E (New York City Subway service)
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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.
Northern end | Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer (all times) Jamaica–179th Street (weekday rush hour and early evenings) |
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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; 90 years ago (1933-08-19) |
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[lower-alpha 1] 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.