2 (New York City Subway service)
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A train made of R142 cars in 2 service, entering West Farms Square–East Tremont Avenue in the Bronx.
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Note: Dashed pink line shows limited rush hour service to/from New Lots Avenue
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| Northern end | Wakefield–241st Street |
| Southern end | Flatbush Avenue or New Lots Avenue (limited rush hour service) |
| Stations | 61 71 (including limited rush hour service to New Lots Avenue) |
| Rolling stock | 340 R142s (34 trains) |
| Depot | 239th Street Yard |
| Started service | November 26, 1904 |
The 2 Seventh Avenue Express is a rapid transit service in the A Division of the New York City Subway. Its route emblem, or "bullet", is colored tomato red since it uses the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line through most of Manhattan. The 2 operates at all times between 241st Street in Wakefield, Bronx and Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College in Flatbush, Brooklyn, making all stops in the Bronx and Brooklyn. Daytime 2 service runs express in Manhattan; late night service operates local. The service operates via White Plains Road in the Bronx, Lenox Avenue and Seventh Avenue in Manhattan and Eastern Parkway and Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn. Limited rush hour service also operates between the Bronx and New Lots Avenue in East New York, Brooklyn due to capacity issues at Flatbush Avenue.
The first section of what became the current 2 entered service on November 26, 1904 from the temporary 180th Street–Bronx Park terminal via the West Farms El to 149th Street–3rd Avenue. On July 10, 1905, the connection between the IRT Lenox Avenue Line and IRT White Plains Road Line (which was previously served by the Third Avenue El) opened, allowing subway service from Manhattan to the Bronx.
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