Talk:IND Sixth Avenue Line

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[edit] A note about old service patterns

[1] appears to show a scissors crossover between the southbound tracks south of Broadway-Lafayette Street, corresponding to the still-existing northbound one to the north. That would be how the rush hour CC terminated at Broadway-Lafayette between 1949 and 1954 (see also [2]). If the crossover between the express tracks north of Second Avenue existed then, they used that, but why didn't they stop at Second Avenue? It's likely that when Sixth Avenue trains ended at Broadway-Lafayette or Second Avenue, they used the crossovers north of West Fourth Street-Washington Square. --NE2 16:16, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Service history

Note that until 1988, some Manhattan Bridge trains ran local.

Local through to Jay, 1936-present
  • E 1936-1940, 4th to Jay
  • F 1940-mid-1940s, Queens to Jay local
  • D mid-1940s-ca. 1950, 59th to Jay local
  • F ca. 1950-1954, Queens to Jay local
  • D 1954-1967, 59th to Jay local
  • F 1967-2001, Queens to Jay local (sometimes from 57th late nights)
  • F 2001-present, 57th to Jay local
59th to express, 1940-present (peak)
  • BB 1940-1967, 59th to 34th (rush hours)
  • B 1967-1986, 59th to Manhattan Bridge express (rush hours)
  • B 1986-1988, 59th to 34th (rush hours)
  • B 1988-2001, 59th to Manhattan Bridge express (weekdays)
  • B 2001-2004, 59th to 34th (weekdays)
  • B 2004-present, 59th to Manhattan Bridge express (weekdays)
59th to express, 1967-present
  • D 1967-1968, 59th to Manhattan Bridge express (rush hours)
  • B 1967-1968, 4th to Manhattan Bridge (weekday non-rush hours)
  • D 1968-1986, 59th to Manhattan Bridge express
  • D 1986-1988, 59th to 34th
  • D 1988-2001, 59th to Manhattan Bridge express
  • D 2001-2004, 59th to 34th
  • D 2004-present, 59th to Manhattan Bridge express
Short local, 1940-1988, 2001-present (in between was an extra express instead, due to normal Broadway services being rerouted onto 6th)
  • D 1940-mid-1940s, 59th to 4th local
  • F mid-1940s-ca. 1950, Queens to 4th local
  • D ca. 1950-1954, 59th to 4th local
  • F 1954-1956, Queens to Broadway local (rush hours)
  • F 1954-1956, Queens to 34th (non-rush hours)
  • F 1956-1957, Queens to 2nd local
  • F 1957-1967, Queens to Broadway local (weekdays) (2nd until 1958)
  • F 1957-1967, Queens to 34th (non-weekdays)
  • D 1967-1968, 59th to Manhattan Bridge local (non-rush hours)
  • KK/K 1968-1976, 57th to Williamsburg Bridge local (rush hours)
  • B 1968-1976, 57th to Manhattan Bridge local (non-rush hours)
  • B 1976-1986, 57th to Manhattan Bridge local
  • S 1986-1988, 57th to Grand local
  • S 2001-2001, 57th to Broadway local and Broadway to Grand
  • S 2001-2004, 4th to Grand
  • V 2001-present, Queens to 2nd local (weekdays)
Short local south of 4th, 1940-1954
  • E 1940-1949, 4th to Broadway
  • E 1949-1954, 4th to Broadway (non-rush hours)
  • CC 1949-1954, 4th to Broadway (rush hours)
  • See previous entry for post-1954
Extra express, 1988-2001
  • Q 1988-2001, 57th to Manhattan Bridge express (weekdays)
  • B 1988-2001, 57th to Manhattan Bridge express (non-weekdays) (sometimes F or S from 57th late nights and weekends)