6 (New York City Subway service)
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A train made of R142A cars in <6> (express) service passing St. Lawrence Avenue, bound for Pelham Bay Park.
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Pelham Bay Park (all times) Parkchester (weekdays, peak direction) |
| Southern end | Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall |
| Stations | 38 (local service) 29 (express service) |
| Rolling stock | 360 R62As (36 trains) 30 R142As (3 trains, AM rush) 40 R142As (4 trains, PM rush) |
| Depot | Westchester Yard |
| Started service | October 27, 1904 |
The 6 Lexington Avenue/Pelham Local and <6> Lexington Avenue Local/Pelham Express are two rapid transit services in the A Division of the New York City Subway. Their route emblems, or "bullets", are colored apple green 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 cars, this is written as the <6> Express on the front sign. Rollsigns on the R62A cars also feature LED signs around the service logo to indicate local or express service to riders; a green circle for 6 local trains, and a red diamond 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 ones 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.
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.
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