Subway Line A (New York City)

8 Avenue Express 8 Avenue Local Lefferts Boulevard Shuttle
Geographical plan of New York with the A
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Inwood-207 Street Washington Heights -168 Street 145 Street 125 Street 59 Street- Columbus Circle 42 Street- Port Authority Bus Terminal (Transition to Times Sq - 42 St ) 34 Street- Penn Station LIRR 14th street West 4th Street Canal Street Chambers Street (transition to Park Place ) Fulton Street High street Jay Street-MetroTech Hoyt Street-Schermerhorn Street Nostrand Avenue Utica Avenue Broadway Junction ( East New York ) LIRR Euclid Avenue Ozone Park-Lefferts Boulevard (day only) Howard Beach- JFK Airport Rockaway Park / Beach 116 Street (rush hour only) Far Rockaway -Mott Avenue LIRR
Explanation
Only nodes and end points are shown. Stations in bold are served at all times of the day.

Line A is a line of the New York City Subway and runs from Inwood-207 Street in Harlem via the IND Eighth Avenue Line , IND Fulton Street Line and IND Rockaway Line and to Far Rockaway -Mott Avenue , Rockaway Park / Beach 116 Street ( only during rush hour ) or Ozone Park-Lefferts Boulevard .

Line A runs most of the day as an express train that only stops at selected stations. It shares most of its route with Line C , which serves all stops on the route. Where it runs alone on its route and at night the A stops at all stations on the route.

Due to its main route under Eighth Avenue , it has the line identification color blue and is also known as the 8 Avenue Express (or 8 Avenue Local at night ).

At night, Line A trains only run to Far Rockaway-Mott Avenue . Shuttle trains then run on the branch to Lefferts Boulevard . At peak times, however, some trains also run to Rockaway Park / Beach 116 Street , these trains are marked with the diamond symbol.

The trunk route between Harlem and Far Rockaway is the longest continuous subway connection from New York.

An 8 Avenue Express in Broad Channel Station

The jazz standard Take the “A” Train from 1939 refers to the railway line .

Web links

• Website of the MTA
• Very informative site about the New York Subway

Individual evidence

1. ↑ New York City Subway with bus and railroad connections. (PDF) web.mta.info, accessed on March 26, 2015 . 
2. ^ MTA / New York City Transit Subway Line Information. web.mta.info, accessed March 26, 2015 .