D (New York City Subway service)

The D Sixth Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored orange on route signs, station signs, and the official subway map, since it uses the IND Sixth Avenue Line through Manhattan. Its normal service pattern is from Norwood–205th Street in the Bronx to Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue, running local in the Bronx and express in Manhattan and northern Brooklyn. During rush hours, service north of 145th Street is express in the peak direction, with the B extended to serve local stops); during late nights, service is local in the Bronx and Brooklyn but remains express in Manhattan.

The D fleet currently consists of R68 cars, with an occasional R68A. The fleet also uses R40/R40A and R42 cars (which are mostly coupled with the modified R40As) during games at Yankee Stadium.

The following lines are used by the D service:

Line	Tracks	When
IND Concourse Line (full line)	local (express rush hours in peak direction)	always
IND Eighth Avenue Line from 145th Street to 59th Street–Columbus Circle	express	always
IND Sixth Avenue Line from 59th Street to Broadway–Lafayette Street	express	always
IND Chrystie Street Connection (full line)	express	always
BMT Manhattan Bridge north tracks (full line)	N/A	always
BMT Fourth Avenue Line north of 36th Street	express (local late nights)	always
BMT West End Line (full line)	local	always

History

D 6TH AVE	D 6THAV-HOUSTON	DD 6TH AVE
R1 end rollsigns

D

1967-1979 bullet (in a circle)

• On December 15 1940, the local tracks of the Sixth Avenue Line opened. D service began from 205th Street to Hudson Terminal in Manhattan, switching from the Sixth Avenue Line to the Eighth Avenue Line (running under Sixth Avenue) south of West Fourth Street.

• A 1948 map shows the D service running to Church Avenue on the IND Culver Line, but sometime afterwards, it returned to Hudson Terminal.

• On December 30 1954, D service was extended for first time to Stillwell Avenue when the IND Culver Line was connected to the BMT Culver Line north of Ditmas Avenue.

• The DD designation was only used once, in December 1962, during a water main break at Sixth Avenue and 18th Street. It ran local between 205th Street and Stillwell Avenue, making all stops, using the IND Eighth Avenue Line north of West Fourth Street, and the IND Sixth Avenue Line south of it.

• On November 26 1967, the IND Chrystie Street Connection opened, adding express service on the Sixth Avenue Line and connecting it with the Manhattan Bridge. D service was switched over to BMT Brighton Line via this new connector. It became the express service on weekdays to Brighton Beach and the local to Stillwell Avenue other times. In Manhattan, it ran express from West Fourth Street to 34th Street rush hours only (the Template:NYCS B used the express tracks to terminate there at other times). It would become the full time Sixth Avenue Express when non-rush hours B service was extended to 57th Street–Sixth Avenue.

• When the north side of the Manhattan Bridge was closed in April 1986, D service ran in two sections, one between the Bronx and 34th Street while the other ran from 57th Street on the BMT Broadway Line, then express along the Broadway Line to Canal Street, then over the south side of the Manhattan Bridge into Brooklyn, and then along the Brighton Line to Stillwell Avenue. At this time, D/Q skip-stop service ran in Brooklyn on weekdays.

• In 1988, the north side reopened and the two sections joined. The D now ran as the full time Brighton Local to Stillwell Avenue.

• In May 1995, the north side was closed during midday and weekends and D service was cut south of 34th Street. On July 22 2001, it was closed at all times and D service was cut again. In Brooklyn, it was replaced by Q local service.

• After September 11, 2001, C service was suspended. On weekends, the D ran local on the Eighth Avenue Line north of 59th Street to fill in the gap caused by the suspension.

• On February 22 2004, the north side of the Manhattan Bridge was reopened, and D trains were extended via the north side of the bridge to Brooklyn, replacing the W as the Fourth Avenue Express (late nights local) and West End Local to Stillwell Avenue.

• From May 24 to Fall 2004, construction on the IND Concourse Line suspended D express service in the Bronx, but the B still traveled to Bedford Park Boulevard during rush hours.

• The Eighth Avenue fire in January 2005 caused D trains to run local on the Eighth Avenue Line north of 59th Street on weekday evenings until C service was restored on February 2.

Planned

• Soon Due To Complaints The D Train will become an all local lenth and will become a Brighton Local. The last stops will remain the same. It's Possible in 2020 they will built a new Norhern Terminal W 280 Street Walwood Avenue.

Stations

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

Station service legend
	Stops all times
	Stops late nights only
	Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction
Time period details
	Station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act
↑	Station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act in the indicated direction only
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	Elevator access to mezzanine only

	Station		Subway transfers	Connections
The Bronx
	Norwood–205th Street
	Bedford Park Boulevard		[[B (New York City Subway service)|]] (1)
	Kingsbridge Road		[[B (New York City Subway service)|]] (1)
	Fordham Road		[[B (New York City Subway service)|]] (1)
	182nd–183rd Streets		[[B (New York City Subway service)|]] (1)
	Tremont Avenue		[[B (New York City Subway service)|]] (1)
	174th–175th Streets		[[B (New York City Subway service)|]] (1)
	170th Street		[[B (New York City Subway service)|]] (1)
	167th Street		[[B (New York City Subway service)|]] (1)
	161st Street–Yankee Stadium		[[B (New York City Subway service)|]] (1)
Manhattan
	155th Street		[[B (New York City Subway service)|]] (1)
	145th Street		A [[B (New York City Subway service)|]] (123a) [[C (New York City Subway service)|]] (1234)
	125th Street		A [[B (New York City Subway service)|]] (123a) [[C (New York City Subway service)|]] (1234)	Template:M60 to LaGuardia Airport
	59th Street–Columbus Circle		1, ​2, and ​3 A [[B (New York City Subway service)|]] (123a) [[C (New York City Subway service)|]] (1234)
	Seventh Avenue		[[B (New York City Subway service)|]] (123a) E
	47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center		[[B (New York City Subway service)|]] (123a) F [[V (New York City Subway service)|]] (123)
	42nd Street–Bryant Park		[[B (New York City Subway service)|]] (123a) F [[V (New York City Subway service)|]] (123)
	34th Street–Herald Square		[[B (New York City Subway service)|]] (123a) F N Q [[R (New York City Subway service)|]] (1234) [[V (New York City Subway service)|]] (123) [[W (New York City Subway service)|]] (123a)	PATH at 33rd Street Amtrak, LIRR, NJ Transit at Pennsylvania Station
	West Fourth Street–Washington Square		A [[B (New York City Subway service)|]] (123a) [[C (New York City Subway service)|]] (1234) E F [[V (New York City Subway service)|]] (123)	PATH at Ninth Street
	Broadway–Lafayette Street		[[B (New York City Subway service)|]] (123a) F [[V (New York City Subway service)|]] (123) (downtown 4, ​6, and <6> only)
	Grand Street		[[B (New York City Subway service)|]] (123a)
Brooklyn
	DeKalb Avenue		[[N (New York City Subway service)|]] (5) Q
	Atlantic Avenue–Pacific Street		2, ​3, ​4, and ​5 [[B (New York City Subway service)|]] (123a) [[M (New York City Subway service)|]] (1) N Q [[R (New York City Subway service)|]] (1234)	LIRR Atlantic Branch at Flatbush Avenue
	Union Street		[[N (New York City Subway service)|]] (5)
	Ninth Street		F [[N (New York City Subway service)|]] (5)
	Prospect Avenue		[[N (New York City Subway service)|]] (5)
	25th Street		[[N (New York City Subway service)|]] (5)
	36th Street		[[M (New York City Subway service)|]] (1) N R
	Ninth Avenue		[[M (New York City Subway service)|]] (1)
	Fort Hamilton Parkway		[[M (New York City Subway service)|]] (1)
	50th Street		[[M (New York City Subway service)|]] (1)
	55th Street		[[M (New York City Subway service)|]] (1)
	62nd Street		[[M (New York City Subway service)|]] (1) N
	71st Street		[[M (New York City Subway service)|]] (1)
	79th Street		[[M (New York City Subway service)|]] (1)
	18th Avenue		[[M (New York City Subway service)|]] (1)
	20th Avenue		[[M (New York City Subway service)|]] (1)
	Bay Parkway		[[M (New York City Subway service)|]] (1)
	25th Avenue
	Bay 50th Street
	Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue		F N Q

External links

• MTA NYC Transit - D Sixth Avenue Express
• Template:PDFlink

References

• Line By Line History
• New Routes Listed in IND Emergency Caused by Flooding, New York Times December 8, 1962 page 33