 JFK Express | |
 The JFK Express bullet on an R68 serving the Franklin Avenue Shuttle | |
 Note: Service began at 57th Street prior to 1989 | |
| Northern end | 21st Street–Queensbridge |
|---|---|
| Southern end | Howard Beach–JFK Airport |
| Stations | 12 (9 until 1989) |
| Started service | September 23, 1978 |
| Discontinued | April 15, 1990 |
The JFK Express, advertised as The Train to The Plane, was a limited express service of the New York City Subway, connecting Midtown Manhattan to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK Airport). It operated between 1978 and 1990. Passengers paid extra, premium fares to ride JFK Express trains. Its route bullet was colored turquoise and contained an aircraft symbol.
For most of its history, the JFK Express operated along the IND Sixth Avenue Line; IND Fulton Street Line; and IND Rockaway Line between its northern terminal at 57th Street–Sixth Avenue in Manhattan and its southern terminal at Howard Beach–JFK Airport in Queens. At Howard Beach, passengers transferred to shuttle buses to reach the airport itself. During the JFK Express's last six months of operation, it was extended northward along the IND 63rd Street Line to 21st Street–Queensbridge, also in Queens. The service primarily used R46 subway cars.