A-C (New York City Subway service)

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The A Eighth Avenue Express and C Eighth Avenue Local are two services of the New York City Subway. They are colored blue, since they use the IND Eighth Avenue Line through midtown Manhattan. The longest one-seat ride on the subway system is on the Template:NYCS A, 31 miles (50 km) from Inwood to Far Rockaway. The normal Template:NYCS A service pattern is from Inwood-207th Street to Ozone Park-Lefferts Boulevard or Far Rockaway-Mott Avenue, running express in Manhattan and Brooklyn; some rush hour trips run to Rockaway Park-Beach 116th Street; the Template:NYCS S Rockaway Rockaway Park Shuttle goes there all the time. Template:NYCS C trains run local along this route from Washington Heights-168th Street to Euclid Avenue, which is exactly where the Template:NYCS A runs express. At late nights, Template:NYCS C service doesn't run, and Template:NYCS A service runs local, and only on the branch to Far Rockaway; a special shuttle (the Lefferts Boulevard Shuttle) runs from Euclid Avenue to Lefferts Boulevard.

Billy Strayhorn's jazz hit "Take the A Train" (popularized in 1941 by Duke Ellington) made the A train famous. It is among the better-known trains in the system.

The following lines are used by the Template:NYCS A and Template:NYCS C (the latter of which has no late night service):

Line	Tracks	When
IND Eighth Avenue Line north of Washington Heights-168th Street	N/A	always (Template:NYCS A only)
IND Eighth Avenue Line south of Washington Heights-168th Street	Template:NYCS A express (local late nights) Template:NYCS C local	always
IND Fulton Street Line north of Euclid Avenue	Template:NYCS A express (local late nights) Template:NYCS C local	always
IND Fulton Street Line south of Euclid Avenue	local	always (Template:NYCS A only)
IND Rockaway Line and IND Far Rockaway Branch (full line)	N/A	always (Template:NYCS A only)
IND Rockaway Park Branch (full line)	N/A	Template:NYCS A rush hours in peak direction only

Contents

1 Service history

1.1 A and AA
1.2 C and CC
1.3 Recent history

2 Station listing

3 External links

4 References

Service history

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A and AA

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The A and AA were the first services on the IND Eighth Avenue Line when it opened on September 10, 1932. The A ran express between 207th Street and Hudson Terminal, and the AA was a local between 168th Street and Chambers Street (adjacent to Hudson Terminal). During late nights and Sundays, the A didn't run and the AA made all stops along the line.

The A was extended to Jay Street-Borough Hall on February 1, 1933, when the Cranberry Street Tunnel to Brooklyn opened; an extension to Bergen Street opened on March 20, 1933.

C and CC

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The C and CC began operation on July 1, 1933 over the new IND Concourse Line. The CC provided continuous local service between 205th Street and Hudson Terminal (possibly cut back to Bedford Park Boulevard while the C ran in that direction), while the C express ran only in the peak direction during rush hours, continuing through downtown to Bergen Street in Brooklyn.

Recent history

Until the early 1990s, the Lefferts Boulevard branch was the main branch and the Far Rockaway branch did not run during late night hours, when a transfer to a shuttle at Euclid Avenue in Brooklyn was made available; since then, it has been the Lefferts Boulevard branch which does not operate in the middle of the night.

On January 23, 2005, a control room in lower Manhattan caught fire, crippling Template:NYCS A and Template:NYCS C service. For more information, see Eighth Avenue Line#January 23, 2005 fire.

Station listing

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

Station	When	Services
Manhattan
Inwood-207th Street	always	Template:NYCS Eighth far north
Dyckman Street	always	Template:NYCS Eighth far north
190th Street	always	Template:NYCS Eighth far north
181st Street	always	Template:NYCS Eighth far north
175th Street-George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal	always	Template:NYCS Eighth far north George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal
Washington Heights-168th Street	always	Template:NYCS Eighth north Template:NYCS Broadway-Seventh north
163rd Street-Amsterdam Avenue	Template:NYCS A late nights only Template:NYCS C all but late nights	Template:NYCS Eighth north local
155th Street	Template:NYCS A late nights only Template:NYCS C all but late nights	Template:NYCS Eighth north local
145th Street	always	Template:NYCS Eighth north Template:NYCS Concourse south
135th Street	Template:NYCS A late nights only Template:NYCS C all but late nights	Template:NYCS Eighth center local
125th Street	always	Template:NYCS Eighth center
116th Street	Template:NYCS A late nights only Template:NYCS C all but late nights	Template:NYCS Eighth center local
110th Street-Cathedral Parkway	Template:NYCS A late nights only Template:NYCS C all but late nights	Template:NYCS Eighth center local
103rd Street	Template:NYCS A late nights only Template:NYCS C all but late nights	Template:NYCS Eighth center local
96th Street	Template:NYCS A late nights only Template:NYCS C all but late nights	Template:NYCS Eighth center local
86th Street	Template:NYCS A late nights only Template:NYCS C all but late nights	Template:NYCS Eighth center local
81st Street-Museum of Natural History	Template:NYCS A late nights only Template:NYCS C all but late nights	Template:NYCS Eighth center local
72nd Street	Template:NYCS A late nights only Template:NYCS C all but late nights	Template:NYCS Eighth center local
59th Street-Columbus Circle	always	Template:NYCS Eighth center Template:NYCS Broadway-Seventh center local
50th Street	Template:NYCS A late nights only Template:NYCS C all but late nights	Template:NYCS Eighth 50th local
42nd Street-Port Authority Bus Terminal	always	Template:NYCS Eighth south Template:NYCS Flushing Template:NYCS S 42nd Template:NYCS Broadway-Seventh center Template:NYCS Broadway Port Authority Bus Terminal
34th Street-Penn Station	always	Template:NYCS Eighth south Template:LIRR Template:NJT Amtrak
23rd Street	Template:NYCS A late nights only Template:NYCS C all but late nights	Template:NYCS Eighth south local
14th Street	always	Template:NYCS Eighth south Template:NYCS Canarsie
West Fourth Street-Washington Square	always	Template:NYCS Eighth south Template:NYCS Sixth
Spring Street	Template:NYCS A late nights only Template:NYCS C all but late nights	Template:NYCS Eighth south local
Canal Street	always	Template:NYCS Eighth south
Chambers Street	always	Template:NYCS Eighth far south express Template:NYCS Eighth far south local Template:NYCS Brooklyn
Broadway-Nassau Street	always	Template:NYCS Eighth far south express Template:NYCS Lexington south Template:NYCS Nassau south Template:NYCS Brooklyn
Brooklyn
High Street-Brooklyn Bridge	always	Template:NYCS Fulton far west
Jay Street-Borough Hall	always	Template:NYCS Fulton west Template:NYCS Culver north
Hoyt-Schermerhorn Street	always	Template:NYCS Fulton west Template:NYCS Crosstown
Lafayette Avenue	Template:NYCS A late nights only Template:NYCS C all but late nights	Template:NYCS Fulton center local
Clinton-Washington Avenues	Template:NYCS A late nights only Template:NYCS C all but late nights	Template:NYCS Fulton center local
Franklin Avenue	Template:NYCS A late nights only Template:NYCS C all but late nights	Template:NYCS Fulton center local Template:NYCS Franklin
Nostrand Avenue	always	Template:NYCS Fulton center Template:LIRR
Kingston-Throop Avenues	Template:NYCS A late nights only Template:NYCS C all but late nights	Template:NYCS Fulton center local
Utica Avenue	always	Template:NYCS Fulton center
Ralph Avenue	Template:NYCS A late nights only Template:NYCS C all but late nights	Template:NYCS Fulton center local
Rockaway Avenue	Template:NYCS A late nights only Template:NYCS C all but late nights	Template:NYCS Fulton center local
Broadway Junction	always	Template:NYCS Fulton center Template:NYCS Canarsie Template:NYCS Jamaica east
Liberty Avenue	Template:NYCS A late nights only Template:NYCS C all but late nights	Template:NYCS Fulton center local
Van Siclen Avenue	Template:NYCS A late nights only Template:NYCS C all but late nights	Template:NYCS Fulton center local
Shepherd Avenue	Template:NYCS A late nights only Template:NYCS C all but late nights	Template:NYCS Fulton center local
Euclid Avenue	always	Template:NYCS Fulton center
Grant Avenue	always	Template:NYCS Fulton east local
Queens
80th Street	always	Template:NYCS Fulton east local
88th Street	always	Template:NYCS Fulton east local
Rockaway Boulevard	always	Template:NYCS Fulton east local
trains to the Rockaways leave here
104th Street	always	Template:NYCS Fulton far east local
111th Street	always	Template:NYCS Fulton far east local
Ozone Park-Lefferts Boulevard	always	Template:NYCS Fulton far east
to the Rockaways (Queens)
Aqueduct Racetrack	11:00 to 19:00 on racing days, northbound trains only	Template:NYCS Rockaway
Aqueduct-North Conduit Avenue	always	Template:NYCS Rockaway
Howard Beach-JFK Airport	always	Template:NYCS Rockaway AirTrain
Broad Channel	always	Template:NYCS Rockaway south
trains to Rockaway Park leave here
Beach 67th Street	always	Template:NYCS Far Rockaway
Beach 60th Street	always	Template:NYCS Far Rockaway
Beach 44th Street	always	Template:NYCS Far Rockaway
Beach 36th Street	always	Template:NYCS Far Rockaway
Beach 25th Street	always	Template:NYCS Far Rockaway
Far Rockaway-Mott Avenue	always	Template:NYCS Far Rockaway Template:LIRR
to Rockaway Park (Queens)
Beach 90th Street	rush hours in peak direction only	Template:NYCS Rockaway Park
Beach 98th Street	rush hours in peak direction only	Template:NYCS Rockaway Park
Beach 105th Street	rush hours in peak direction only	Template:NYCS Rockaway Park
Rockaway Park-Beach 116th Street	rush hours in peak direction only	Template:NYCS Rockaway Park

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External links

MTA NYC Transit - A Eighth Avenue Express (http://www.mta.info/nyct/service/aline.htm)
MTA NYC Transit - C Eighth Avenue Local (http://www.mta.info/nyct/service/cline.htm)
MTA NYC Transit - A schedule (http://www.mta.info/nyct/service/pdf/tacur.pdf) (PDF)
MTA NYC Transit - C schedule (http://www.mta.info/nyct/service/pdf/tccur.pdf) (PDF)

References

Line By Line History (http://members.aol.com/bdmnqr2/linehistory.html)
IND Subway Services (http://thejoekorner.quuxuum.org/Indhistory.htm)
City Opens Subway to Brooklyn Today, New York Times February 1, 1933 page 19
City Subway Adds a New Link Today, New York Times March 20, 1933 page 17
New Bronx Subway Starts Operation, New York Times July 1, 1933 page 15

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