IND Sixth Avenue Line

The IND Sixth Avenue Line is one of the lines of the New York City Subway. It was finished in 1940. About 669,000 people ride on it every day. Services using this line have their bullets colored bright orange.

IND Sixth Avenue Line
The B, D, F, and M, which use the Sixth Avenue Line through Midtown Manhattan, are colored orange.
Overview
Owner	City of New York
Termini	South of 59th Street–Columbus Circle; 57th Street North of Jay Street–MetroTech; south of Grand Street
Stations	14
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	New York City Subway
Operator(s)	New York City Transit Authority
Daily ridership	669,852[1]
History
Opened	1936–1968
Technical
Number of tracks	2–4
Character	Underground
Track gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Electrification	600V DC using a third rail
Route map Legend 63rd Street Line Eighth Avenue Line 57th Street Seventh Avenue–53rd Street 53rd Street Line 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center 42nd Street Shuttle 42nd Street–Bryant Park (Flushing Line) 34th Street–Herald Square (Broadway Line) 33rd Street 23rd Street (PATH) 14th Street (PATH) (Canarsie Line) 9th Street to Hoboken or Journal Square West 4th Street–Washington Square (8th Avenue tracks above 6th Avenue tracks) Eighth Avenue Line Broadway Line Broadway–Lafayette Street Bleecker Street (Lexington Avenue Line) Chrystie Street Connection Second Avenue Delancey Street (Nassau Street Line) Grand Street East Broadway Manhattan Bridge | Rutgers Street Tunnel York Street Culver Line Brighton Line Fourth Avenue Line This diagram: view talk edit

Services

	Time period				Section of line
	Rush hours	Middays and evenings	Weekends	Late nights
	express		no service		full line from Seventh Avenue to Grand Street
	express				full line from Seventh Avenue to Grand Street
	local				full line from 57th Street to York Street
	local	no service			full line from 5th Av to 2nd Av
	local			no service	between 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center and Broadway–Lafayette Street

References

1. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.