E (New York City Subway service)

Eighth Avenue Local
Note:Dashed line shows late night only service Dashed pink line shows limited rush hour service to 179th Street
Northern end	Jamaica Center – Parsons / Archer or Jamaica – 179th Street (limited rush hour service)
Southern end	World Trade Center
Stations	32

The E Eighth Avenue Local is a rapid transit service of the New York City Subway. It is colored vivid blue on route signs, station signs, and the official subway map, since it runs on the IND Eighth Avenue Line through Manhattan.

The E service operates at all times. The normal service pattern for the E is between Jamaica Center – Parsons/Archer in Jamaica, Queens, and World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan, running express on the IND Queens Boulevard Line in Queens and local in Manhattan.

During late nights, the E service runs local along its entire route. It also serves two local stops in eastern Queens (75th Avenue and Briarwood – Van Wyck Boulevard) on evenings and weekends. Limited rush hour service runs fully express to 179th Street at the end of the Queens Boulevard Line in Jamaica.

The E train has no elevated or ground-level stations, remaining fully underground during its entire run.

History

1967–1979 bullets

An R160A E train at 42nd Street – PABT

• On August 19, 1933, E service officially began, running between Roosevelt Avenue – Jackson Heights and the Hudson Terminal (current World Trade Center station).
• During 1936, the IND Sixth Avenue Line and the IND Culver Line were built to Second Avenue and Jay Street – Borough Hall. E trains ran on that line, replacing the A to Church Avenue.
• On December 31, 1936, and April 24, 1937, the Queens Boulevard Line was extended to Kew Gardens – Union Turnpike and 169th Street, respectively.
• On December 15, 1940, service on the entire Sixth Avenue Line began. The E was cut back to Broadway – Lafayette Street. South of that station, it was replaced by the F train.
• On December 10, 1950, 179th Street opened. E service terminated here, running express between Queens Plaza and 71st Avenue and local from 71st Avenue to 179th Street.
• During 1954, E trains ran express in Manhattan during rush hours.
• In 1956, service was extended to Euclid Avenue during rush hours as a local.
• In 1963, the E train became 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 train became local in Brooklyn again, running to Rockaway Park – Beach 116th Street only.
• On August 27, 1976, E service in Brooklyn was eliminated with trains terminating at World Trade Center.
• On December 11, 1988, the IND Archer Avenue Line opened. E trains were rerouted via this branch, stopping at the upper level of Sutphin Boulevard and Jamaica Center stations. The E train now skipped 75th Avenue and Van Wyck Boulevard on weekdays. R service was extended to 179th Street, because the E used to provide Hillside Avenue Local service but this was later discontinued when the F became the local.
• In 1997, E service began running local in Queens during late nights.
• Service on the E was affected by the September 11, 2001 attacks as its terminal station is located at the northeastern corner of the World Trade Center site. 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 24, 2001, C service was restored, and E 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 trains were rerouted via this connector to travel between Manhattan and Queens. Some rush hours E trains now run to 179th Street, allowing passengers from east of Union Turnpike to have an express service to 53rd Street.
• The EE originally ran as an 8th Avenue local from 71st–Continental Avenues and Chambers Street during off peak hours when the GG didn't run. This service was discontinued when the IND Sixth Avenue Line was completed in 1940. However, the EE reappeared in 1967 when it ran between 71st–Continental Avenues and Whitehall Street via the local tracks of the BMT Broadway Line, replacing the QT and RR. This service was discontinued in 1976 and replaced by the N. The route of the EE to Whitehall Street is currently duplicated by the R service, although the R does not terminate at Whitehall.

Route

Service pattern

The following table shows the lines used by the E service, with shaded boxes indicating the route at the specified times:

Line	From	To	Tracks	Times
				week days	week ends	late nights	rush peak
IND Archer Avenue Line (full line)	Jamaica Center – Parsons / Archer	Jamaica – Van Wyck	all
IND Queens Boulevard Line (full line)	Jamaica – 179th Street	Sutphin Boulevard	express
	Briarwood – Van Wyck Boulevard	75th Avenue
			local
	Forest Hills – 71st Avenue	Queens Plaza	express
			local
	Court Square – 23rd Street	50th Street	all
IND Eighth Avenue Line	42nd Street – Port Authority Bus Terminal	World Trade Center	local

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 only
	Stops late nights and weekends only
	Stops weekdays only
	Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
Time period details

	Stations		Subway transfers	Connections/Other Notes
Queens
Rush Hour Service
	Jamaica – 179th Street		F	Q3 bus to JFK Airport
	Parsons Boulevard		F
Regular Service
	Jamaica Center – Parsons / Archer		J  Z
	Sutphin Boulevard – Archer Avenue – JFK Airport		J  Z	LIRR at Jamaica AirTrain JFK
	Jamaica – Van Wyck
Services from Jamaica – 179th Street and Jamaica Center – Parsons / Archer merge
	Briarwood – Van Wyck Boulevard		F
	Kew Gardens – Union Turnpike		F	Q10 bus to JFK Airport
	75th Avenue		F
	Forest Hills – 71st Avenue		F  M  R	LIRR Main Line at Forest Hills
	67th Avenue
	63rd Drive – Rego Park
	Woodhaven Boulevard
	Grand Avenue – Newtown
	Elmhurst Avenue
	Jackson Heights – Roosevelt Avenue		7  (IRT Flushing Line) F  M  R	Q33 bus to LaGuardia Airport Q47 bus to LaGuardia Marine Air Terminal
	65th Street
	Northern Boulevard
	46th Street
	Steinway Street
	36th Street
	Queens Plaza		M  R
	Court Square – 23rd Street		M  G  (IND Crosstown Line) 7  <7> (IRT Flushing Line)
Manhattan
	Lexington Avenue – 53rd Street		4  6  <6> (IRT Lexington Avenue Line at 51st Street) M
	Fifth Avenue / 53rd Street		M
	Seventh Avenue		B  D
	50th Street		A  C  (IND Eighth Avenue Line)	Station is ADA-accessible in the southbound direction only
	42nd Street – Port Authority Bus Terminal		A  C  1  2  3  (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line) 7  <7> (IRT Flushing Line) N  Q  R  (BMT Broadway Line) S  (42nd Street Shuttle) at Times Square – 42nd Street	Port Authority Bus Terminal M34A Select Bus Service
	34th Street – Penn Station		A  C	M34 / M34A Select Bus Service Amtrak, LIRR, NJ Transit at Pennsylvania Station
	23rd Street		A  C
	14th Street		A  C  L  (BMT Canarsie Line)
	West Fourth Street – Washington Square		A  C  B  D  F  M  (IND Sixth Avenue Line)	PATH at 9th Street
	Spring Street		A  C
	Canal Street		A  C
	World Trade Center	*	A  C  (IND Eighth Avenue Line at Chambers Street) 2  3  (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line at Park Place)	PATH at World Trade Center Hoboken and Jersey City ferries Note: Elevator temporarily out of service for construction at the World Trade Center site

External links

• MTA NYC Transit – E Eighth Avenue Local
• "E Train Timetable, Effective December 16, 2012". New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2013-04-26.