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"W" train symbol
Broadway Local
A Whitehall Street-bound W train of R46s leaving 30th Avenue
Map of the "W" train
Note: Dashed pink line shows limited rush hour service to/from Gravesend–86th Street.
Northern endAstoria–Ditmars Boulevard
Southern end
Stations23
44 (limited service)
Rolling stockR46
R68
R68A
(fleet shared with the "N" train)[1][2]
(Rolling stock assignments subject to change)
DepotConey Island Yard
Started serviceJuly 22, 2001; 23 years ago (2001-07-22)
DiscontinuedJune 25, 2010; 14 years ago (2010-06-25)
ReinstatedNovember 7, 2016; 7 years ago (2016-11-07)
Route map

Down arrow  N  W 
Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard
Astoria Boulevard
30th Avenue
Broadway
36th Avenue
39th Avenue
Queensboro Plaza
Lexington Avenue–59th Street
Fifth Avenue–59th Street
Down arrow  Q 
( N   R  limited rush)
96th Street
86th Street
72nd Street
Lexington Avenue–63rd Street
57th Street–Seventh Avenue
49th Street
(Disabled access northbound)
Times Square–42nd Street
"N" train
switches to express tracks
during weekdays
34th Street–Herald Square Port Authority Trans-Hudson
28th Street
23rd Street
14th Street–Union Square
Eighth Street–New York University
Prince Street
"N" train
daytime via Manhattan Bridge
late nights via Lower Manhattan
Canal Street
City Hall
Cortlandt Street
Rector Street
Whitehall Street–South Ferry Staten Island Ferry
Up arrow  W  weekdays
(Down arrow  R  late nights)
no regular service via Nassau Street
Montague Tunnel
Court Street
Jay Street–MetroTech
DeKalb Avenue
Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center
Union Street
Ninth Street
Prospect Avenue
25th Street
36th Street
45th Street
53rd Street
59th Street
Eighth Avenue
Fort Hamilton Parkway
New Utrecht Avenue
18th Avenue
20th Avenue
Bay Parkway
Kings Highway
Avenue U
86th Street
Up arrow  W 
(limited rush hours)
Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue
Up arrow
 N 
 D   F   <F>   Q 
Legend

Lines used by the "N" train and "W" train
Other services sharing tracks with the "N" train and "W" train
Unused lines, connections, or service patterns
 N 
Termini of services

Cross-platform interchange

Platforms on different levels

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]

Service history

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Context

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A W train of R68s leaving 39th Avenue
A W train of R68As leaving Broadway

The W was originally conceived as an extra Broadway Line local service running on the Astoria and Broadway lines to Whitehall Street in Manhattan. This service was essentially a variant of the N route, which in the 1970s and 1980s ran express on the Broadway Line between Forest Hills–71st Avenue in Queens and Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue in Brooklyn. At the time, some N trains (until 1976 designated EE) were designated with a diamond N bullet, ran local on Broadway, and traveled only between Forest Hills and Whitehall Street.[12]

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.[13] 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.[14] The south tracks were closed completely for repairs from 1988 to 2001.[13] 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 R44s and R46s with any route and destination combination that could be used for the Broadway Line.[12]

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 B service south of 34th Street–Herald Square as it used those tracks to travel to and from Brooklyn.[15] 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 3 route, later named the T, that operated from 1916 until 1967, when the B 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 B.[16][17][18]

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.[19] W service began on July 22, 2001.[20] Service began operating between Coney Island and Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard, Queens, via the West End Local and Fourth Avenue Express in Brooklyn; the Manhattan Bridge south tracks; Broadway Express (switching to the local tracks to serve 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 a.m. and 9 p.m., and local at all other times. Trains ran express to Manhattan between 6 a.m. and 1 p.m., and to Astoria from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m.[21] Evening service terminated at 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 during late nights and Atlantic Avenue–Pacific Street on weekends.[22]

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.[23] 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.[24]

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.[25]

Around that time, evening service was extended from 57th Street to Astoria.[26]

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.[12][27][28] This change also gave the West End Line late-night service to Manhattan for the first time since 1977.

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.[29]

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, Lower Manhattan. The Brooklyn portion was replaced by the D, which was extended over the north side of the bridge and down the West End Line.[30] W service between Manhattan and Queens remained, because of increasing ridership on the BMT Astoria Line.[31] The first three W trains of the day entered service at 86th Street in Gravesend, Brooklyn and the last three trains of the night continued in service to Kings Highway. These trips ran local in Brooklyn via the Montague Street Tunnel, BMT Fourth Avenue and BMT Sea Beach lines.[32] 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.[33][34][35]

On March 24, 2010, the MTA announced the elimination of the W due to financial shortfalls. In its place, on weekdays, the N train ran local north of Canal Street while the Q train was extended from 57th Street–Seventh Avenue to Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard, running local north of 34th Street–Herald Square. The W ceased operation on Friday, June 25, 2010, with the last train bound for Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard leaving Whitehall Street–South Ferry at 10:50 p.m.[36][37]

2015–present

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In July 2015, the MTA announced it was considering restoring the W with its 2004–2010 service pattern following the opening of the first phase of the Second Avenue Subway, which would reroute the Q from the Astoria Line to 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.[38]

On May 23, 2016, the MTA announced it would restore the W.[39] Service was restored on November 7, 2016,[40][41] running between 7:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m.[7] The Q was temporarily cut back to 57th Street–Seventh Avenue, allowing for a seamless extension to the Second Avenue Line, which opened on January 1, 2017.[42][8][9][10] Additionally, the N train again ran express in Manhattan on weekdays from 34th Street–Herald Square to 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.[43] In June 2018, the MTA added service between 6:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m., and between 11:00 p.m. and midnight in response to overcrowded N trains during those hours.[44] 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 throughout the day.[45][46] 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.

In July 2019, the MTA introduced a proposal to end late evening service.[47] Instead, W service would once again end at around 9:30 PM.[48] In their proposal, the MTA noted that service often ended early on weeknights to accommodate planned work.[47]

In March 2020, the W was temporarily suspended due to lack of ridership and train crew availability caused by the COVID-19 pandemic,[49][50] though full service was restored in June.[51][52] On December 29, 2021, W service was again suspended due to a shortage of crew members exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic;[53] service was again restored on January 24, 2022.[54][55]

Route

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Service pattern

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The following table shows the lines used by the W, with shaded boxes indicating the route at the specified times:[56]

Line From To Tracks Times
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

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For a more detailed station listing, see the articles on the lines listed above.[3]

Station service legend
Stops all times Stops all times
Stops all times except late nights Stops all times except late nights
Stops weekdays during the day Stops weekdays during the day
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
Station closed Station closed
Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours only (limited service not noted on map)
Time period details
Disabled access Station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act
Disabled access ↑ Station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act
in the indicated direction only
Disabled access ↓
Elevator access to mezzanine only
W service Stations Disabled access Subway transfers Connections and notes
Queens
Astoria Line
Stops weekdays during the day Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard N all times
Stops weekdays during the day Astoria Boulevard Disabled access N all times M60 Select Bus Service to LaGuardia Airport
Stops weekdays during the day 30th Avenue N all times
Stops weekdays during the day Broadway N all times
Stops weekdays during the day 36th Avenue N all times
Stops weekdays during the day 39th Avenue N all times
Stops weekdays during the day Queensboro Plaza N all times
7 all times <7> rush hours until 9:30 p.m., peak direction​ (IRT Flushing Line)
Manhattan
Broadway Line
Stops weekdays during the day Lexington Avenue–59th Street N all timesR all times except late nights
4 all times5 all times except late nights6 all times <6> weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction (IRT Lexington Avenue Line at 59th Street)
Out-of-system transfer with MetroCard/OMNY:
F all times <F> two rush hour trains, peak directionN limited weekday rush hour service onlyQ all timesR one a.m. rush hour trip in the northbound direction only (63rd Street Lines at Lexington Avenue–63rd Street)
Roosevelt Island Tramway
Stops weekdays during the day Fifth Avenue–59th Street N all timesR all times except late nights
Stops weekdays during the day 57th Street–Seventh Avenue Disabled access N all timesQ all timesR all except late nights
Stops weekdays during the day 49th Street Disabled access ↑ N all timesR all times except late nights Station is accessible in the northbound direction only.
Stops weekdays during the day Times Square–42nd Street Disabled access N all timesQ all timesR all except late nights
1 all times2 all times3 all times (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)
7 all times <7> rush hours until 9:30 p.m., peak direction​ (IRT Flushing Line)
A all timesC all except late nightsE all times (IND Eighth Avenue Line at 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal)
S all except late nights (42nd Street Shuttle)
B weekdays during the dayD all timesF all times <F> two rush hour trains, peak directionM weekdays during the day (IND Sixth Avenue Line at 42nd Street–Bryant Park, daytime only)
Port Authority Bus Terminal
M34A Select Bus Service
Stops weekdays during the day 34th Street–Herald Square Disabled access N all timesQ all timesR all except late nights
B weekdays during the dayD all timesF all times <F> two rush hour trains, peak directionM weekdays during the day (IND Sixth Avenue Line)
M34 / M34A Select Bus Service
PATH at 33rd Street
Amtrak, LIRR, NJ Transit at Pennsylvania Station
Stops weekdays during the day 28th Street R all except late nights
Stops weekdays during the day 23rd Street R all except late nights M23 Select Bus Service
Stops weekdays during the day 14th Street–Union Square Disabled access N all timesQ all timesR all except late nights
L all times (BMT Canarsie Line)
4 all times5 all times except late nights6 all times <6> weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)
M14A / M14D Select Bus Service
Stops weekdays during the day Eighth Street–New York University R all except late nights
Stops weekdays during the day Prince Street R all except late nights
Stops weekdays during the day Canal Street Elevator access to mezzanine only N all timesQ all timesR all except late nights
6 all times <6> weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)
J all timesZ rush hours, peak direction (BMT Nassau Street Line)
Some northbound rush hour trips begin at this station.
Stops weekdays during the day City Hall R all except late nights
Stops weekdays during the day Cortlandt Street Disabled access R all except late nights
2 all times3 all except late nights (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line at Park Place)
A all timesC all except late nights (IND Eighth Avenue Line at Chambers Street)
E all times (IND Eighth Avenue Line at World Trade Center)
PATH at World Trade Center
Stops weekdays during the day Rector Street R all except late nights
Stops weekdays during the day Whitehall Street–South Ferry Elevator access to mezzanine only R all times
1 all times (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line at South Ferry)
M15 Select Bus Service
Staten Island Ferry at Whitehall Terminal
Brooklyn
Montague Street branch (Limited rush hour service)
Stops rush hours only (limited service) Court Street Elevator access to mezzanine only R all times
2 all times3 all except late nights (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line at Borough Hall)
4 all times5 weekdays only (IRT Eastern Parkway Line at Borough Hall)
Stops rush hours only (limited service) Jay Street–MetroTech Disabled access R all times
A all timesC all except late nights F all times <F> two rush hour trains, peak direction​ (IND Fulton Street and Culver Lines)
Stops rush hours only (limited service) DeKalb Avenue Disabled access B weekdays during the dayN limited rush hour service in the reverse-peak directionQ all timesR all times
Fourth Avenue Line
Stops rush hours only (limited service) Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center Disabled access D all times N all timesR all times
B weekday rush hours, middays and early eveningsQ all times (BMT Brighton Line)
2 all times3 all except late nights4 all times5 weekdays only (IRT Eastern Parkway Line)
LIRR Atlantic Branch at Atlantic Terminal
Stops rush hours only (limited service) Union Street N limited rush hour service in the reverse-peak directionR all times
Stops rush hours only (limited service) Ninth Street N limited rush hour service in the reverse-peak directionR all times
F all timesG all times (IND Culver Line at Fourth Avenue)
Stops rush hours only (limited service) Prospect Avenue N limited rush hour service in the reverse-peak directionR all times
Stops rush hours only (limited service) 25th Street N limited rush hour service in the reverse-peak directionR all times
Stops rush hours only (limited service) 36th Street D all times N all timesR all times
Stops rush hours only (limited service) 45th Street N limited rush hour service in the reverse-peak directionR all times
Stops rush hours only (limited service) 53rd Street N limited rush hour service in the reverse-peak directionR all times
Stops rush hours only (limited service) 59th Street Disabled access N all timesR all times
Sea Beach Line
Stops rush hours only (limited service) Eighth Avenue Disabled access N all times
Stops rush hours only (limited service) Fort Hamilton Parkway N all times
Stops rush hours only (limited service) New Utrecht Avenue Disabled access N all times
D all times (BMT West End Line at 62nd Street)
Stops rush hours only (limited service) 18th Avenue N all times
Stops rush hours only (limited service) 20th Avenue N all times
Stops rush hours only (limited service) Bay Parkway N all times
Stops rush hours only (limited service) Kings Highway N all times B82 Select Bus Service
Stops rush hours only (limited service) Avenue U N all times
Stops rush hours only (limited service) 86th Street N all times

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