List of New York City Subway services

Route bullets for the 3, N, 7, and D services
(clockwise from top left) on rolling stock

As of January 2017, the New York City Subway system has 25 lettered or numbered route designations.^[1]

• The 1, C, G, L, M, R, and W trains are fully local, making all stops.
• The 2, 3, 4, 5, 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 6 and 7 are fully local, but during rush-hours, express variants of the routes, designated by diamond-shaped route markers, are operated alongside the locals in the peak direction.
• 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 article 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.

In the New York City Subway nomenclature, numbered or lettered "services" use different segments of physical trackage, or "lines". The services that run on certain lines change periodically.

Time periods

The New York City Subway is one of the few subways worldwide operating 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, every day of the year. 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):

• (1) rush hours – 6:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Monday–Friday
  • (1a) rush hours in the peak direction (toward Manhattan in the morning, away from Manhattan in the afternoon)
• (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.
• (4) weekends – 6:30 a.m. to 12:00 a.m., Saturday and Sunday
• (5) late nights – 12:00 a.m. to 6:30 a.m., every day
  • (5a) weekday late nights
  • (5b) weekend late nights

Other symbols are derivatives and are defined based on the rules above:

• all times – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
  • all times except rush hours in the peak direction
  • all times except weekdays in the peak direction
• daily – criteria (1), (2), (3), and (4) above (all times except late nights)
  • daily except rush hours in the peak direction
  • daily – criteria (1), (2), (3), (4), and (5b) above (all times except weekday late nights)
• weekdays – criteria (1), (2), and (3) above
• nights and weekdays – criteria (1), (2), (3), and (5) above
  • weekdays and weekday nights – criteria (1), (2), (3), and (5a) above
• nights and weekends – criteria (4) and (5) above
  • weekends and weekend nights – criteria (4) and (5b) above
• limited service during rush hours – crieria (1) above, but only for selected trains
  • limited service during rush hours in the peak direction

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
A Division (IRT)
	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
	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
		Operates at all times, express on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line in Manhattan, and local elsewhere Operates fully local late nights
	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	New Lots Avenue Times Square–42nd Street (late nights)
		Operates the full route at all times except late nights, express on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line in Manhattan and local elsewhere Short turns at Times Square–42nd Street late nights
	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 on the IRT Woodlawn Line in the Bronx Skips 138 St rush hours peak direction. Extended to New Lots Avenue late nights Operates fully local late nights
	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 until 8:45pm) Bowling Green (evenings and weekends) East 180th Street (weekday late nights)
		Operates the full route (Dyre Avenue to Flatbush Avenue) rush hours and middays; with additional service to Nereid Avenue rush hours Short turns at Bowling Green evenings and weeknights Express in Manhattan and on the IRT Eastern Parkway Line in Brooklyn Express in the peak direction between East 180th Street and East 149th Street-Grand Concourse in the Bronx rush hours only and local at all other times Operates as a shuttle (Dyre Avenue to East 180th Street) late nights
	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 in peak direction at Parkchester when the <6> operates. Some in non peak Direction short turn at Parkchester when <6> operates.
	Pelham Bay Park Express[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
	Flushing Local[8]	IRT Flushing Line	Flushing–Main Street	34th Street–Hudson Yards
		Operates at all times, fully local
	Flushing Express[8]	IRT Flushing Line	Flushing–Main Street	34th Street–Hudson Yards
		Operates rush hours and evenings only, in the peak direction Express between Queensboro Plaza and Main Street
	42nd Street Shuttle[9]	IRT 42nd Street Shuttle	Times Square	Grand Central
		Operates at all times except late nights
B Division (IND/BMT)
	Eighth Avenue Express[10]	IND Eighth Avenue Line, Cranberry Street Tunnel, IND Fulton Street Line, IND Rockaway Line	Inwood–207th Street 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 shuttle service between Euclid Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard
	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 (rush hours only) 145th Street (middays and evenings)	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 and evenings
	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
	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, express in Manhattan at all times, normally express 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
	Eighth Avenue Local[14]	IND Archer Avenue Line, IND Queens Boulevard Line, 53rd Street Tunnel,      IND Eighth Avenue Line	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 local north of Forest Hills evenings and weekends Operates fully local late nights
	Queens Boulevard Express/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
	Brooklyn–Queens Crosstown[16]	IND Crosstown Line, IND Culver Line	Court Square	Church Avenue
		Operates at all times, fully local
	Nassau Street Local[17]	BMT Archer Avenue Line, BMT Jamaica Line, Williamsburg Bridge,      BMT Nassau Street Line	Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer	Broad Street
		Operates at all times, normally fully local Operates skip-stop with the Z train during rush hours in the peak direction. Runs express from Myrtle Avenue to Marcy Avenue middays and rush hours in peak direction.
	14th Street–Canarsie Local[18]	BMT Canarsie Line, 14th Street Tunnel	Eighth Avenue	Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway
		Operates at all times, fully local
	Queens Boulevard/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 and at Myrtle Avenue late nights
	Broadway Express[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	Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue
		Operates at all times Normally operates via the Manhattan Bridge, normally express on the BMT Broadway Line south of Times Square, express on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line in Brooklyn, and local elsewhere Local in Manhattan weekends Operates via the Montague Street Tunnel late nights, fully local
	Second Avenue/Broadway Express/Brighton Local[21]	IND Second Avenue Line, BMT 63rd Street Line,      BMT Broadway Line, Manhattan Bridge south tracks, BMT Brighton Line	96th Street	Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue
		Operates at all times, normally express in Manhattan and local in Brooklyn Operates fully local late nights
	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 Whitehall Street (late nights)	Bay Ridge–95th Street
		Operates the full route at all times except late nights, fully local Short turns at Whitehall Street late nights
	Franklin Avenue Shuttle[23]	BMT Franklin Avenue Line	Franklin Avenue	Prospect Park
		Operates at all times
	Rockaway Park Shuttle[24]	IND Rockaway Park Branch of the IND Rockaway Line	Broad Channel	Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street
		Operates at all times
	Broadway Local[25]	BMT Astoria Line, 60th Street Tunnel,      BMT Broadway Line	Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard	Whitehall Street–South Ferry
		Operates during weekdays only, fully local, making all stops
	Nassau Street Express[17]	Skip-stop pair with J service during rush hours in the peak direction only

Future services

	Route	Line(s)	North terminal	South terminal
	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

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.

Train headways in minutes as of November 2017
Period	Time	[26] [2]	[27] [3]	[28] [4]	[29] [5]	[30] [6]	[31] [7]	[32] [8]	(42nd Street) [9]	[33] [10]	[34] [11]	[35] [12]	[36] [13]	[37] [14]	[38] [15]	[39] [16]	[40] [17]	[41] [18]	[42] [19]	[43] [20]	[44] [21]	[45] [22]	[25]	(Rockaway Park) [24]	(Franklin Avenue) [23]
Rush hours	Mondays to Fridays 6:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. 3:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.	3	6-7	6-7	4-5	5-6	2-4	2-3	2-4	4-5	7-9	9-10	6-7	4	4-5	6-9	5-8	4-5	8-10	6-8	6-8	6-8	8-10	12-28	10
Middays	Mondays to Fridays 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.	6	7-8	8-9	7-8	8-9	4	5	5	7-10	10	10	10	7-8	7-8	10	10	4-6	10	10	8	10	10	13-17	10
Evenings	Mondays to Fridays 8:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m.	10	8-12	12	10	10-12	10-12	5-8	5	10-12	N/A	12	10-12	6-10	8-10	8-12	12-15	7-12	12-15	10-12	8-12	12	10	15-20	12-15
Weekends	Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays 6:30 a.m. – 12:00 a.m.	8-12	8-12	12	8-12	10-14	8-10	4-8	5	7-10	N/A	10-12	8-15	8-10	8-10	10	8-15	6-10	9-12	8-12	8-10	8-12	N/A	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	20	N/A	20	20
The 3 train runs late nights Harlem–148th Street ↔ 42nd Street only. Between Crown Heights–Utica Avenue and New Lots Avenue, 4 train operates during this time.[4] The 5 train runs late nights Eastchester-Dyre Avenue ↔ East 180th Street only. During rush hours, 5 train runs express between East 180th Street and Third Avenue–149th Street in the peak direction; this is the reason for the different intervals shown in the table.[6] Every other 6 train runs express between Third Avenue–138th Street and Parkchester from 06:30 until 12:30 only in inbound direction and from 12:30 until 21:00 only in outbound direction. Local trains terminate at Parkchester while express trains continue as locals to Pelham Bay Park during PM rush hours.[7] Every other 7 train runs express from 06:30 until 10:00 only in inbound direction and from 14:30 until 22:00 only in outbound direction.[8] Every other A train serves Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard and Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue terminus approximately alternating; five daily trains originate/terminate at Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street during rush hours in the peak direction.[10] Every other J train is designated as a Z train during rush hours in the peak direction; both J & Z operate skip-stop between Sutphin Boulevard and Myrtle Avenue during these times.[17] The M train operates as a shuttle between Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue and Myrtle Avenue from 23:00 until 06:30, and on weekends between Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue and Essex Street[19] The R train operates between Whitehall Street and 95th Street during late nights.[22]

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 as of November 2017 based on the train intervals listed in timetables, with a margin of error of 2 tph.

Trains per hour (2015)
Period	[2]	[3]	[4]	[5]	[6]	[7]	[7]	[8]	[8]	(42nd Street)[9]	[10]	[11]	[12]	[13]	[14]	[15]	[16]	[17]	[18]	[19]	[20]	[21]	[22]	[25]	(Rock. Pk.)[24]	(Fnkln. Ave.)[23]	[17]
Rush hours	20	9–10 [note 1]	9–10	14.5 [note 1]	14.5 [note 1] [note 2]	12–15	12–15	10–15	10–15	20	15 [note 3]	8	6–7	10	15 [note 4]	14.5	6–8	6	12–15	7–8	7.5	7.5	7.5	6-7	5	6	6
Middays, evenings, and weekends[note 5]	10	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	12	N/A	12	8 [note 6]	6	6	6	8	8	6	6	10	6	6	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	N/A	3	3	N/A

1. 1 2 3 Some trains also go to New Lots Avenue during rush hours
2. ↑ Most trains go to Dyre Avenue, but a few go to Nereid Avenue
3. ↑ 7 to Lefferts Boulevard, 7 to Far Rockaway, plus five daily peak-direction trains to/from Rockaway Park
4. ↑ 12 to Parsons/Archer, 3 to 179th Street
5. ↑ Evening and weekend frequencies are the same as midday frequencies, except that <6> trains do not operate in the evenings or weekends, and B trains do not operate on weekends.
6. ↑ 4 to Lefferts Boulevard, 4 to Far Rockaway
7. ↑ 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.

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