6 (New York City Subway service)
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| Image:NYCS-bull-trans-6.svgImage:NYCS-bull-trans-6d.svg | Lexington Avenue Local |
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The 6 Lexington Avenue Local is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored green on station signs, the New York City Subway map and on most IRT rolling stock equipment since it uses the IRT Lexington Avenue Line through midtown. 6 trains operate between Pelham Bay Park, the Bronx and Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall, Manhattan at all times and operate local in Manhattan. During middays and rush hours in the peak direction, 6 trains that begin/terminate at Parkchester operate local in the Bronx, and <6> trains that begin/terminate at Pelham Bay Park operate express in the Bronx between Parkchester and Third Avenue–138th Street.
The 6 fleet consists entirely of R142As.
The following lines are used by the 6 service:
| Line | Tracks | When |
|---|---|---|
| IRT Pelham Line (full line) | local (some rush hour trains run express south of Parkchester in the peak direction) | always |
| IRT Lexington Avenue Line north of Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall | local | always |
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[edit] Service history
On October 27, 1904, local and express service opened on the original subway in Manhattan, following the route of the present IRT Lexington Avenue Line from City Hall to 42nd Street–Grand Central. From there, the service traveled west on 42nd Street on the route of the present 42nd Street Shuttle, and then north on the present Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line to 145th Street.
The current "H" configuration — with separate services along Lexington Avenue and Broadway–Seventh Avenues — was introduced in 1917. Full Lexington Avenue local service from City Hall to 125th Street opened on July 17, 1918.
On August 1, 1918, 138th Street-3rd Avenue opened. Over the next two years, the IRT Pelham Line was extended piece by piece to Pelham Bay Park.
From that point on, the current 6 service was formed. All trains ran local between Pelham Bay Park and Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall, with some trains terminating at the City Hall loop. On weekdays, there was peak direction express service between Parkchester-East 177th Street and 138th Street. During this time, local trains terminated at Parkchester instead.
On December 31, 1945, City Hall station closed, making the former Brooklyn Bridge station (renamed Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall the permanent southern terminal.
During the 1970s, rush hour trains were extended to the inner loop at South Ferry. Due to poor condition, lack of ridership, and little space, this was discontinued and a shuttle ran between Bowling Green and South Ferry until 1977.
Beginning in 1980, late night service terminated at 125th Street in Manhattan with the 4 running as a local in Manhattan.
During Spring and Summer 1985, there was one rush hour 6 train that ran to/from Atlantic Avenue. This was the only 6 service to run in Brooklyn.
In 1999, late night service returned to Brooklyn Bridge, but the 4 still runs local.
[edit] Cultural references
- In the 1974 film The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, a 6 train was hijacked, and hostages were held inside a subway car.
- When she was growing up, Jennifer Lopez regularly rode a 6 train into Manhattan to go to her dance studio. Her debut 1999 album is called On the 6, a reference to the train.
- Mark Wahlberg rides the 6 (R29/36 cars) in the The Yards.
- On January 22, 2006, eight members of the Improv Everywhere comedy troupe were arrested on a 6 train after participating in a city-wide prank dubbed "No Pants".
[edit] Stations
| Station service legend | |
|---|---|
| Image:NYCS-SSI-alltimes.svg | Stops all times |
| Image:NYCS-SSI-allexceptnights.svg | Stops all times except late nights |
| Image:NYCS-SSI-nightsonly.svg | Stops late nights only |
| Image:NYCS-SSI-weekdaysonly.svg | Stops weekdays only |
| Image:NYCS-SSI-allexceptrush.svg | Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction |
| Image:NYCS-SSI-rushonly.svg | Stops rush hours only |
| Image:NYCS-SSI-rushpeak.svg | Stops rush hours in the peak direction only |
| Time period details | |
- Rush hours, mid-days and evenings, Bronx express trains begin/terminate at Pelham Bay Park; Bronx local trains begin/terminate at Parkchester.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- MTA NYC Transit - 6 Lexington Avenue Local
- MTA NYC Transit - 6 Lexington Avenue Local / Pelham Express
- MTA NYC Transit - 6 schedule PDF (246 KiB)
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