E (New York City Subway service)

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The E Eighth Avenue Local is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored blue on the route sign (either on the front and/or side - depending on equipment used) and on station signs and the NYC Subway map, as it represents a service provided on the IND Eighth Avenue Line through Manhattan. Its normal service pattern is from Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer in Jamaica, Queens, to World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan, running express through Queens and local through Manhattan. Limited rush hour service serves Jamaica–179th Street to supplement the F</pre>. During late nights, the service runs local in Queens. Two local stops in eastern Queens are also served on weekends.

The following lines are used by the E</pre> service:

Line	Tracks	When
IND Archer Avenue Line (full line)	N/A	always
IND Queens Boulevard Line north of Briarwood–Van Wyck Boulevard	express	rush hours only
IND Queens Boulevard Line from Briarwood–Van Wyck Boulevard to 71st-Continental Avenue–Forest Hills	express (local late nights, and weekends)	always
IND Queens Boulevard Line south of 71st-Continental Avenue–Forest Hills	express (local late nights)	always
IND Eighth Avenue Line from 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal to World Trade Center	local	always

1 Service history
2 Station listing
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Service history

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On August 19, 1933, E</pre> service began when the first segment of the IND Queens Boulevard Line opened. Trains ran between Roosevelt Avenue–Jackson Heights and Chambers Street.

On January 1, 1936, a section of the IND Sixth Avenue Line opened to Second Avenue. The E</pre> switched to this line south of West Fourth Street. Three months later, the line was completed to Jay Street–Borough Hall, and the E</pre> replaced the A</pre> to Church Avenue.

On December 31, 1936, and April 24, 1937, the Queens Boulevard Line was extended to Union Turnpike–Kew Gardens and 169th Street, respectively.

On December 15, 1940, service on the entire Sixth Avenue Line began. The E</pre> terminated at Broadway–Lafayette Street. South of that station, it was replaced by the F</pre> train.

On December 10, 1950, Jamaica–179th Street opened. E</pre> service terminated here, running express between Queens Plaza and 71st Avenue.

In 1956, service was extended to Euclid Avenue during rush hours as a local.

In 1963, the E</pre> train beceme an express in Brooklyn and was extended to the Rockaways, with some put-ins beginning at Euclid Avenue and later Lefferts Boulevard during rush hours.

On January 2, 1973, the E</pre> train became local in Brooklyn again, running to Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street only.

On August 27, 1976, E</pre> service was eliminated from Brooklyn and terminateed at World Trade Center.

On December 11, 1988, the IND Archer Avenue Line opened. E</pre> trains were rerouted via this branch, using the upper level of Sutphin Boulevard/Archer Avenue and Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer. The E</pre> train now skipped 75th Avenue and Briarwood–Van Wyck Boulevard on weekdays. R</pre> service was extended to 179th Street, but this was later discontinued.

In 1997, E</pre> service began running local in Queens during late nights.

Service on the E</pre> was affected by the September 11, 2001 attacks because its terminal station is at the northeastern corner of the World Trade Center site. Service for the line was changed so that it went to Euclid Avenue in Brooklyn as the local on the IND Fulton Street Line at all times except late nights, replacing the temporarily suspended C service—the third time it had served the borough. This had happened in 1976, and again in early 2000 during the replacement of track switches at the World Trade Center station. On September 21, 2001, C service was restored, and E</pre> service was cut to Canal Street (since World Trade Center would be closed until January).

On December 16, 2001, the connection from the 63rd Street Tunnel to the Queens Boulevard Line opened, and F</pre> trains were rerouted via this connector to travel between Manhattan and Queens. Some rush hours E</pre> trains now run to 179th Street.

[edit] Station listing

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

Image:Handicap reverse 12px.svg	Station	When	Services
Queens (from 179th Street)
Image:Handicap reverse 12px.svg	Jamaica–179th Street	limited rush hour service	E ⁽¹⁾ F
	Parsons Boulevard	limited rush hour service	E ⁽¹⁾ F
Queens (from Jamaica Center)
Image:Handicap reverse 12px.svg	Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer	always	E J Z ^(1a)
Image:Handicap reverse 12px.svg	Sutphin Boulevard/Archer Avenue–JFK	always	E J Z ^(1a) LIRR</pre>, AirTrain JFK
Image:Handicap reverse 12px.svg	Jamaica–Van Wyck	always	E
trains from 179th Street enter here
	Briarwood–Van Wyck Boulevard	late nights and weekends only	E ⁽⁴⁵⁾ F
	Union Turnpike–Kew Gardens	always	E F LIRR</pre>
	75th Avenue	late nights and weekends only	E ⁽⁴⁵⁾ F
	71st-Continental Avenue–Forest Hills	always	E F G ⁽³⁴⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ V ⁽¹²³⁾ LIRR</pre>
	67th Avenue	late nights only	E ⁽⁵⁾ G ⁽³⁴⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ V ⁽¹²³⁾
	63rd Drive–Rego Park	late nights only	E ⁽⁵⁾ G ⁽³⁴⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ V ⁽¹²³⁾
	Woodhaven Boulevard–Slattery Plaza	late nights only	E ⁽⁵⁾ G ⁽³⁴⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ V ⁽¹²³⁾
	Grand Avenue–Newtown	late nights only	E ⁽⁵⁾ G ⁽³⁴⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ V ⁽¹²³⁾
	Elmhurst Avenue	late nights only	E ⁽⁵⁾ G ⁽³⁴⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ V ⁽¹²³⁾
Image:Handicap reverse 12px.svg	Roosevelt Avenue–Jackson Heights	always	E F G ⁽³⁴⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ V ⁽¹²³⁾ 7
	65th Street	late nights only	E ⁽⁵⁾ G ⁽³⁴⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ V ⁽¹²³⁾
	Northern Boulevard	late nights only	E ⁽⁵⁾ G ⁽³⁴⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ V ⁽¹²³⁾
	46th Street	late nights only	E ⁽⁵⁾ G ⁽³⁴⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ V ⁽¹²³⁾
	Steinway Street	late nights only	E ⁽⁵⁾ G ⁽³⁴⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ V ⁽¹²³⁾
	36th Street	late nights only	E ⁽⁵⁾ G ⁽³⁴⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ V ⁽¹²³⁾
	Queens Plaza	always	E G ⁽³⁴⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ V ⁽¹²³⁾
	23rd Street–Ely Avenue	always	E V ⁽¹²³⁾ G 7 <7> ^(1a2a3c) (MetroCard)
Manhattan
Image:Handicap reverse 12px.svg	Lexington Avenue–53rd Street	always	E V ⁽¹²³⁾ 4 ⁽⁵⁾ 6 <6> ⁽¹²⁾ Roosevelt Island Tramway
	Fifth Avenue–53rd Street	always	E V ⁽¹²³⁾
	Seventh Avenue	always	E B ^(123a) D
Image:Handicap reverse 12px.svg^*	50th Street	always	E A C ⁽¹²³⁴⁾
Image:Handicap reverse 12px.svg	42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal	always	A C ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ E 7 <7> ^(1a2a3c) S</pre> 1 2 3 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ N Q R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ W ^(123a) Port Authority Bus Terminal
Image:Handicap reverse 12px.svg	34th Street–Penn Station	always	A C ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ E LIRR</pre> NJ Transit</pre> Amtrak
	23rd Street	always	A ⁽⁵⁾ C ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ E
Image:Handicap reverse 12px.svg	14th Street	always	A C ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ E L
Image:Handicap reverse 12px.svg	West Fourth Street–Washington Square	always	A C ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ E B ^(123a) D F V ⁽¹²³⁾
	Spring Street	always	A ⁽⁵⁾ C ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ E
	Canal Street	always	A C ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ E
Image:Handicap reverse 12px.svg	World Trade Center	always	E A C ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ 2 3 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾

^*50th Street station is accessible in the southbound direction only.

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