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* {{Cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/pdf/160222_1000_Transit.pdf|title=Transit & Bus Committee Meeting February 2016|date=February 20, 2016|website=mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=February 21, 2016|archive-date=March 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302133838/http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/pdf/160222_1000_Transit.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Kabak 2016">{{Cite web|url=http://secondavenuesagas.com/2016/02/19/ahead-of-2nd-ave-subway-opening-mta-officially-set-to-restore-w-service-to-astoria/|title=Ahead of 2nd Ave. Subway opening, MTA officially set to restore W service to Astoria|last=Kabak|first=Benjamin|website=Second Ave. Sagas|date=February 19, 2016|access-date=February 19, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Martinez 2016">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2016/02/19/w-train-is-coming-back-.html|title=MTA Confirms W Train is Coming Back|last=Martinez|first=Jose|date=February 19, 2016|website=TWC News NY1|access-date=February 19, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pix11.com/2016/10/23/mta-flyers-spotted-for-w-trains-return-in-november/|title=MTA flyers spotted for W train's return in November|last=Lam|first=Katherine|date=October 23, 2016|publisher=PIX11|access-date=October 24, 2016}}</ref> |
* {{Cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/pdf/160222_1000_Transit.pdf|title=Transit & Bus Committee Meeting February 2016|date=February 20, 2016|website=mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=February 21, 2016|archive-date=March 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302133838/http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/pdf/160222_1000_Transit.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Kabak 2016">{{Cite web|url=http://secondavenuesagas.com/2016/02/19/ahead-of-2nd-ave-subway-opening-mta-officially-set-to-restore-w-service-to-astoria/|title=Ahead of 2nd Ave. Subway opening, MTA officially set to restore W service to Astoria|last=Kabak|first=Benjamin|website=Second Ave. Sagas|date=February 19, 2016|access-date=February 19, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Martinez 2016">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2016/02/19/w-train-is-coming-back-.html|title=MTA Confirms W Train is Coming Back|last=Martinez|first=Jose|date=February 19, 2016|website=TWC News NY1|access-date=February 19, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pix11.com/2016/10/23/mta-flyers-spotted-for-w-trains-return-in-november/|title=MTA flyers spotted for W train's return in November|last=Lam|first=Katherine|date=October 23, 2016|publisher=PIX11|access-date=October 24, 2016}}</ref> |
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== Service history == |
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===Context=== |
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[[File:MTA NYC Subway W train leaving 39th Ave.jpg|thumb|left|A W train of [[R68 (New York City Subway car)|R68]]s leaving [[39th Avenue (BMT Astoria Line)|39th Avenue]]]] |
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[[File:R68A W train (Car No. 5078).jpg|thumb|left|A W train of [[R68A (New York City Subway car)|R68A]]s leaving [[Broadway (BMT Astoria Line)|Broadway]]]] |
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The W was originally conceived as an extra [[BMT Broadway Line|Broadway Line]] local service running on the [[BMT Astoria Line|Astoria]] and Broadway lines to [[Whitehall Street (BMT Broadway Line)|Whitehall Street]] in [[Manhattan]]. This service was essentially a variant of the {{NYCS|N}} route, which in the 1970s and 1980s ran express on the Broadway Line between [[Forest Hills–71st Avenue (IND Queens Boulevard Line)|Forest Hills–71st Avenue]] in [[Queens]] and [[Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (New York City Subway)|Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue]] in [[Brooklyn]]. At the time, some N trains (until 1976 designated [[EE (Queens-Broadway Local)|EE]]) were designated with a diamond N bullet, ran local on Broadway, and traveled only between Forest Hills and Whitehall Street.<ref name="erictb.info" /> |
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The [[Manhattan Bridge]], between Manhattan and Brooklyn, contains four subway tracks: a northern pair for the [[IND Sixth Avenue Line]] and a southern pair for the [[BMT Broadway Line]].<ref name=nyt-2000-12-07/> Repairs to the bridge forced the N, which normally ran express on the Broadway Line and via the bridge, to run local via the [[Montague Street Tunnel]] starting in 1986.<ref name="nyt-1986-04-26">{{Cite news |date=April 26, 1986 |title=Subway Track Work To Divert BMT Lines |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/04/26/nyregion/subway-track-work-to-divert-bmt-lines.html |access-date=October 18, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The south tracks were closed completely for repairs from 1988 to 2001.<ref name=nyt-2000-12-07>{{Cite news|last=Saulny|first=Susan|date=December 7, 2000|title=Familiar Culprit for Subway Disruptions: A Creaky Manhattan Bridge|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/07/nyregion/familiar-culprit-for-subway-disruptions-a-creaky-manhattan-bridge.html|access-date=October 20, 2022|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> This service change precluded W local service from running as envisioned. The W bullet appeared on older roll signs as a yellow diamond bullet, while newer roll signs featured the modern round bullet. The W also appeared on the digital signs of the [[R44 (New York City Subway car)|R44s]] and [[R46 (New York City Subway car)|R46s]] with any route and destination combination that could be used for the Broadway Line.<ref name="erictb.info" /> |
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The W label was first used in 2001, when the two tracks on the Manhattan Bridge's northern side, which connected to the [[IND Sixth Avenue Line]], were closed for repairs. This required the suspension of Sixth Avenue {{NYCS|B}} service south of [[34th Street–Herald Square (IND Sixth Avenue Line)|34th Street–Herald Square]] as it used those tracks to travel to and from Brooklyn.<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/22/nyregion/new-subway-routes-take-effect-today.html|title = New Subway Routes Take Effect Today|date = July 22, 2001|access-date = February 21, 2016|newspaper = New York Times}}</ref> The W service replaced the B on the [[BMT West End Line]] and [[BMT Fourth Avenue Line]] in Brooklyn, ran on the BMT Broadway Line in Manhattan and BMT Astoria Line in Queens. It replicated the route of the [[Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation]] (BMT)'s old [[T (New York City Subway service)|3]] route, later named the {{NYCS|T}}, that operated from 1916 until 1967, when the B [[Chrystie Street Connection|replaced]] it. The W also replicated the split in B service from 1986 to 1988, when the bridge's north tracks were first closed, although both halves of the route were labeled {{NYCS|B}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thejoekorner.com/brochures/index-BMT-IND%20Const-changes-1986.html|title=If You Ride These Subway Lines, You Know Something Drastic Has To Be Done.|date=1986|website=TheJoeKorNer.com|publisher=New York City Transit Authority|access-date=October 30, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/127872292@N06/27699872706/|title=System-Wide Changes In Subway Service Effective Sunday, December 11, 1988|date=1988|website=Flickr|publisher=New York City Transit Authority|access-date=October 30, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/09/nyregion/big-changes-for-subways-are-to-begin.html|title=Big Changes For Subways Are to Begin|last=Johnson|first=Kirk|date=December 9, 1988|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=October 30, 2016}}</ref> |
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=== 2001–2004 === |
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Plans for the W train were announced in late 2000, when the [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] announced that the Manhattan Bridge's south tracks would reopen and that the north tracks would be closed.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Saulny|first=Susan|date=December 5, 2000|title=In Subway Changes, W Follows V, but for Riders It's Not So Simple|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/05/nyregion/in-subway-changes-w-follows-v-but-for-riders-it-s-not-so-simple.html|access-date=October 20, 2022|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> W service began July 22, 2001.<ref>{{Cite news|date=July 22, 2001|title=New Subway Routes Take Effect Today|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/22/nyregion/new-subway-routes-take-effect-today.html|access-date=October 20, 2022|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Service began operating between Coney Island and [[Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard station|Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard]], Queens, via the West End Local and [[BMT Fourth Avenue Line|Fourth Avenue Express]] in Brooklyn; the Manhattan Bridge south tracks; Broadway Express (switching to the local tracks to serve [[49th Street (BMT Broadway Line)|49th Street]]) in Manhattan; and the [[60th Street Tunnel]] and [[BMT Astoria Line]] in Queens. The W ran express on the Astoria Line during weekday daytime hours in the peak direction between 6{{nbsp}}a.m. and 9{{nbsp}}p.m., and local at all other times. Trains ran express to Manhattan between 6{{nbsp}}a.m. and 1{{nbsp}}p.m., and to Astoria from 1{{nbsp}}p.m. to 9{{nbsp}}p.m.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/wline.htm|title=NYC Transit Subway Schedules|date=November 11, 2001|website=mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=February 21, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011111151609/http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/nyct/service/wline.htm|archive-date=November 11, 2001}}</ref> Evening service terminated at [[57th Street–Seventh Avenue (BMT Broadway Line)|57th Street–Seventh Avenue]] in Manhattan (using the express tracks and bypassing 49th Street), while late night and weekend evening service operated as a shuttle within Brooklyn only, terminating at [[36th Street (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)|36th Street]] during late nights and [[Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)|Atlantic Avenue–Pacific Street]] on weekends.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thejoekorner.com/brochures/index-manny-bridge-01.html|title=Manhattan Bridge Service Changes B D Q Q W July 22, 2001 until 2004|date=2001|website=Thejoekorner.com|publisher=New York City Transit|access-date=October 29, 2016}}</ref> |
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After September 11, 2001, all Broadway Line service in [[Lower Manhattan]] was suspended due to extensive damage caused by the [[collapse of the World Trade Center]]. As a result, the entire N route was suspended, and W trains ran at all times between Ditmars Boulevard and Coney Island. It made all stops except in Brooklyn north of 36th Street. During late nights, it ran in two sections: between Ditmars Boulevard and 34th Street, skipping 49th Street in the northbound direction, and in Brooklyn between 36th Street and Coney Island. Normal service on both routes resumed on October 28, 2001.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thejoekorner.com/lines/suball-wtc.htm|title=Subway Line Names World Trade Center Terror – 9-11-2001|last=Korman|first=Joseph D.|website=www.thejoekorner.com|access-date=October 23, 2016}}</ref> With the December 16, 2001, timetable, two morning rush hour northbound trains terminated at 57th Street, and one evening rush hour train was put into service at 57th Street.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=January 2002 |title=63rd Street Connector In Service – New Schedules in Effect |url=https://erausa.org/pdf/bulletin/2000s/2002/2002-01-bulletin.pdf |journal=New York Division Bulletin |publisher=Electric Railroaders' Association |volume=45 |issue=1 |pages=13}}</ref> |
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The Astoria express service was discontinued on January 15, 2002, because it was unpopular among Astoria residents. This change was approved by the MTA Board in December 2001. Express service was implemented on the Astoria Line in order to improve operations at the Ditmars Boulevard terminal, and because 43% of the line's riders boarded at express stations. Instead, the change yielded no operational benefits, and made local N trains overcrowded, and express W trains underutilized. N trains carried 1.9 times as many passengers as W trains in the morning, and 2.6 times as many in the evening. W express service had been suspended after the September 11 attacks to replace N service. Even after normal service resumed in October 2001, local W service was kept until November 19 on a trial basis. Analysis of the operating pattern found that the terminal could handle the all-local service pattern and that the ridership split between the N and W was more balanced.<ref> |
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*{{cite web |title=New York City Transit Committee Agenda December 2001 |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/127872292@N06/48482083211/in/album-72157710162039771/ |website=Flickr |publisher=New York City Transit |access-date=August 9, 2019 |page=78 |date=December 17, 2001}} |
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*{{cite web |title=New York City Transit Committee Agenda December 2001 |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/127872292@N06/48482082356/in/album-72157710162039771/ |website=Flickr |publisher=New York City Transit |access-date=August 9, 2019 |page=79 |date=December 17, 2001}} |
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*{{cite web |title=New York City Transit Committee Agenda December 2001 |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/127872292@N06/48482236262/in/album-72157710162039771/ |website=Flickr |publisher=New York City Transit |access-date=August 9, 2019 |page=80 |date=December 17, 2001}} |
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*{{cite web |title=New York City Transit Committee Agenda December 2001 |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/127872292@N06/48482235472/in/album-72157710162039771/ |website=Flickr |publisher=New York City Transit |access-date=August 9, 2019 |page=81 |date=December 17, 2001}}</ref> |
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Around that time, evening service was extended from 57th Street to Astoria.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mta.info/nyct/service/wline.htm |title=W Line Service Information |date=July 28, 2002 |website=mta.info |publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority |access-date=October 29, 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020728090822/http://www.mta.info/nyct/service/wline.htm |archive-date=July 28, 2002 }}</ref> |
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On September 8, 2002, W service was extended to Astoria during late nights and weekends, running fully local via the Fourth Avenue and Broadway Lines and [[Montague Street Tunnel]]. This was because ongoing reconstruction of the Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue terminal left the W as the only train serving it.<ref name="erictb.info">{{cite web|url=http://www.erictb.info/linehistory.html|title=NYCT Line by Line History|last=Bolden|first=Eric|access-date=October 29, 2016|work=erictb.info}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.subwaynut.com/brochures/coneyfbpg.htm|title=F N W Q <nowiki><Q></nowiki> Changes Sun, Sept 8, 2002 to Spring 2004 Reconstruction of Stillwell Avenue Terminal changes service in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens|date=July 2002|website=The Subway Nut|publisher=New York City Transit|access-date=August 5, 2010|archive-date=September 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929052655/http://www.subwaynut.com/brochures/coneyfbpg.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mta.info/nyct/service/pdf/twcur.pdf |title=W Train Timetable |date=Fall 2003 |website=mta.info |publisher=New York City Transit |access-date=October 29, 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031204032030/http://www.mta.info/nyct/service/pdf/twcur.pdf |archive-date=December 4, 2003 }}</ref> This change also gave the West End Line late-night service to Manhattan for the first time since 1977. |
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On April 27, 2003, early evening weekend service was increased from running every 12 minutes to every 8 minutes, and Sunday morning and early evening service were increased to run every 8 minutes instead of every 10 minutes.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=July 2003 |title=New BMT-IND Schedules |url=https://erausa.org/pdf/bulletin/2000s/2003/2003-07-bulletin.pdf |journal=The New York Division Bulletin |publisher=Electric Railroaders' Association |volume=46 |issue=7 |pages=20}}</ref> |
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===2004–2010=== |
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When the Manhattan Bridge's north tracks were restored to service on February 22, 2004, the W was curtailed to its current service pattern, running weekdays only from 7:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. as an entirely local service between Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard and [[Whitehall Street–South Ferry (BMT Broadway Line)|Whitehall Street–South Ferry]], [[Lower Manhattan]]. The Brooklyn portion was replaced by the {{NYCS|D}}, which was extended over the north side of the bridge and down the West End Line.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/boroughs/abc-subway-swap-manhattan-bridge-fix-7-lines-article-1.599336|title=ABC's of subway swap Manhattan Bridge fix changes 7 lines|last=Son|first=Hugh|date=February 15, 2004|work=New York Daily News|access-date=February 25, 2018}}<br/>{{Cite news|last=Luo|first=Michael|date=February 20, 2004|title=A Subway Map Remade, in Hopes of Matching Routes and Riders|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/20/nyregion/a-subway-map-remade-in-hopes-of-matching-routes-and-riders.html|access-date=October 18, 2022|issn=0362-4331}}<br/>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mta.info/nyct/maps/subwaymap.pdf |title=February 2004 Subway Map |date=February 2004 |website=mta.info |publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority |access-date=November 8, 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040326024754/http://www.mta.info/nyct/maps/subwaymap.pdf |archive-date=March 26, 2004 }}<br/>{{cite web|url=http://www.thejoekorner.com/brochures/index-manny-bridge-04.html|title=More Service on the Manhattan Bridge B D M N Q R W New Subway Service! February 22, 2004|date=2003|website=The JoeKorNer|publisher=New York City Transit|access-date=August 5, 2010}}<br/>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mta.info/nyct/man_bridge/manhbr_map.pdf |title=B D M N Q R W Weekday Service Manhattan Bridge Map |date=February 2004 |website=mta.info |publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority |access-date=September 18, 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040205124437/http://www.mta.info/nyct/man_bridge/manhbr_map.pdf |archive-date=February 5, 2004 }}<br/>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mta.info/nyct/man_bridge/bridge_lines.htm |title=MTA NYC Transit Manhattan Bridge Information |date=February 5, 2004 |website=mta.info |publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority |access-date=September 18, 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040205055553/http://www.mta.info/nyct/man_bridge/bridge_lines.htm#w |archive-date=February 5, 2004 }}<br/>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mta.info/mta/news/currentyear/040220.htm |title=Expanded Subway Service Starts Sunday Four-Track Manhattan Bridge Service Returns Bringing Route Changes, Increased Service |date=February 20, 2004 |website=mta.info |publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority |access-date=November 8, 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040414073650/http://www.mta.info/mta/news/currentyear/040220.htm |archive-date=April 14, 2004 }}</ref> W service between Manhattan and Queens remained, because of increasing ridership on the [[BMT Astoria Line]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/20/nyregion/20subway.html|title=A Subway Map Remade, in Hopes of Matching Routes and Riders|date=February 20, 2004|work=The New York Times|access-date=June 9, 2014}}</ref> The first three W trains of the day entered service at [[86th Street (BMT Sea Beach Line)|86th Street]] in [[Gravesend, Brooklyn]] and the last three trains of the night continued in service to [[Kings Highway (BMT Sea Beach Line)|Kings Highway]]. These trips ran local in Brooklyn via the [[Montague Street Tunnel]], [[BMT Fourth Avenue Line|BMT Fourth Avenue]] and [[BMT Sea Beach Line|BMT Sea Beach]] lines.<ref>A search using the MTA's [http://tripplanner.mta.info trip planner] using "Whitehall Street" and "Kings Highway" as stations and setting the time to the appropriate hour (6 am into Manhattan; 9 pm out of Manhattan) turned out results that showed the W as a possible travel option. Clicking the departure time also showed two additional times.</ref> On July 27, 2008, the W was extended to run until 11:00 p.m. in response to growth in the subway system's ridership.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mta.info/nyct/service/pdf/twcur.pdf |title=W Train Timetable |date=November 25, 2009 |website=mta.info |publisher=New York City Transit |access-date=October 29, 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100602024233/http://mta.info/nyct/service/pdf/twcur.pdf |archive-date=June 2, 2010 }}</ref><ref>Compare: |
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* {{Cite web|url=http://mta.info/nyct/maps/subwaymap.pdf |title=New York City Subway Map |date=April 2008 |website=mta.info |publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority |access-date=October 29, 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913093647/http://www.mta.info/nyct/maps/subwaymap.pdf |archive-date=September 13, 2008 }} (W service ends at 9 PM) |
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* (W service ends at 11 PM)</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/service-adjustments-bmw-lines|title=MTA {{!}} Press Release {{!}} NYC Transit {{!}} Service Adjustments on BMW Lines|date=July 24, 2008|website=www.mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=October 30, 2016|archive-date=December 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222200140/http://www.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/service-adjustments-bmw-lines|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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On March 24, 2010, the [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority|MTA]] announced the elimination of the W due to financial shortfalls. In its place, on weekdays, the {{NYCS|N}} train ran local north of [[Canal Street (New York City Subway)|Canal Street]] while the {{NYCS|Q}} train was extended from [[57th Street-Seventh Avenue (BMT Broadway Line)|57th Street–Seventh Avenue]] to Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard, running local north of [[34th Street-Herald Square (BMT Broadway Line)|34th Street–Herald Square]]. The W ceased operation on Friday, June 25, 2010, with the last train bound for [[Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard (BMT Astoria Line)|Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard]] leaving [[Whitehall Street–South Ferry (BMT Broadway Line)|Whitehall Street–South Ferry]] at 10:50 p.m.<ref>{{cite web | last=Goodman | first=J. David | title=Subway Woes, Now and Then | website=City Room | date=September 13, 2017 | url=https://archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/25/subway-woes-now-and-then/ | access-date=October 18, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/major-subway-changes-set-monday|title=MTA {{!}} Press Release {{!}} NYC Transit {{!}} Major Subway Changes Set for Monday|date=June 24, 2010|website=www.mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=October 20, 2016}}</ref> |
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=== 2015–present === |
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In July 2015, the [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority|MTA]] announced it was considering restoring the W with its 2004–2010 service pattern following the [[Opening of the Second Avenue Subway|opening]] of the first phase of the [[Second Avenue Subway]], which would reroute the [[Q (New York City Subway service)|Q]] from the Astoria Line to [[96th Street (Second Avenue Subway)|96th Street]] on Manhattan's [[Upper East Side]]. The W would replace the Q on the Astoria Line to maintain two services on the line weekdays.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amny.com/transit/w-train-mta-considers-bringing-it-back-between-astoria-lower-manhattan-1.10634651 |title=MTA considers bringing back W train from Astoria to lower Manhattan |publisher=amNewYork |date=July 12, 2015 |access-date=July 15, 2015}}</ref> |
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On May 23, 2016, the MTA announced it would restore the W.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160525/upper-east-side/w-trains-return-is-now-official-with-approval-from-mta-board|title=W Train's Return Is Now Official With Approval From MTA Board|last=Venugopal|first=Nikhita|date=May 25, 2016|website=DNAinfo New York|access-date=May 26, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805201321/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160525/upper-east-side/w-trains-return-is-now-official-with-approval-from-mta-board|archive-date=August 5, 2016}}</ref> Service was restored on November 7, 2016,<ref name="Rivoli 2016">{{cite web | last=Rivoli | first=Dan | title=W train returns Monday after removed from subway tracks in 2010 | website=New York Daily News | date=November 7, 2016 | url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/w-train-returns-subway-tracks-monday-article-1.2861303 | access-date=October 18, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=After 6 years, W trains running between Manhattan, Queens | website=ABC7 New York | date=November 7, 2016 | url=https://abc7ny.com/subway-w-train-mass-transit-serve/1593860/ | access-date=October 18, 2022}}</ref> running between 7:00{{nbsp}}a.m. and 11:00{{nbsp}}p.m.<ref name="NYCTA 2016" /> The Q was temporarily cut back to [[57th Street–Seventh Avenue (BMT Broadway Line)|57th Street–Seventh Avenue]], allowing for a seamless extension to the Second Avenue Line, which opened on January 1, 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/01/nyregion/second-avenue-subway-opening-upper-east-side-manhattan.html|title=Opening of Second Avenue Subway: Updates|last1=Slotnik|first1=Daniel E.|date=January 1, 2017|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=January 1, 2017|last2=Wolfe|first2=Jonathan|issn=0362-4331|last3=Fitzsimmons|first3=Emma G.|last4=Palmer|first4=Emily|last5=Remnick|first5=Noah}}</ref><ref name="MTA SAS" /><ref name="Kabak 2016" /><ref name="Martinez 2016" /> Additionally, the [[N (New York City Subway service)|N]] train again ran express in [[Manhattan]] on weekdays from [[34th Street–Herald Square (BMT Broadway Line)|34th Street–Herald Square]] to [[Canal Street (BMT Broadway Line station)|Canal Street]]. The W's restoration meant there would be 20 fewer trips to and from Astoria per weekday as the W ran for a shorter time span each day than the Q did.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Evelly|first1=Jeanmarie|title=W Train Rollout Will Mean Fewer Trains Per Day in Astoria, MTA Says|url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20161031/ditmars/w-train-return-astoria-service-nov-7-mta|website=DNAInfo|access-date=November 5, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106061638/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20161031/ditmars/w-train-return-astoria-service-nov-7-mta|archive-date=November 6, 2016}}</ref> In June 2018, the MTA added service between 6:00{{nbsp}}a.m. and 7:00{{nbsp}}a.m., and between 11:00{{nbsp}}p.m. and midnight in response to overcrowded N trains during those hours.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Murray |first1=Christian |url=https://sunnysidepost.com/mta-to-increase-weekend-service-on-7-train-starting-june-2018-to-meet-increased-demand|title=MTA to Increase Weekend Service on 7 train Starting June 2018 to Meet Increased Demand|date=November 16, 2017 |publisher=Sunnyside Post|access-date=July 14, 2018}}</ref> As the N and W share the same fleet from the [[Coney Island Yard]], a small number of W trains originate or terminate at [[86th Street (BMT Sea Beach Line)|86th Street]] throughout the day.<ref>{{cite web|title=W Line Returns to Queens|url=http://www.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/w-line-returns-queens|website=mta.info|access-date=November 12, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Spivack 2017">{{cite web | last=Spivack | first=Caroline | title=W-w-what!? W trains mysteriously appearing in Brooklyn | website=Brooklyn Paper | date=January 10, 2017 | url=https://www.brooklynpaper.com/w-w-what-w-trains-mysteriously-appearing-in-brooklyn/ | access-date=June 1, 2023}}</ref> These trains operate via the [[Montague Street Tunnel]] and local along the [[BMT Fourth Avenue Line]] and [[BMT Sea Beach Line]] as they did prior to 2010.<!--<ref>See: |
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* Northbound: {{cite web|url=http://tripplanner.mta.info/MyTrip/ui_web/serviceinthearea/Timetable.aspx?operator=SUB&route=W&inputDate=11/07/16&direction=N&type=W |title=W Train (northbound) |publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority |date=July 11, 2016 |access-date=October 29, 2016}} |
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* Southbound: {{cite web|url=http://tripplanner.mta.info/MyTrip/ui_web/serviceinthearea/Timetable.aspx?operator=SUB&route=W&inputDate=11/07/16&direction=S&type=W |title=W Train (southbound) |publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority |date=July 11, 2016 |access-date=October 29, 2016}}</ref><ref name="NYCTA 2016" />--> |
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In July 2019, the MTA introduced a proposal to end late evening service.<ref name="MTA 2019">{{Cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/pdf/190722_1000_Transit.pdf|title=July 2019 NYC Transit/MTA Bus Committee Meeting|date=July 22, 2019|website=mta.info|page=207|access-date=July 24, 2019}}</ref> Instead, W service would once again end around 9:30 PM.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/service-adjustments-bmw-lines|title=MTA {{!}} Press Release {{!}} NYC Transit {{!}} Service Adjustments on BMW Lines|date=July 24, 2008|website=www.mta.info|access-date=July 25, 2019|archive-date=December 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222200140/http://www.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/service-adjustments-bmw-lines|url-status=dead}}</ref> In their proposal, the MTA noted that service often ended early on weeknights to accommodate planned work.<ref name="MTA 2019" /> |
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In March 2020, the W was temporarily suspended due to lack of ridership and train crew availability caused by the [[COVID-19 pandemic]],<ref>{{cite web | last=Guse | first=Clayton | title=Coronavirus forces MTA to implement big cuts to NYC's mass transit | website=New York Daily News | date=March 24, 2020 | url=https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-coronavirus-mta-cuts-subway-service-20200324-ogyy754bangpdgwrft6pjh3vsy-story.html | access-date=June 9, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Martinez|first=Jose|url=https://thecity.nyc/2020/04/nyc-subways-slowly-get-on-track-as-transit-workers-return.html|title=Subway Service Slowly Gets Back On Track As Transit Workers Return|date=April 28, 2020|work=The City|access-date=April 29, 2020|archive-date=April 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200429162415/https://thecity.nyc/2020/04/nyc-subways-slowly-get-on-track-as-transit-workers-return.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> though full service was restored in June.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bascome|first=Erik|date=June 2, 2020|title=Full service on MTA buses, subways set to return by June 8|url=https://www.silive.com/coronavirus/2020/06/full-service-on-mta-buses-subways-set-to-return-by-june-8.html|access-date=June 8, 2020|website=silive}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Siff|first=Andrew|date=June 5, 2020|title=MTA Resumes Regular Weekday Service; Overnight 4-Hour Closure Stays|url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/mta-to-resume-regular-weekday-service-when-nyc-enters-phase-1-overnight-4-hour-closure-will-stay/2449009/|access-date=June 8, 2020|website=NBC New York}}</ref> On December 29, 2021, W service was again suspended due to a shortage of crew members exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic;<ref name="Pozarycki 2021">{{cite web | last=Pozarycki | first=Robert | title=W train suspended as MTA grapples with worker shortages related to COVID-19 spike | website=amNewYork | date=December 29, 2021 | url=https://www.amny.com/news/w-train-suspended-mta-covid-19-worker-shortages/ | access-date=December 30, 2021}}</ref> service was again restored on January 24, 2022.<ref>{{cite web | title=MTA Restoring W Train Service on Monday, Bringing All Lines Back From COVID Shutdowns | website=NBC New York | date=January 23, 2022 | url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/mta-restoring-w-train-service-on-monday-bringing-all-lines-back-from-covid-shutdowns/3510029/ | access-date=January 24, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Duggan | first=Kevin | title=W trains are back for the first time in 2022 starting Monday | website=amNewYork | date=January 23, 2022 | url=https://www.amny.com/transit/w-trains-are-back-starting-monday/ | access-date=January 24, 2022}}</ref> |
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The W Broadway Local[3] is a rapid transit service of the New York City Subway's B Division. Its route emblem, or "bullet", is colored yellow since it uses the BMT Broadway Line in Manhattan.[4]
The W operates weekdays only except late nights between Ditmars Boulevard in Astoria, Queens and Whitehall Street in Lower Manhattan, making local stops along its entire route; limited rush hour service is extended beyond Whitehall Street to and from 86th Street in Gravesend, Brooklyn, making local stops in Brooklyn.[5] The W is internally staffed and scheduled as part of the N.[6][7]
Introduced on July 22, 2001, the W originally ran at all times on the BMT West End Line and BMT Fourth Avenue Line in Brooklyn to Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue across the Manhattan Bridge, running express on the Broadway Line. It was truncated in 2004 to its current service pattern, running local on the Broadway Line to Whitehall Street until June 25, 2010, when it was eliminated due to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)'s financial crisis. The route was later restored on November 7, 2016, using its original emblem and 2004–2010 routing, as part of the updated service pattern related to the opening of the Second Avenue Subway.[7][8][9][10][11]
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Route
Service pattern
The following table shows the lines used by the W, with shaded boxes indicating the route at the specified times:[12]
Line | From | To | Tracks | Times | |
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Weekdays | Rush hours | ||||
BMT Astoria Line (full line) | Astoria–Ditmars Blvd | Queensboro Plaza | local | ||
60th Street Tunnel | all | ||||
BMT Broadway Line (full line) | Lexington Avenue/59th Street | Canal Street | local | ||
City Hall | Whitehall Street–South Ferry | all | |||
Montague Street Tunnel | all | Limited service | |||
BMT Fourth Avenue Line | Court Street | Jay Street–MetroTech | all | ||
DeKalb Avenue | 59th Street/Fourth Avenue | local | |||
BMT Sea Beach Line | Eighth Avenue | 86th Street |
Stations
For a more detailed station listing, see the articles on the lines listed above.[3]
Station service legend | |
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Stops all times |
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Stops all times except late nights |
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Stops weekdays during the day |
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Stops rush hours in the peak direction only |
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Station closed |
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Stops rush hours only (limited service not noted on map) |
Time period details | |
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Station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act |
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Station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act in the indicated direction only |
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Elevator access to mezzanine only |
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Stations | ![]() |
Subway transfers | Connections and notes |
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Queens | ||||
Astoria Line | ||||
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Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard | N ![]() |
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Astoria Boulevard | ![]() |
N ![]() |
M60 Select Bus Service to LaGuardia Airport |
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30th Avenue | N ![]() |
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Broadway | N ![]() |
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36th Avenue | N ![]() |
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39th Avenue | N ![]() |
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Queensboro Plaza | N ![]() 7 ![]() ![]() |
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Manhattan | ||||
Broadway Line | ||||
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Lexington Avenue–59th Street | N ![]() ![]() 4 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Out-of-system transfer with MetroCard/OMNY: F ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Roosevelt Island Tramway | |
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Fifth Avenue–59th Street | N ![]() ![]() |
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57th Street–Seventh Avenue | ![]() |
N ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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49th Street | ![]() |
N ![]() ![]() |
Station is accessible in the northbound direction only. |
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Times Square–42nd Street | ![]() |
N ![]() ![]() ![]() 1 ![]() ![]() ![]() 7 ![]() ![]() A ![]() ![]() ![]() S ![]() B ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Port Authority Bus Terminal M34A Select Bus Service |
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34th Street–Herald Square | ![]() |
N ![]() ![]() ![]() B ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
M34 / M34A Select Bus Service PATH at 33rd Street Amtrak, LIRR, NJ Transit at Pennsylvania Station |
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28th Street | R ![]() |
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23rd Street | R ![]() |
M23 Select Bus Service | |
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14th Street–Union Square | ![]() |
N ![]() ![]() ![]() L ![]() 4 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
M14A / M14D Select Bus Service |
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Eighth Street–New York University | R ![]() |
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Prince Street | R ![]() |
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Canal Street | ![]() |
N ![]() ![]() ![]() 6 ![]() ![]() J ![]() ![]() |
Some northbound rush hour trips begin at this station. |
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City Hall | R ![]() |
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Cortlandt Street | ![]() |
R ![]() 2 ![]() ![]() A ![]() ![]() E ![]() |
PATH at World Trade Center |
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Rector Street | R ![]() |
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Whitehall Street–South Ferry | ![]() |
R ![]() 1 ![]() |
M15 Select Bus Service Staten Island Ferry at Whitehall Terminal |
Brooklyn | ||||
Montague Street branch (Limited rush hour service) | ||||
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Court Street | ![]() |
R ![]() 2 ![]() ![]() 4 ![]() ![]() |
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Jay Street–MetroTech | ![]() |
R ![]() A ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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DeKalb Avenue | ![]() |
B ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Fourth Avenue Line | ||||
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Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center | ![]() |
D ![]() ![]() ![]() B ![]() ![]() 2 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
LIRR Atlantic Branch at Atlantic Terminal |
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Union Street | N ![]() ![]() |
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Ninth Street | N ![]() ![]() F ![]() ![]() |
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Prospect Avenue | N ![]() ![]() |
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25th Street | N ![]() ![]() |
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36th Street | D ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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45th Street | N ![]() ![]() |
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53rd Street | N ![]() ![]() |
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59th Street | ![]() |
N ![]() ![]() |
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Sea Beach Line | ||||
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Eighth Avenue | ![]() |
N ![]() |
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Fort Hamilton Parkway | N ![]() |
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New Utrecht Avenue | ![]() |
N ![]() D ![]() |
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18th Avenue | N ![]() |
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20th Avenue | N ![]() |
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Bay Parkway | N ![]() |
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Kings Highway | N ![]() |
B82 Select Bus Service | |
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Avenue U | N ![]() |
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86th Street | N ![]() |
References
- ^ 'Subdivision 'B' Car Assignment Effective December 19, 2021'. New York City Transit, Operations Planning. December 17, 2021.
- ^ "Subdivision 'B' Car Assignments: Cars Required November 1, 2021" (PDF). The Bulletin. 64 (12). Electric Railroaders' Association: 3. December 2021. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
- ^ a b "W Subway Timetable, Effective December 17, 2023". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
- ^ Grynbaum, Michael M. (May 10, 2010). "Take the Tomato 2 Stops to the Sunflower". The New York Times. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
- ^ Spivack, Caroline (January 10, 2017). "W-w-what!? W trains mysteriously appearing in Brooklyn". Brooklyn Paper. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
- ^ "BMT-IND Car Assignments – Nov 6, 2016". www.thejoekorner.com. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
- ^ a b "GENERAL DISTRIBUTION – SUB-DIVISION B – TRAIN OPERATOR/CONDUCTOR – ROAD & NON-ROAD WORK PROGRAMS" (PDF). New York City Transit Authority. July 29, 2016. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
- ^ * "MTA | Press Release | NYC Transit | MTA Advances Work On Second Avenue Subway Service". www.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on February 22, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
- "Transit & Bus Committee Meeting February 2016" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. February 20, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 2, 2016. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
- ^ Kabak, Benjamin (February 19, 2016). "Ahead of 2nd Ave. Subway opening, MTA officially set to restore W service to Astoria". Second Ave. Sagas. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
- ^ Martinez, Jose (February 19, 2016). "MTA Confirms W Train is Coming Back". TWC News NY1. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
- ^ Lam, Katherine (October 23, 2016). "MTA flyers spotted for W train's return in November". PIX11. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
- ^ "Subway Service Guide" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2019. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
External links
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