E subway line (New York City)

8 Avenue Local
Geographical map of New York with the E (the branch to 179th Street is currently not served)
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Jamaica Center-Parsons / Archer Sutphin Boulevard / Archer Avenue / JFK Airport (Transition to Jamaica LIRR ) Kew Gardens -Union Turnpike Forest Hills -71 ave Jackson Heights- Roosevelt Avenue (Transition to 74 Street Broadway ) Queens Plaza Court Square-23 Street Lexington Avenue / 53 Street (Transition to 51 Street ) 5 ave / 53 st 7 ave 42 Street - Port Authority Bus Terminal (Transition to Times Sq - 42 St ) 34 Street- Penn Station LIRR 14th street West 4th Street Canal Street World Trade Center (Transition to Park Place and Chambers Street )
Explanation
Only nodes and end points are shown. Stations in bold are served at all times of the day.

The line E is a line of New York City Subway and runs from Jamaica Center-Parsons / Archer in Jamaica on the IND Archer Avenue Line , IND Queens Boulevard Line and IND Eighth Avenue Line to the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan . It is one of the main routes from Manhattan to LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy International Airports .

Due to its trunk line under Eighth Avenue , it has the line color blue and is also known as 8 Avenue Local .

Despite its line designation as "Local", Line E only stops at selected stations ("Express") on a large part of its route during the day. This affects the section on the IND Queens Boulevard Line .

It runs around the clock. At night there are stops at all stations along the route.

A Line E train at Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Avenue station

Web links

Commons : Line E  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Website of the MTA

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 .