F (New York City Subway service)

Sixth Avenue Local
Northern end	Jamaica–179th Street
Southern end	Coney Island
Stations	45
Rolling stock	R160[1][2] (Rolling stock assignments subject to change)

The F Sixth Avenue Local is a rapid transit service of the New York City Subway. It is colored orange on route signs, station signs, and the official subway map, since it runs on the IND Sixth Avenue Line through Manhattan.

The F service operates at all times, from 179th Street in Jamaica, Queens to Stillwell Avenue in Coney Island, Brooklyn, via Queens Boulevard, 63rd Street, Sixth Avenue, and the IND Culver Line making all local stops except for an express section in Queens between Forest Hills–71st Avenue and 21st Street–Queensbridge. The F is one of only four services that has an express section around the clock (the others being the D, Q, and 3).

There is community support for resuming express service along the Culver Line in Brooklyn, where existing express tracks have been unused since 1986.^[3][4] The MTA has announced that the elevated Culver Viaduct will undergo extensive renovations from 2009–2012, after which "There will be no impediment to implementing the F express."^[5]

The F route runs mostly R46s , but several R160s as well.

• F service officially began on December 15, 1940 between Parsons Boulevard and Church Avenue via the Queens Boulevard, Sixth Avenue, and IND Culver Lines. It ran express in Queens and local in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
• During World War II, trains were extended to 169th Street during evenings, late nights, and Sunday mornings.
• On December 11, 1950, trains were extended to Jamaica–179th Street on evenings, nights, and Sunday mornings. Over the next year, service was gradually extended to serve that station at all times.
• On October 30, 1954, the connection between the IND Culver Line and BMT Culver Line was completed. Rush hour F trains terminated at Broadway-Lafayette Street to allow D trains to enter Brooklyn via the Rutgers Street Tunnel. On June 28, 1956, trains were extended to Lower East Side–Second Avenue.
• Beginning October 6, 1957, trains terminated at 34th Street–Herald Square evenings, nights and weekends.
• Beginning November 10, 1958, trains terminated at Broadway–Lafayette Street weekdays to allow construction for the IND Chrystie Street Connection.
• Beginning July 9, 1967, trains no longer ran express between Jamaica–179th Street and 71st–Continental Avenues.
• On November 26, 1967, the IND Chrystie Street Connection was completed. D trains were rerouted via this connection, over the north side of the Manhattan Bridge, and via the BMT Brighton Line in Brooklyn. F trains replaced them on the BMT Culver Line. There was rush hour express service between Jay Street–Borough Hall and Kings Highway. This was discontinued in the 1980s due to track work.
• On May 24, 1987, the N and R services switched terminals in Queens. As part of the reroute plan, F trains terminated at 57th Street/Sixth Avenue during late nights.
• On September 30, 1990, the R train was cut back from 179th Street to 71st Avenue, replaced by the F train.
• Later that year, late-night service was moved to 21st Street–Queensbridge to replace the Q shuttle.
• In May 1997, the F Train was taken out of the IND 63rd Street Line during late nights and was replaced by a shuttle. The F train now ran local to 179th Street.
• On December 16, 2001, the 63rd Street Connector opened, connecting the IND 63rd Street Line with the IND Queens Boulevard Line. In a controversial move, the local V train replaced the express F in the heavily-trafficked 53rd Street Tunnel between Manhattan and Queens, while the F was rerouted to the 63rd Street Tunnel. The F began making express stops in Queens between 71st Avenue and 21st Street–Queensbridge at all times.
• 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. The F Train returned to Stillwell Avenue on May 23, 2004, upon completion of the construction work.

• 
  An R46 F train at Herald Square, bound for Queens

The following lines are used by the F service:

For a more detailed station listing, see the articles on the lines listed above.

Station service legend
	Stops all times
	Stops all times except late nights
	Stops late nights only
	Stops late nights and weekends only
	Stops weekdays during the day
	Stops rush hours only
	Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
Time period details
	Station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act
↑	Station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act in the indicated direction only
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	Elevator access to mezzanine only

	Stations		Subway transfers	Connections
Queens
	Jamaica–179th Street		E	Q3 bus to JFK Int'l Airport
	169th Street
	Parsons Boulevard		E
	Sutphin Boulevard
	Briarwood–Van Wyck Boulevard		E
	Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike		E	Q10 bus to JFK Int'l Airport
	75th Avenue		E
	Forest Hills–71st Avenue		E  ​​M  ​R	LIRR Main Line at Forest Hills
	Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue		E  ​​M  ​R  7  (IRT Flushing Line)	Q33 bus to LaGuardia Airport Q47 bus to LaGuardia Marine Air Terminal
	21st Street–Queensbridge
Manhattan
	Roosevelt Island			Roosevelt Island Tramway
	Lexington Avenue–63rd Street		4  ​5  ​6  <6> (IRT Lexington Avenue Line) N  ​R  ​W  (BMT Broadway Line) at Lexington Avenue/59th Street; Out-of-system transfers with MetroCard
	57th Street
	47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center		B  ​D  ​​M
	42nd Street–Bryant Park		B  ​D  ​​M  7  <7> ​ (IRT Flushing Line at Fifth Avenue–Bryant Park)
	34th Street–Herald Square		B  ​D  ​​M  N  ​Q  ​R  ​W  (BMT Broadway Line)	PATH at 33rd Street
	23rd Street		M	PATH at 23rd Street
	14th Street		M  1  ​2  ​3  (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line at 14th Street) L  (BMT Canarsie Line at Sixth Avenue)	PATH at 14th Street
	West Fourth Street–Washington Square		B  ​D  ​​M  A  ​C  ​E  (IND Eighth Avenue Line)	PATH at 9th Street
	Broadway–Lafayette Street		B  ​D  ​​M  4  ​6  <6> (IRT Lexington Avenue Line at Bleecker Street; transfer to downtown trains only)
	Lower East Side–Second Avenue		F  <F> ​
	Delancey Street		J  ​Z  (BMT Nassau Street Line at Essex Street)
	East Broadway
Brooklyn
	York Street
	Jay Street–Borough Hall		A  ​C  (IND Eighth Avenue Line)
	Bergen Street		G
	Carroll Street		G
	Smith–Ninth Streets		G
	Fourth Avenue		G  D  ​N  ​R  ​W  (BMT Fourth Avenue Line at Ninth Street)
	Seventh Avenue		G
	15th Street–Prospect Park		G
	Fort Hamilton Parkway		G
	Church Avenue		G
	Ditmas Avenue
	18th Avenue
	Avenue I
	Bay Parkway
	Avenue N
	Avenue P
	Kings Highway
	Avenue U
	Avenue X
	Neptune Avenue
	West Eighth Street–New York Aquarium		Q  (BMT Brighton Line)
	Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue		D  (BMT West End Line) N  (BMT Sea Beach Line) Q  (BMT Brighton Line)

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