A Train: Eighth Avenue Express

The A Train, or Eighth Avenue Express is a rapid transit service of the New York City Subway. It is colored blue on route signs, station signs, and the official subway map, since it runs on the IND Eighth Avenue Line through Manhattan. It is the longest one-seat ride in the subway system: over 31 miles (50 km) from 207th Street in Inwood, Manhattan, to Mott Avenue in Far Rockaway, Queens.

The A service operates at all times. The usual service pattern is from Inwood - 207th Street to Far Rockaway - Mott Avenue or to Lefferts Boulevard in Richmond Hill, Queens via Central Park West and Eighth Avenue in Manhattan, and Fulton Street in Brooklyn, running express in Manhattan and Brooklyn; local in Queens.

Five rush hour trips run from Beach 116th Street in Rockaway Park, Queens to Manhattan during the morning hours and five rush hour trips run to Beach 116th Street from Manhattan during the late afternoon hours. At all times, a shuttle train service (the Rockaway Park Shuttle) connects Rockaway Park to the mainline at the Broad Channel station.

Late evenings and nights, approximately 10:30 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. (Saturdays to 6 a.m.; Sundays to 7 a.m.), the A service makes all local stops in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens, terminating at Far Rockaway only. During these times, S shuttle trains run between Euclid Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard.

The A is the only line that has a transfer to each of the three full-time shuttle services (42nd Street, Franklin Avenue, and Rockaway Park) in the system.


A Train: Eighth Avenue Express
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:R40_A_train.jpg">The Legendary Ranger (public domain)

A Train: Eighth Avenue Express Location Map

A Train: Eighth Avenue Express
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:A_train.jpg">The Legendary Ranger

Stations

Manhattan Inwood-207th Street
Dyckman Street
190th Street
181st Street
175th Street (Connects with George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal)
168th Street (Connects with "C" and "1" Trains)
163rd Street-Amsterdam Avenue
155th Street
145th Street (Connects with "B", "C" and "D" Trains)
135th Street
125th Street (Connects with "B", "C", "D" Trains, and M60 bus to LaGuardia Airport)
116th Street
110th Street-Cathedral Parkway
103rd Street
96th Street
86th Street
81st Street-Museum of Natural History
72nd Street
59th Street-Columbus Circle (Connects with "B", "C", "D", "1" and "2" Trains)
50th Street (Connects with "E" Trains)
42nd Street-Port Authority Bus Terminal (Connects with "C", "E", "1", "2", "3", "7", "N", "Q", "R", "W", "S" Trains, and Port Authority Bus Terminal)
34th Street-Penn Station (Connects with "C" and "E" trains, Amtrak, LIRR, NJ Transit at Pennsylvania Station)
23rd Street (Connects with "E" Trains) 14th Street (Connects with "C", "E" and "L" Trains)
West Fourth Street-Washington Square (Connects with "C", "E", "B", "D", "F", "V" Trains and PATH at 9th Street)
Spring Street (Connects with "E" Trains)
Canal Street (Connects with "C" and "E" Trains)
Chambers Street (Connects with "C", "E", "2" and "3" Trains, and PATH at World Trade Center)
Broadway-Nassau Street (Connects with "C", "2", "3", "4", "5", "J", "M" and "Z" Trains

Brooklyn
High Street-Brooklyn Bridge (Connects with "C" Trains)
Jay Street-Borough Hall (Connects with "C" and "F" Trains)
Hoyt-Schermerhorn Streets (Connects with "C" and "G" Trains) Lafayette Avenue
Clinton-Washington Avenues
Franklin Avenue (Connects with "S" Trains)
Nostrand Avenue (Connects with "C" Trains)
Kingston-Throop Avenues (Connects to "B15" buses to JFK Airport)
Utica Avenue (Connects to "C" Trains)
Ralph Avenue
Rockaway Avenue
Broadway Junction (Connects to "C", "J", "Z" and "L" Trains)
Liberty Avenue
Van Siclen Avenue
Shepherd Avenue
Euclid Avenue (Connects with "C" Trains)
Grant Avenue

Queens
80th Street
88th Street
Rockaway Boulevard

Services to Lefferts Boulevard and The Rockaways split
Service to Lefferts Boulevard
104th Street
111th Street
Ozone Park-Lefferts Boulevard (Connects with "Q10" buses to JFK Airport)

Rockaway Line
Aqueduct Racetrack (Station serves northbound trains only, and is open between 11:00 AM-7:00 PM on racing days at Aqueduct Racetrack.)
Aqueduct-North Conduit Avenue
Howard Beach-JFK Airport (Connects with AirTrain JFK) Broad Channel (Connects with "S" Trains)

Services to Far Rockaway and Rockaway Park Split Service to Far Rockaway
Beach 67th Street
Beach 60th Street
Beach 44th Street
Beach 36th Street
Beach 25th Street
Far Rockaway-Mott Avenue (Connects with LIRR Far Rockaway Branch at Far Rockaway)

Service to Rockaway Park
Beach 90th Street (Connects with "S" Trains)
Beach 98th Street (Connects with "S" Trains)
Beach 105th Street (Connects with "S" Trains)
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