D (New York City Subway service)

"D" train symbol
Sixth Avenue Express
Coney Island-bound D train of R68s leaves 18th Avenue.
Map of the "D" train
Northern endNorwood–205th Street
Southern endConey Island–Stillwell Avenue
Stations36
30 (rush hour service)
41 (late night service)
Rolling stockR68[1][2]
(Rolling stock assignments subject to change)
DepotConcourse Yard
Started serviceDecember 15, 1940; 83 years ago (1940-12-15)
Route map

Down arrow  D 
Norwood–205th Street
Down arrow  B  (weekdays)
Bedford Park Boulevard
switches to express tracks
during rush peak
Kingsbridge Road
Fordham Road
182nd–183rd Streets
Tremont Avenue
174th–175th Streets
170th Street
167th Street
161st Street–Yankee Stadium
155th Street
Down arrow  B  (evenings)
145th Street
switches to express tracks
during rush peak
bypassed local section
125th Street
bypassed local section
59th Street–Columbus Circle
Seventh Avenue
47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center
42nd Street–Bryant Park
34th Street–Herald Square Port Authority Trans-Hudson
bypassed local section
West Fourth Street–Washington Square
Broadway–Lafayette Street
Grand Street
switches to local tracks
during late nights
DeKalb Avenue
Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center
Union Street
Ninth Street
Prospect Avenue
25th Street
36th Street
switches to local tracks
during late nights
Ninth Avenue
Fort Hamilton Parkway
50th Street
55th Street
62nd Street
71st Street
79th Street
18th Avenue
20th Avenue
Bay Parkway
25th Avenue
Bay 50th Street
Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue
Up arrow  D 
 F   <F>   N   Q 
Legend

Lines used by the "D" train
Other services sharing tracks with the "D" train
Unused lines, connections, or service patterns
 D 
Termini of services

Cross-platform interchange

Platforms on different levels

The D Sixth Avenue Express[3] is a rapid transit service in the B Division of the New York City Subway. Its route emblem, or "bullet", is colored orange, since it uses the IND Sixth Avenue Line in Manhattan.[4]

The D operates at all times between 205th Street in Norwood, Bronx, and Stillwell Avenue in Coney Island, Brooklyn via Grand Concourse in the Bronx, Central Park West and Sixth Avenue in Manhattan, the north side of the Manhattan Bridge, and Fourth Avenue and West End in Brooklyn.

During daytime hours, the D runs express between 145th Street in Manhattan and 36th Street–Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn and local elsewhere. During rush hours in the peak direction, the D also runs express between Fordham Road in the Bronx and 145th Street in Manhattan. Overnight D service is only express in Manhattan and local elsewhere.

In its early years, the D ran to Chambers Street/Hudson Terminal in Lower Manhattan via the lower IND Eighth Avenue Line south of West 4th Street. From 1954 to 1967, the D ran via the IND Culver Line to Coney Island. With the completion of the Chrystie Street Connection, service was rerouted via the BMT Brighton Line, running there from 1967 to 2001. As part of the multi-year rebuilding of the Manhattan Bridge, a short-lived yellow D service ran via the BMT Broadway Line in Manhattan to the Brighton Line in Brooklyn, while orange D service used the Sixth Avenue, Central Park West, and Concourse Lines in Manhattan and the Bronx.

  1. ^ 'Subdivision 'B' Car Assignment Effective December 19, 2021'. New York City Transit, Operations Planning. December 17, 2021.
  2. ^ "Subdivision 'B' Car Assignments: Cars Required November 1, 2021" (PDF). The Bulletin. 64 (12). Electric Railroaders' Association: 3. December 2021. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
  3. ^ "D Subway Timetable, Effective June 30, 2024". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
  4. ^ "Mta.info – Line Colors". mta.info.