J-Z (New York City Subway service)
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Template:NYCS logoTemplate:NYCS logo The J Nassau Street Express and Z Nassau Street Express are two services of the New York City Subway. They are colored brown since they use the BMT Nassau Street Line in Manhattan. The Template:NYCS J runs all the time, from Jamaica Center-Parsons Boulevard to Broad Street (except on weekends, including weekend late nights, when it is cut back two stops to Chambers Street). The Template:NYCS Z is a rush hour-only skip-stop variant, running only in the peak direction. During rush hours and middays, the services run express in the peak direction in western Brooklyn (and the Template:NYCS M provides local service); at other times, they are fully local.
The following lines are used by the Template:NYCS J and Template:NYCS Z (the latter of which runs only during rush hours in the peak direction):
| Line | Tracks | When |
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| BMT Archer Avenue Line (full line) | N/A | always |
| BMT Jamaica Line east of Myrtle Avenue | local | always |
| BMT Jamaica Line west of Myrtle Avenue | local (express rush hours and middays in peak direction) | always |
| BMT Nassau Street Line north of Chambers Street | N/A | always |
| BMT Nassau Street Line from Chambers Street to Broad Street | N/A | all but weekends and weekend late nights |
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Service history
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What would become the J was numbered 15 when the Template:BMT assigned numbers in 1924; this service was known as the Jamaica Line. The original service ran from the end of the line at 168th Street (which is where the BMT Jamaica Line ended until that part was torn down) to the other end at Chambers Street, making every stop except for peak direction rush hour trains, which operated express from Eastern Parkway to the Williamsburg Bridge. From 17:00 to about 18:30, these (outbound) trains made no stops between Canal Street and Eastern Parkway. 14 trains provided local service when the 15 ran express.
The BMT Nassau Street Line was completed on May 30, 1931, and 15 service was extended to Broad Street. The special evening trips were stopped; all peak direction rush hour and midday trains ran express from the bridge to Eastern Parkway.
Starting on June 18, 1959, skip-stop service was implemented on the Jamaica Line during morning rush hours. 15 trains ran express west of Eastern Parkway and stopped at "A" stations east of Eastern Parkway; 14 trains ran local and stopped at "B" stations. The stations were designated as follows:
- AB 168th Street
- B 160th Street
- AB Sutphin Boulevard
- B Queens Boulevard
- B Metropolitan Avenue
- A 121st Street
- A 111th Street
- B 102nd Street
- A Woodhaven Boulevard
- A Forest Parkway
- AB Elderts Lane
- B Cypress Hills
- A Crescent Street
- B Norwood Avenue
- A Cleveland Street
- B Van Siclen Avenue
- B Alabama Avenue
- AB Eastern Parkway
In 1960 the letters J and JJ were assigned to the express and local 15 trips, but it was several years before those letters appeared on trains. The 14 skip-stop service was assigned KK.
When the Chrystie Street Connection opened on November 26, 1967, rush hour 15 service was relabeled as QJ, a through-routing with the BMT Brighton Line (Q) ending at Brighton Beach.
JJ service was switched to the "B" stations during morning rush hours, running local west of Eastern Parkway. That label was also used for former 14 service to Rockaway Parkway on the BMT Canarsie Line.
- Template:Broadway Brooklyn changes
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Station listing
For a more detailed station listing, see the articles on the lines listed above. The Template:NYCS Z only runs during rush hours.
External links
- MTA NYC Transit - J Nassau Street Express (http://www.mta.info/nyct/service/jline.htm)
- MTA NYC Transit - Z Nassau Street Express (http://www.mta.info/nyct/service/zline.htm)
- MTA NYC Transit - J-Z schedule (http://www.mta.info/nyct/service/pdf/tjcur.pdf) (PDF)
References
- Line By Line History (http://members.aol.com/bdmnqr2/linehistory.html)