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6 (New York City Subway service)

For the former service, see BMT 6.
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The 6 Lexington Avenue Local is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored green, since it uses the Lexington Avenue Line through midtown. Trains of the service run all the time; the usual pattern is local service on the whole route. Some midday and rush hour trips (6 Lexington Avenue Local / Pelham Express) run express in the peak direction in the Bronx, and are designated with a diamond rather than the standard circle. During those times, normal local 6 trains stop short at Parkchester-East 177th Street, and the express trains switch to the local tracks north of there.

The 6 was the train in the 1974 film The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, about hijackers holding hostages inside a subway car. The 6 was also the train Jennifer Lopez rode in her early days to school; her 1999 album is called "On the 6 ", a reference to the train.

The following lines are used by the 6:

Line Tracks When
Pelham Line (full line)local (some rush hour trains run express south of Parkchester-East 177th Street in the peak direction)always
IRT Lexington Avenue Line north of Brooklyn Bridge-City Halllocalalways
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Service history

 
6
 
R12 end rollsign
1967-1979 bullet (in a circle)


Station listing

For a more detailed station listing, see the lines in the table above.

Station When Services
The Bronx
Pelham Bay Park always
Buhre Avenue always
Middletown Road always 6 (345) <6> (12)
Westchester Square-East Tremont Avenue always 6 (345) <6> (12)
Zerega Avenue always 6 (345) <6> (12)
Castle Hill Avenue always 6 (345) <6> (12)
Parkchester-East 177th Street always
St. Lawrence Avenue always
Morrison-Sound View Avenues always 6
Elder Avenue always 6
Whitlock Avenue always 6
Hunts Point Avenue always 6 <6> (12)
Longwood Avenue always 6
East 149th Street always 6
East 143rd Street-St. Mary's Street always 6
Cypress Avenue always 6
Brook Avenue always 6
Third Avenue-138th Street always 6 <6> (12)
always
116th Street always
110th Street always 4 (5) 6 <6> (12)
103rd Street always 4 (5) 6 <6> (12)
96th Street always 4 (5) 6 <6> (12)
86th Street always 4 5 (1234) <5> (1a) 6 <6> (12)
77th Street always 4 (5) 6 <6> (12)
68th Street-Hunter College always 4 (5) 6 <6> (12)
59th Street always 4 5 (1234) <5> (1a) 6 <6> (12)
(MetroCard)
Roosevelt Island Tramway
51st Street always 4 (5) 6 <6> (12)
42nd Street-Grand Central always 4 5 (1234) <5> (1a) 6 <6> (12)
Metro-North
33rd Street always 4 (5) 6 <6> (12)
28th Street always 4 (5) 6 <6> (12)
23rd Street always 4 (5) 6 <6> (12)
14th Street-Union Square always 4 5 (1234) <5> (1a) 6 <6> (12)
Astor Place-Eighth Street always 4 (5) 6 <6> (12)
Bleecker Street always 4 (5) 6 <6> (12)
(from southbound platform only)
Spring Street always 4 (5) 6 <6> (12)
Canal Street always 4 (5) 6 <6> (12)
Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall always 4 5 (1234) <5> (1a) 6 <6> (12) J M (12) Z (1a)


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Last updated: 06-03-2005 02:38:48
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