B (New York City Subway service)
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A train made of R68A cars in B service at Kings Highway, bound for Manhattan.
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A train made of R68 cars in B service at Kings Highway, bound for Manhattan.
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Note: dashed line shows rush hour only service
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| Northern end | Bedford Park Boulevard (rush hours) or 145th Street |
| Southern end | Brighton Beach |
| Stations | 37 |
| Rolling stock | 40 R68s (5 trains, AM rush) 32 R68s (4 trains, PM rush) 160 R68As (19 trains, AM rush) 152 R68As (17 trains, AM rush) |
| Depot | Coney Island Yard |
| Started service | December 15, 1940 |
The B Sixth Avenue Express is a rapid transit service in the B Division of the New York City Subway. Its route emblem, or "bullet", is colored bright orange since it uses the IND Sixth Avenue Line in Manhattan. The B only operates on weekdays from approximately 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. On middays and evenings, the B operates between 145th Street in Harlem, Manhattan and Brighton Beach in Brooklyn via Central Park West Local, the north side of the Manhattan Bridge, and Brighton Express. During rush hours, the B is extended to and from Bedford Park Boulevard in the Bronx via Concourse Local.
The designation B was originally intended to designate express trains originating in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan and operating in Midtown Manhattan on the IND Sixth Avenue Line. However, the original B service, beginning with the opening of the Sixth Avenue Line on December 15, 1940, ran as a rush-hour only local service between 168th Street–Washington Heights and 34th Street–Herald Square. This service was designated BB as the Independent Subway System (IND) used double letters to indicate local services.
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