F (New York City Subway service)
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The F and <F> Queens Boulevard Express/Sixth Avenue Local<ref name="timetable">Template:NYCS const</ref> are two rapid transit services in the B Division of the New York City Subway. Their route bullets are colored Template:NYCS const, since they use and are part of the IND Sixth Avenue Line in Manhattan.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The F operates 24 hours daily between 179th Street in Jamaica, Queens and Stillwell Avenue in Coney Island, Brooklyn. Daytime service makes express stops in Queens (between Forest Hills–71st Avenue and 21st Street–Queensbridge) and all stops in Manhattan and Brooklyn; overnight service makes all stops along the full route. Limited rush hour service operates along the full route and makes express stops between Jay Street and Church Avenue in the peak direction only, making one intermediate stop at Seventh Avenue; this express service was introduced in September 2019. In Brooklyn, local service is denoted as (F) in a circle-shaped bullet while express service is denoted as <F> in a diamond-shaped bullet.
From 1968 to 1976, the F ran express along the IND Culver Line in Brooklyn. The F also ran via the 53rd Street Tunnel until moving to the 63rd Street Tunnel in 2001, except between August 2023 and March 2024 when service between Queens and Manhattan was rerouted to the 53rd Street Tunnel due to track replacement. Since the 1990s, there have been calls to restore partial express service in Brooklyn from Jay Street–MetroTech to Church Avenue, although this has been controversial. The limited express <F> service between Jay Street and Church Avenue started on September 16, 2019, with two trains in the peak direction during rush hours.<ref name=2019express/> The F has a weekday ridership of 600,000.<ref name="DirectFixation">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
HistoryEdit
1940s and 1950sEdit
With the opening of the IND Sixth Avenue Line on December 15, 1940, F service began, operating as the line's Queens Boulevard service. It operated between Parsons Boulevard and Church Avenue via Queens Boulevard Line, Sixth Avenue Line, and the Culver Line. It ran express in Queens and local in Manhattan and Brooklyn. F trains provided an additional 24/7 express route in Queens, and inaugurated express service on the Queens Boulevard Line east of Continental Avenue. F trains ran on the express tracks between West Fourth Street and Broadway-Lafayette Street to avoid conflict with the D and E south of West Fourth Street.<ref name=":2">Template:Cite journal</ref> This service pattern was first announced by the New York City Board of Transportation on December 1, 1939.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> With the start of F service, E service was cut back from Church Avenue to Broadway–Lafayette Street.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
On January 10, 1944, trains were extended to 169th Street during evenings, late nights, and Sunday mornings.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":7">Template:Cite journal</ref> Temporarily in 1948, as shown in a map from that year, the {{ #if: | D | D }}{{
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On December 11, 1950, trains were extended to the newly opened Jamaica–179th Street on evenings, nights, and Sunday mornings.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=":2" /> On May 13, 1951, all trains outside of rush hour were extended to 179th Street using the local tracks beyond Parsons Boulevard. On October 8, 1951, trains were extended to 179th Street at all times. During rush hours F trains skipped 169th Street running via the express tracks. At other times, the F stopped at 169th Street.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In 1953, the platforms were lengthened to Template:Convert at 75th Avenue and Sutphin Boulevard so that F trains could run eleven-car trains. The E and F began running eleven-car trains during rush hours on September 8, 1953. The extra train car increased the total carrying capacity by 4,000 passengers. The lengthening project cost $400,000.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The operation of eleven-car trains ended in 1958 because of operational difficulties. The signal blocks, especially in Manhattan, were too short to accommodate the longer trains, and the motormen had a very small margin of error to properly platform the train. It was found that operating ten-car trains allowed for two additional trains per hour to be scheduled.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
On October 30, 1954, the connection between the IND Culver Line and BMT Culver Line opened, with the IND taking over the elevated section. All F service began terminating at Broadway–Lafayette Street with {{ #if: | D | D }}{{
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Beginning on October 6, 1957, trains began terminating at 34th Street–Herald Square during nights and weekends.<ref name="NYERA-IND6Av-Dec2008">Template:Cite journal</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":7" /> Between September 8 and November 7, 1958, two F trains ran between Forest Hills and Second Avenue, leaving Forest Hills at 8:06 and 8:21 a.m. On November 10, they were routed to Hudson Terminal, before returning to Queens in E service.<ref name=":6">Template:Cite journal</ref><ref name=":1">Template:Cite journal</ref> On the same day, F service was cut back from Second Avenue and started terminating at Broadway–Lafayette Street<ref name="NYERA-IND6Av-Dec2008" /> to allow for construction on the Chrystie Street Connection.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":7" />
1960s through 1980sEdit
Two additional F trains began running from Parsons Boulevard during the morning rush hour on April 6, 1964; these trips began entering service at 179th Street on December 21, 1964.<ref name=":14" /> On December 13, 1965, two morning F trains began running to Chambers Street. Beginning on July 11, 1966, trains no longer ran express between Parsons Boulevard and 71st–Continental Avenues weekday middays, and were extended weekdays daytime from Broadway-Lafayette Street back to Second Avenue. On August 30, 1966, service was cut back to Broadway-Lafayette Street.<ref name=":14">Template:Cite journal</ref><ref name=":7" />
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Beginning on August 19, 1968, rush hour express service was added, in both directions, between Jay Street-Borough Hall and Church Avenue, and in rush hours, peak direction trains to and from Stillwell Avenue (alternating with those terminating at Kings Highway) ran express as well between Church Avenue and Kings Highway.<ref name="MTA-FExpStudy-May2016"/>Template:Rp<ref name="MTA-FLineReview-2009"/>Template:Rp Beginning on June 16, 1969, express service was modified, with Kings Highway trains operating as locals along the entire route from Jay Street to Kings Highway.<ref name=":7" />
On January 2, 1973, Kings Highway F trains began running express once again between Church Avenue and Jay Street in both directions.<ref name=":7" /> In addition, F trains began running express between 179th Street and Continental Avenue weekdays between 7:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. toward Queens, and between 6:00 a.m. and 6:15 p.m. toward Manhattan. In addition, between 10:00 a.m. and 2:20 p.m. Manhattan-bound, and between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Queens-bound, F trains would stop at 169th Street.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
On January 18, 1976, F express service between Jay Street and Church Avenue was discontinued during rush hours in the peak direction, and only Coney Island trains in the reverse-peak direction ran express between Jay Street and Church Avenue. Peak direction GG trains were cut back to Smith–Ninth Streets.<ref name=":7" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On August 30, 1976, express service between Bergen Street and Church Avenue was completely discontinued, with all trains making all stops. Rush direction alternate-train express service between Ditmas Avenue and Kings Highway was retained. In addition, several northbound trips in the morning rush hour began being put into service at Avenue X.<ref name="NYERA-IND6Av-Dec2008" /> GG trains began terminating at Smith–9th Streets at all times.<ref name=":7" /> The elimination of express service was made as part of service changes which eliminated 215 runs that were deemed underutilized to reduce operating deficits.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The changes, which saved $3.1 million annually, were part of a three phase cut in service that began in 1975.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> This change was also made due to continuing complaints about reduced Manhattan service by riders at local stations.<ref name="MTA-FExpStudy-May2016">Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Rp<ref name="MTA-FLineReview-2009">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Rp
On January 24, 1977, as part of a series of NYCTA service cuts to save $13 million, many subway lines began running shorter trains during middays. As part of the change, F trains began running with four cars between 9:50 a.m. and 1:50 p.m.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Starting on August 27, 1977, the {{
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Until 1986, 2 E trains and 2 F trains started at Continental Avenue in the morning rush hour with the intention to relieve congestion. These trains were eliminated because they resulted in a loading imbalance as these lightly loaded trains would be followed by extremely crowded trains from 179th Street, which followed an 8-minute gap of E and F service from 179th Street.<ref name="AAP">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Rp
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Peak-direction F express service on the Culver Line in Brooklyn, between Kings Highway and 18th Avenue, was suspended on April 27, 1987, because of work to reconstruct station mezzanines along that part of the Culver Line, and was never restored in this section.<ref name=":7" /><ref name="MTA-FExpStudy-May2016" />Template:Rp<ref name="MTA-FLineReview-2009" />Template:Rp
Archer and 63rd Street changesEdit
On December 11, 1988, the Archer Avenue Lines opened, and the E was rerouted to its current terminus at Jamaica Center,<ref name="QnsOptionsStudyEIS-19902"/><ref name="NYTimes-NYCS-BigChanges-19882">Template:Cite news</ref> running via the Queens Boulevard Line's express tracks.<ref name=":022">Template:Cite news</ref> It was decided that the E would serve Archer Avenue, rather than the F, to minimize disruption to passengers who continued to use Hillside Avenue; to maximize Jamaica Avenue ridership; and to take advantage of the length of the peak ridership period, which is longer on the F. It was found that most riders using bus routes that now served Archer Avenue used the E, while most passengers on buses to 179th Street used the F.<ref name="AAP"/>Template:Rp F trains no longer stopped at 169th Street between 10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., so the R was extended to 179th Street to serve local stations east of Continental Avenue and to allow F trains to continue running express to 179th Street.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=":15">Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The 1988 changes angered some riders because they resulted in the loss of direct Queens Boulevard Express service at local stations east of 71st Avenue—namely the 169th Street, Sutphin Boulevard, Van Wyck Boulevard and 75th Avenue stations. Local elected officials pressured the MTA to eliminate all-local service at these stations.<ref name=":5">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On September 30, 1990, the R was cut back to 71st–Continental Avenue outside of rush hours. Late night service to 179th Street was replaced by G service, while F trains began running local east of 71st Avenue during middays, evenings, and weekends.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":4" /> In response to the pleas of local officials, the MTA considered three options including leaving service as is, having E trains run local east of 71st Avenue along with R service, and having F trains run local east of 71st Avenue to replace R service. The third option was chosen for testing in October or November 1992.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
On October 26, 1992, R trains were cut back to 71st Avenue at all times. In its place, the F ran local between 71st Avenue and 179th Street at all times, which eliminated express service along Hillside Avenue.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":4">Template:Cite journal</ref> This change was implemented for six months on an experimental basis at the request of passengers using the 169th Street, Sutphin Boulevard, Van Wyck Boulevard and 75th Avenue stations, which had lost direct Queens Boulevard Express service in 1988.<ref name=":5" /> After the six months, the change was kept even though 77% of passengers had benefitted from the pre-October 1992 service plan because there was minimal negative passenger reaction and the intensity of the request. The change increased travel time along the F by Template:Frac minutes, and reduced travel time for passengers at local stations by one to two minutes.<ref name=":5" />
On October 29, 1989, the IND 63rd Street Line opened. Since Q trains did not run during late nights, a special daily late night F–{{ #if: | Q | Q }}{{
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In March 1997, late night service was cut back to 57th Street due to work to reconstruct the trackbed in the 63rd Street Tunnel. A single-track shuttle provided service between 57th Street and 21st Street.<ref name=":7" />
On August 30, 1997, late night F service was restored to 179th Street as a Queens Boulevard local, replacing G service, which was cut back to Court Square. Service on the 63rd Street Line was provided by a shuttle.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":0">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="MTA-GLineReview-2013">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On that date, E service began running local in Queens during late nights.<ref name=":0" /> These changes were made to accommodate construction work for the 63rd Street Connection.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
On May 7, 2001, the F service started being rerouted via the new 63rd Street connector during some nights and weekends.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":7" /> On December 16, 2001, the 63rd Street Connector officially opened, connecting the IND 63rd Street Line with the IND Queens Boulevard Line. In a controversial move, the new local {{ #if: | V | V }}{{
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On September 8, 2002, Stillwell Avenue was closed for reconstruction. F service was cut back to Avenue X, and service to Stillwell Avenue was replaced by a shuttle bus.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> F service returned to Stillwell Avenue on May 23, 2004, upon completion of the construction work.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Automation and temporary rerouteEdit
In the 2010s, the MTA implemented communications-based train control (CBTC) on the portion of the IND Queens Boulevard Line west of Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike.<ref name="page11">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The 63rd Street Connection to 21st Street–Queensbridge, used by the F. would also be retrofitted with CBTC.<ref name=":9">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Rp The automation of the Queens Boulevard Line meant that the Template:NYCS trains would be able to run 3 more trains during peak hours, up from 29 trains per hour before the project started.<ref name=":3">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="page11" /> CBTC on the Queens Boulevard Line west of Union Turnpike was fully operational by February 2022.<ref name="MTA-CPOC-Apr2022">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Rp The 2015–2019 Capital Program was revised in April 2018 to fund to the design for the expedited installation of CBTC on the Queens Boulevard Line east of Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Another part of the F route, between Church Avenue and West Eighth Street–New York Aquarium on the Culver Line, was selected for CBTC installation as part of the 2015–2019 Capital Program.<ref name="MTACapital-15-19-Oct2015">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> During much of 2020 and 2021, there was no weekend F service south of Church Avenue to accommodate installation of CBTC on the IND Culver Line.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In December 2022, the MTA announced that it would award a contract for the installation of CBTC on the Culver Line between Bergen Street and Church Avenue, which carries the F and G routes.<ref name="Brachfeld 2022">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="dec22cpoc">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> As a result of these projects, the F would be automated along all of its route except for the segment south of West 8th Street.<ref name="Brachfeld 2022" />
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}} service to accommodate long-term CBTC installation on the Queens Boulevard Line between Union Turnpike and 179th Street. F service originating from 179th Street after 10:30 pm and from Stillwell Avenue after 8:30 pm began operating local in Queens during overnight hours, marking the return of overnight F local service since it was discontinued in 2001.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Starting August 28, 2023, F trains were rerouted via the 53rd Street Tunnel between Queens and Manhattan, and weekday M trains were truncated to 57th Street in Manhattan, due to track replacement and other repairs in the 63rd Street Tunnel. An F shuttle train (operated by East New York Yard) ran between Lexington Avenue-63rd Street and 21st Street-Queensbridge, stopping at Roosevelt Island, at all times except late nights. Shuttle buses ran between Queens Plaza and 21st Street–Queensbridge during the day and between Queens Plaza and Roosevelt Island at night.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="NBC New York 2023 v033">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Service via 63rd Street resumed on April 1, 2024, and the shuttle was discontinued.<ref name="MTA 2024 i049">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="NBC New York 2024 k355">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Restoration of Brooklyn express serviceEdit
In January 1991, express service was proposed to speed service during the height of rush hours which would have reduced travel time by up to five minutes. Alternate F trains would operate express in both directions between Jay Street and Church Avenue, stopping at Seventh Avenue; to prevent delays in express service, G trains would be cut back from its southern terminal at Smith–Ninth Streets and originate and terminate at Bergen Street. This service change would have been implemented in October 1991, pending approval from the MTA board.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In the 2000s, there was community support for resuming express service on the Culver Line between Jay Street–MetroTech and Church Avenue in Brooklyn, including from Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Senator Daniel Squadron.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The MTA announced that after the elevated Culver Viaduct underwent extensive renovations from 2009 to 2012, "There will be no impediment to implementing the F express."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
While F express service was contested for four years by some residents on the Culver Line who feared they would lose a one-seat ride into Manhattan, some politicians drafted a letter in 2014 petitioning for express service.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In late October 2015, city officials considered implementing express service.<ref>http://brooklyn.news12.com/news/city-officials-to-restore-express-f-train-service-to-coney-island-1.11012183Template:Dead link</ref> Some rush-hour peak-direction F trains ran express between Jay Street and Fourth Avenue since at least 2015 and the MTA once planned to use expanded rush-hour express service (Jay Street to Church Avenue) in both directions in the summers of 2016 and 2017.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In May 2016, the MTA announced half of all rush-hour F trains could start running express in fall 2017, with the train frequency on the rest of the FTemplate:'s route remaining the same; this was never implemented.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> However, this service still remained "under consideration" as of 2017.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In July 2019, the MTA announced that it planned to run four express F trains per day, two in each direction.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The express service started on September 16, 2019.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="2019express">Template:Cite press release</ref> The trains run in the peak direction, toward Manhattan in the morning and toward Brooklyn in the evening. The trains make an intermediate stop at Seventh Avenue and bypass a total of six stations. The trains toward Manhattan run between 7 and 7:30 a.m., while the trains toward Coney Island run between 4:25 and 5 p.m.<ref name="timetable"/> The service frequencies along the line are not changed, as the two express trips in each direction were converted from trips that ran local.<ref name="MTA-Transit-Jul2019" /> This service is represented with a diamond <F> similar to the symbol used on other peak-direction express services.<ref name="2019express" /><ref name="MTA-Transit-Jul2019">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The express service was suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but was restored more than a year later, on May 3, 2021.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
RouteEdit
Service patternEdit
The F uses the following lines:<ref>Template:NYCS const</ref>
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| all times except late nights | late nights | rush hours, peak direction | ||||
| IND Queens Boulevard Line | Jamaica–179th Street | 75th Avenue | local | Limited service | ||
| Forest Hills–71st Avenue | 36th Street | local | ||||
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| IND 63rd Street Line (full line) | 21st Street–Queensbridge | Lexington Avenue–63rd Street | all | |||
| IND Sixth Avenue Line | 57th Street | |||||
| 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center | Second Avenue | local | ||||
| Delancey Street | York Street | all | ||||
| IND Culver Line (full line) | Jay Street–MetroTech | Church Avenue | local | |||
| express | Limited service | |||||
| Ditmas Avenue | Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue | local | ||||
StationsEdit
For a more detailed station listing, see the articles on the lines listed above.<ref name="timetable"/> Template:NYCS service legend
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
- MTA NYC Transit – F Sixth Avenue Local
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