The MTA defines time periods as follows; these are used in articles (sometimes abbreviated by numbers):
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| Route
| Line(s)
| North Terminal
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| South Terminal
|
(Division A)
|
| 1
| Broadway-Seventh Avenue Local
| IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line
| Van Cortlandt Park-242nd Street
|
| South Ferry
|
| 2
| Seventh Avenue Express
| IRT White Plains Road Line, IRT Lenox Avenue Line, IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line, IRT Brooklyn Branch , IRT Clark Street Tunnel , IRT Eastern Parkway Line, IRT Nostrand Avenue Line
| Wakefield-241st Street
|
| Brooklyn College-Flatbush Avenue
|
| 3
| Seventh Avenue Express
| IRT Lenox Avenue Line, IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line, IRT Brooklyn Branch , IRT Clark Street Tunnel , IRT Eastern Parkway Line (no late night service)
| Harlem-148th Street
|
| New Lots Avenue
|
| 4
| Lexington Avenue Express
| IRT Jerome Avenue Line , IRT Lexington Avenue Line, IRT Joralemon Street Tunnel , IRT Eastern Parkway Line
| Woodlawn
|
Utica Avenue
New Lots Avenue (some rush hour trips and late nights)
|
| 5
| Lexington Avenue Express
| IRT Dyre Avenue Line, IRT White Plains Road Line, IRT Jerome Avenue Line , IRT Lexington Avenue Line
IRT White Plains Road Line, IRT Joralemon Street Tunnel , IRT Eastern Parkway Line, IRT Nostrand Avenue Line (rush hours)
| Eastchester-Dyre Avenue
Nereid Avenue (some rush hour trips)
|
Bowling Green
Brooklyn College-Flatbush Avenue (rush hours)
Utica Avenue (some rush hour trips)
New Lots Avenue (some rush hour trips)
East 180th Street (late nights)
|
| 6
| Lexington Avenue Local
| IRT Pelham Line , IRT Lexington Avenue Line
| Pelham Bay Park
Parkchester (rush hours and middays)
|
| Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall
|
| 7
| Flushing Local
| IRT Flushing Line
| Flushing-Main Street
|
| Times Square-42nd Street
|
| 9
| Broadway-Seventh Avenue Local
| Skip-stop rush hours-only clone of 1 service
|
| S
| 42nd Street Shuttle
| IRT 42nd Street Shuttle (no late night service)
| Times Square-42nd Street
|
| Grand Central-42nd Street
|
/ (Division B)
|
| A
| Eighth Avenue Express
| IND Eighth Avenue Line, IND Cranberry Street Tunnel , IND Fulton Street Line , IND Rockaway Line , IND Far Rockaway Branch
IND Rockaway Park Branch (some rush hour trips)
| Inwood-207th Street
Euclid Avenue (special late night Lefferts Boulevard Shuttle)
|
Ozone Park-Lefferts Boulevard or Far Rockaway-Mott Avenue
Rockaway Park-Beach 116th Street (some rush hour trips)
|
| B
| Sixth Avenue Express
| IND Concourse Line, IND Eighth Avenue Line, IND Sixth Avenue Line, IND Chrystie Street Connection, BMT Manhattan Bridge north tracks, BMT Brighton Line (no evening service after 21:00 or late night or weekend service)
| 145th Street
Bedford Park Boulevard (rush hours)
|
| Brighton Beach
|
| C
| Eighth Avenue Local
| IND Eighth Avenue Line, IND Cranberry Street Tunnel , IND Fulton Street Line (no late night service)
| Washington Heights-168th Street
|
| Euclid Avenue
|
| D
| Sixth Avenue Express
| IND Concourse Line, IND Eighth Avenue Line, IND Sixth Avenue Line, IND Chrystie Street Connection, BMT Manhattan Bridge north tracks, BMT Fourth Avenue Line , BMT West End Line
| Norwood-205th Street
|
| Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue
|
| E
| Eighth Avenue Local
| IND Archer Avenue Line , IND Queens Boulevard Line, IND Eighth Avenue Line
| Jamaica Center-Parsons-Archer
Jamaica-179th Street (some rush hour trips)
|
| World Trade Center
|
| F
| Sixth Avenue Local
| IND Queens Boulevard Line, IND 63rd Street Line, IND Sixth Avenue Line, IND Rutgers Street Tunnel , IND Culver Line
| Jamaica-179th Street
|
| Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue
|
| G
| Brooklyn-Queens Crosstown Local
| IND Crosstown Line, IND Culver Line
IND Queens Boulevard Line (evenings, late nights and weekends only)
| Long Island City-Court Square
Forest Hills-71st Avenue (evenings, late nights and weekends only)
|
| Smith-9th Streets
|
| J
| Nassau Street Express
| BMT Archer Avenue Line , BMT Jamaica Line, BMT Williamsburg Bridge tracks, BMT Nassau Street Line
| Jamaica Center-Parsons-Archer
|
Broad Street
Chambers Street (weekends)
|
| L
| 14th Street-Canarsie Local
| BMT Canarsie Line
| Eighth Avenue
|
| Canarsie-Rockaway Parkway
|
| M
| Nassau Street Local
| BMT Myrtle Avenue Line, BMT Jamaica Line, BMT Williamsburg Bridge tracks, BMT Nassau Street Line
BMT Montague Street Tunnel , BMT Fourth Avenue Line , BMT West End Line (rush hours)
| Middle Village-Metropolitan Avenue
|
Chambers Street
Bay Parkway (rush hours)
Myrtle Avenue (evenings, late nights and weekends)
|
| N
| Broadway Express
| BMT Astoria Line, BMT 60th Street Tunnel , BMT Broadway Line, BMT Manhattan Bridge Line, BMT Manhattan Bridge south tracks, BMT Fourth Avenue Line , BMT Sea Beach Line
BMT Montague Street Tunnel (late nights)
| Astoria-Ditmars Boulevard
|
| Gravesend-86th Street
|
| Q
| Broadway Express
| BMT Broadway Line, BMT Manhattan Bridge Line, BMT Manhattan Bridge south tracks, BMT Brighton Line
| Midtown-57th Street-Seventh Avenue
|
| Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue
|
| R
| Broadway Local
| IND Queens Boulevard Line, IND 60th Street Tunnel Connection, BMT 60th Street Tunnel , BMT Broadway Line, BMT Montague Street Tunnel , BMT Fourth Avenue Line
| Forest Hills-71st Avenue
36th Street (late nights)
|
| Bay Ridge-95th Street
|
| V
| Sixth Avenue Local
| IND Queens Boulevard Line, IND Sixth Avenue Line (no late night or weekend service)
| Forest Hills-71st Avenue
|
| Lower East Side-2nd Avenue
|
| W
| Broadway Local
| BMT Astoria Line, BMT 60th Street Tunnel , BMT Broadway Line (no service evenings after 21:00, late nights or weekends)
| Astoria-Ditmars Boulevard
|
| Whitehall Street
|
| Z
| Nassau Street Express
| Skip-stop rush hours-only clone of J service
|
| S
| Franklin Avenue Shuttle
| BMT Franklin Avenue Shuttle
| Franklin Avenue
|
| Prospect Park
|
| S
| Rockaway Park Shuttle
| IND Rockaway Park Branch
| Broad Channel
|
| Rockaway Park-Beach 116th Street
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