E (New York City Subway service)

Queens Boulevard Express/ Eighth Avenue Local
A Jamaica Center bound E train of R160s leaves Queens Plaza.
Note: This map represents normal service. Dashed line shows late night only service Dashed pink line shows weekday rush hour, midday and early evening service to 179th Street
Northern end	Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer (all times) Jamaica–179th Street (weekday rush hour and early evenings)
Southern end	World Trade Center
Stations	20 (weekday rush hour, midday and early evening service to/from Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer) 21 (weekday rush hour, early evening service to/from 179th Street) 22 (early evening and weekends) 32 (late nights)
Rolling stock	R160[1][2] (Rolling stock assignments subject to change)
Depot	Jamaica Yard
Started service	August 19, 1933; 91 years ago (1933-08-19)
Route map Legend  F   <F>  ( E  rush hours) Jamaica–179th Street 169th Street Parsons Boulevard Sutphin Boulevard  E   J  ​ Z  Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport ​ Manhattan via Jamaica Jamaica–Van Wyck switches to local tracks during evenings and weekends Briarwood Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike 75th Avenue switches to local tracks during late nights  M  ​ R  Forest Hills–71st Avenue 67th Avenue 63rd Drive–Rego Park Woodhaven Boulevard Grand Avenue–Newtown Elmhurst Avenue Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue 65th Street Northern Boulevard 46th Street Steinway Street 36th Street Manhattan & Brooklyn via 63rd Street Queens Plaza switches to local tracks during late nights no regular service via Crosstown Downtown & Brooklyn via Broadway Court Square–23rd Street southbound only Queens Manhattan Lexington Avenue–53rd Street Fifth Avenue–53rd Street Downtown & Brooklyn via 6th Avenue ​ Downtown & Brooklyn via 6th Avenue Seventh Avenue ​​​ Uptown & the Bronx via 8th Avenue 50th Street ( southbound) 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal 34th Street–Penn Station 23rd Street 14th Street West 4th Street–Washington Square Spring Street Canal Street World Trade Center | Chambers Street  E  ​ Downtown & Brooklyn via 8th Avenue Legend Lines used by the Other services sharing tracks with the Unused lines, connections, or service patterns  E  Termini of services Cross-platform interchange Platforms on different levels This diagram: view talk edit

The E Queens Boulevard Express/Eighth Avenue Local^[3] is a rapid transit service in the B Division of the New York City Subway. Its route emblem, or "bullet", is blue since it uses the IND Eighth Avenue Line in Manhattan.

The E operates at all times between Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer in Jamaica, Queens, and the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan. During rush hours, limited service originates and terminates at Jamaica–179th Street instead of Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer. Daytime service operates express in Queens^[a] and local in Manhattan; late night service serves all stops along its entire route.

E service, which is one of the most heavily used services in the subway system, started in 1933 with the opening of the IND Queens Boulevard Line. In its early years, the E train ran along the Rutgers Street Tunnel and South Brooklyn Line to Brooklyn, though this service pattern stopped by 1940. Until 1976, the E train ran to Brooklyn and Queens via the IND Fulton Street Line and IND Rockaway Line during rush hours and to the World Trade Center at other times. The E's northern terminal was switched from 179th Street to Jamaica Center with the opening of the IND Archer Avenue Line in 1988.

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