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New York City Subway service

the former Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation service

The 6 Lexington Avenue Local and <6> Pelham Bay Park Express are two rapid transit services in the A Division of the New York City Subway. Their route emblems, or "bullets", are colored since they use the IRT Lexington Avenue Line in Manhattan. Local service is denoted by a (6) in a circular bullet, and express service is denoted by a <6> in a diamond shaped bullet. On the R62A rolling stock, this is often indicated by LEDs around the service logo to indicate local or express service to riders. The LEDs illuminate in a green circle pattern for 6 local trains and in a red diamond pattern for <6> trains. 6 trains operate local at all times between Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx and Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall in Lower Manhattan. During weekdays in the peak direction, <6> Pelham Express trains replace 6 local trains north of Parkchester, and run express between that station and Third Avenue–138th Street. During this time, 6 Pelham Local trains short turn at Parkchester (except for peak direction <6> Express trains that return in the opposite direction as 6 Local trains). Weekdays from 9:00 to 11:00 a. m., select Manhattan bound <6> trains run local from Parkchester to Hunts Point Avenue while select Parkchester bound 6 trains run express in that section. The 6 in its current format has run since the implementation of the IRT "H" system in 1918. Since 1920, it has remained largely unchanged, running between Pelham Bay Park and City Hall with a peak express variant in the Bronx. In 1945, the city closed the City Hall Loop station, the 6 former southern terminal in Manhattan. Since then, most 6 trains have terminated at Brooklyn Bridge, with a few exceptions in later years. In 2023, the 6 was the busiest route in the subway system, carrying around 140 million passengers.

On October 27, 1904, local and express service opened on the original subway in Manhattan, following the route of the present IRT Lexington Avenue Line from City Hall to Grand Central–42nd Street. From there, the service traveled west on 42nd Street on the route of the present 42nd Street Shuttle, and then north on the present IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line to 145th Street. The current "H" configuration, with separate services along Lexington Avenue and Broadway/Seventh Avenue, was introduced in 1917. Full Lexington Avenue local service from City Hall to 125th Street opened on July 17, 1918. Local service was extended to Third Avenue–138th Street on August 1, 1918. On January 7, 1919, trains were extended from 138th Street to Hunts Point Avenue, and to East 177th Street on May 30, 1920. Service between Hunts Point Avenue and East 177th Street was originally served by a shuttle service operating with elevated cars. On October 24, 1920, service was extended again to Westchester Square. On December 20, 1920, service was extended to Pelham Bay Park. Service to Pelham Bay Park was served by a mix of through and shuttle trains during the 1920s. On December 21, 1925, the number of Manhattan bound through trains in the morning rush hour, between 7 a. m. and 8 a. m., was increased from thirteen to eighteen; a 38 percent increase in service. The remainder of trains continued operating as a shuttle service to Hunts Point Avenue. On January 28, 1931, two southbound morning rush hour trips began starting at Pelham Bay Park instead of Hunts Point Avenue. On April 13, 1931, service to Pelham Bay Park was increased. Two additional southbound trips were added, starting at Pelham Bay Park at 5:50 and 6:10 a. m., reducing headways from ten to five minutes. Four northbound trips that terminated at Hunts Point Avenue between 3:53 and 5:05 p. m. were extended to Pelham Bay Park, reducing headways from nine to six minutes, and four northbound trips terminating at Third Avenue 138th Street between 3:36 and 4:48 p. m. were extended to Hunts Point Avenue, reducing headways from 4 1/2 to 3 minutes. By 1934, service south of the City Hall station had been discontinued and late night service ran from Pelham Bay Park to 125th Street only, being replaced by local service on the 4, which had previously run express.

Effective December 31, 1945, City Hall station closed with the former Brooklyn Bridge station (renamed to Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall) being the permanent southern terminal. However, the 6 train still uses the loop to get from the southbound to the northbound local track at Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall. On May 10, 1946, late night service was extended from 125th Street to its previous terminus at Brooklyn Bridge when late night express service on the 4 was restored. Beginning October 14, 1946, weekday rush and Saturday morning rush peak direction express service started, with Pelham Bay trains using the middle track between East 177th Street and Third Avenue–138th Street. This express service saved eight minutes between Third Avenue and East 177th Street. During this time, 6 trains that ran local in the Bronx when express trains operated began to terminate at East 177 Street to make room for express trains to Pelham Bay Park. On March 7, 1949, the hours of the evening Bronx bound express service were advanced from 4:30 to 3:30 p. m., and on June 17, 1949, the hours of the morning Manhattan bound express service were extended from 9:30 to 10:30 a. m.

From December 15 to December 22, 1950, the weekday rush hour trains from Pelham Bay Park were extended to South Ferry. On the same day, Bronx express service was expanded to operate during middays, with Pelham Bay trains running express in the peak direction to Brooklyn Bridge in the morning and to Pelham Bay Park in the afternoon. For a few months in 1985, one scheduled daily 6 train traveled to Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn before turning for Pelham Bay Park. Effective October 3, 1999, the 4 and 6 trains once again began to operate local together in Manhattan late nights when the 6 train was permanently extended back to Brooklyn Bridge. In August 2023, weekend headways on the 6 were reduced from eight to six minutes.

For a more detailed station listing, see the articles on the lines listed above. Stations Subway transfers Connections/other notes The Bronx Pelham Line Bx12 Select Bus Service Q44 Select Bus ServiceOn weekdays, all local peak direction and alternating trains in the off peak direction during rush hour and midday begin and end at this station. | | | | Bx6 Select Bus Service | | | | | Some a. m. rush hour trips to Manhattan begin or end at this station Manhattan Lexington Avenue Line Metro North Railroad at Harlem–125th StreetM60 Select Bus Service to LaGuardia AirportOne southbound p. m. rush hour trip begins at this station  ↑ M86 Select Bus ServiceStation is ADA accessible in the northbound direction for the local platform only. M79 Select Bus Service  ↑ (BMT Broadway Line at )Out of system transfer with MetroCard/OMNY: (63rd Street Lines at ) Roosevelt Island TramwayElevator access via Bloomingdale's in the northbound direction only during Bloomingdale's operating hours; no ADA access (IND Queens Boulevard Line at ) (IRT Flushing Line) (42nd Street Shuttle) Metro North Railroad at Grand Central TerminalLong Island Rail Road at Grand Central Madison M34 / M34A Select Bus Service NYC Ferry: East River, Astoria, and Soundview Routes(on FDR Drive and East 34th Street)  ↓ Station is ADA accessible in the southbound direction only. M23 Select Bus Service NYC Ferry: Soundview Route(on FDR Drive/Avenue C and East 20th Street) (BMT Canarsie Line) (BMT Broadway Line) M14A / M14D Select Bus Service  ↓ (IND Sixth Avenue Line at ) (BMT Broadway Line) (BMT Nassau Street Line) (BMT Nassau Street Line at Chambers Street)