsylvania Avenue Van Siclen Avenue  2   3   4   5  New Lots Avenue Lines used by the  3  Other services sharing tracks with the  3  Unused lines, connections, or service patterns Cross-platform interchange Platforms on different levels

The 3 Seventh Avenue Express is a rapid transit service in the A Division of the New York City Subway. Its route emblem, or "bullet", is colored red since it uses the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line through most of Manhattan.^[1]

The 3 operates at all times. Weekday daytime service operates between 148th Street in Harlem, Manhattan and New Lots Avenue in East New York, Brooklyn, making express stops in Manhattan (between 96th Street and Chambers Street) and local stops in Brooklyn. Weekday late night service short turns at Times Square–42nd Street in Midtown Manhattan. Weekend service (from 11:45 p.m. Friday evening to 5 a.m. Monday morning) short turns at 14th Street in Chelsea, Manhattan.

Service history

On November 23, 1904, the IRT Lenox Avenue Line opened between 96th Street and 145th Street. 3 trains ran between 145th Street and City Hall, making all stops.^[2]

On July 1, 1918, the entire IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line was completed. 3 trains were rerouted south of 42nd Street from the IRT Lexington Avenue Line to this new line. They now made all stops to South Ferry.^[2]

As of 1934, 3 service operated between 145th Street and South Ferry except late nights, when service operated between 145th Street and 96th Street, making local stops.

Beginning on January 4, 1955, some 3 trains ran express in Manhattan during rush hours and were extended to Flatbush Avenue; a few layups and put-ins ran to New Lots. Late night service was discontinued between 145th Street and 96th Street.^[2] However, from December 20, 1957, 3 trains were rerouted to New Lots Avenue during rush hours. On February 6, 1959, all trains except late nights made express stops in Manhattan as part of the "West Side Improvement" and ran to Flatbush Avenue.^[2] Starting April 8, 1960, 3 trains were rerouted to New Lots. Weekday evening service was cut to a shuttle 145th Street to 135th Street only.^[2] However, on April 18, 1965, 3 service started to run to Flatbush Avenue again.^[2] On October 17, 1965, weekend evening service was also cut to a shuttle 145th Street to 135th Street.

On May 13, 1968, trains were extended to the newly completed 148th Street–Lenox Terminal.^[2] Later that year, on December 15, all-night shuttle service between 148th Street and 135th Street was brought back for the first time since 1955. On May 23, 1976, the current practice of starting Sunday service late (9 or 10 AM) began.^[2] On July 10, 1983, the 2 and 3 trains swapped Brooklyn Terminals, and the 3 was permanently stationed at New Lots Avenue so it could access the Livonia Yard and shops.^[2]

Beginning on August 5, 1990, late-night shuttles between 148th Street and 135th Street were discontinued and replaced by shuttle buses. On September 4, 1994, late-night shuttles between 148th Street and 135th Street were resumed, but were discontinued again on September 10, 1995.^[3] This was a cost-saving measure due to low ridership.^[4]

From March 2^[5] to October 12, 1998, the IRT Lenox Avenue Line was rehabilitated. Most 3 service was rerouted to 137th Street–City College.^[6]

After September 11, 2001, the 3 service became a local in Manhattan. After a few switching delays at 96th Street, service was changed on September 19, 2001. It ran in Manhattan as an express between Harlem–148th Street and 14th Street and was replaced by 1 service in Brooklyn. It returned to New Lots Avenue on September 15, 2002.^[2]

On July 27, 2008, late night 3 service was restored, operating as an express between 148th Street and Times Square–42nd Street.^[7][8][2]

As a result of planned repairs to Hurricane Sandy-related damage in the Clark Street Tube, between June 2017 and June 2018 on weekends only, the 3 is planned to run only in Manhattan between Harlem-148th Street and 14th Street with 4 trains providing service in Brooklyn.^[9][10]

Route

Service pattern

The following table shows the lines used by the 3, with shaded boxes indicating the route at the specified times:^[11]

Stations

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

Station service legend
	Stops all times
	Stops all times except late nights
	Stops late nights and weekends only
	Stops weekdays only
	Stops weekdays and weekday late nights
	Stops weekends and weekend late nights
	Stops rush hours only
	Station closed
	Stops rush hours/weekdays in the peak direction only
Time period details

	Stations		Subway transfers	Connections/Notes
Manhattan
Lenox Avenue Line
	Harlem–148th Street
	145th Street			Access to/from first five cars only Some southbound a.m. rush hour trips begin at this station
	135th Street		2
	125th Street		2	M60 Select Bus Service to LaGuardia Airport
	116th Street		2
	Central Park North–110th Street		2
Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line
	96th Street		1  2
	72nd Street		1  2
	Times Square–42nd Street		1  2  7  <7> (IRT Flushing Line) A  C  E  (IND Eighth Avenue Line at 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal) N  Q  R  W  (BMT Broadway Line) S  (42nd Street Shuttle)	Port Authority Bus Terminal Southern terminal for late night service weekdays
	34th Street–Penn Station		1  2	M34 / M34A Select Bus Service Amtrak, LIRR and NJ Transit at Pennsylvania Station
	14th Street		1  2  F  M  (IND Sixth Avenue Line at 14th Street) L  (BMT Canarsie Line)	PATH at 14th Street Southern terminus on weekends
	Chambers Street		1  2
Brooklyn Branch
	Park Place		2  A  C  (IND Eighth Avenue Line at Chambers Street) E  (IND Eighth Avenue Line at World Trade Center)	PATH at World Trade Center
	Fulton Street		2  4  5  (IRT Lexington Avenue Line) A  C  (IND Eighth Avenue Line) J  Z  (BMT Nassau Street Line)	Connection to R  W  (BMT Broadway Line) at Cortlandt Street via Dey Street Passageway
	Wall Street		2
Brooklyn
	Clark Street		2
	Borough Hall		2  4  5  (IRT Eastern Parkway Line) R  W  (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)
Eastern Parkway Line
	Hoyt Street		2
	Nevins Street		2  4  5
	Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center		2  4  5  B  Q  (BMT Brighton Line) D  N  R  W  (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)	LIRR Atlantic Branch at Atlantic Terminal
	Bergen Street		2  4
	Grand Army Plaza		2  4
	Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum		2  4
	Franklin Avenue		2  4  5  S  (BMT Franklin Avenue Line)
	Nostrand Avenue		2	B44 Select Bus Service
	Kingston Avenue		2
	Crown Heights–Utica Avenue		2  4  5	B46 Select Bus Service
New Lots Line
	Sutter Avenue–Rutland Road		2  4  5	B15 bus to JFK Airport
	Saratoga Avenue		2  4  5
	Rockaway Avenue		2  4  5
	Junius Street		2  4  5
	Pennsylvania Avenue		2  4  5
	Van Siclen Avenue		2  4  5
	New Lots Avenue		2  4  5	B15 bus to JFK Airport

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 3 (New York City Subway service).

• MTA NYC Transit – 3 Seventh Avenue Express
• MTA Subway Time – 3 Train
• "3 Subway Timetable, Effective June 25, 2017" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 25, 2017. 

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