3 (New York City Subway service)
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- For the former BMT service, see 3 (BMT).
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Seventh Avenue Express |
The 3 Seventh Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored red on station signs, the New York City Subway map and on most IRT rolling stock equipment because it represents service provided on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.
3 trains operate at all times, except late nights and early Sunday mornings, between 148th Street in Harlem, Manhattan, and New Lots Avenue in East New York, Brooklyn, running express in Manhattan and local in Brooklyn. When the 3 service does not operate, it is replaced by shuttle buses between 148th and 135 Streets; by the 2 service between 135th Street and Franklin Avenue; and by the 4 service between Franklin and New Lots Avenues. Early Sunday mornings, it runs as a shuttle between 148th and 135th Streets.
The 3 fleet consists of R62s with R62As making rare appearances.
The following lines are used by the 3 service:
| Line | Tracks | When |
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| IRT Lenox Avenue Line (full line) | N/A | all but late nights |
| IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line from 96th Street to Chambers Street | express | |
| IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line, Brooklyn Branch, via Clark Street Tunnel | N/A | |
| IRT Eastern Parkway Line (full line) | local |
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[edit] Service history
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On November 23, 1904, the IRT Lenox Avenue Line opened between 96th Street and 145th Street. 3 trains ran between 145th Street-Lenox Avenue and City Hall, making all local stops.
On July 1, 1918, the entire IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line was completed. 3 trains were rerouted south of 42nd Street from the IRT Lexington Avenue Line to the this new line. It now made all local stops to South Ferry.
Beginning January 4, 1955, 3 trains ran express in Manhattan rush hours and were redirected to Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn during that time.
On February 6, 1959, trains made express stops in Manhattan and ran to Flatbush Avenue whenever they operate (all times except late nights). Over the next 24 years, trains were sent back and forth repeatedly between Flatbush and New Lots Avenue until July 10, 1983, when it was permanently stationed at New Lots Avenue so they could access the Livonia Yard.
On May 13, 1968, trains were extended to the newly completed 148th Street-Lenox Terminal. During late nights and early Sunday mornings, trains ran only as a shuttle between 148th and 135th Streets until 1995, when the shuttle was discontinued (except Sunday mornings) and shuttle buses provide service to Lenox Terminal.
From March to October 1998, the IRT Lenox Avenue Line was rehabilitated. Most 3 service was rerouted to 137th Street–City College.
After September 11, 2001, the 3 service became a local in Manhattan. After a few switching delays at 96th Street, service was changed on September 19, 2001. It ran in Manhattan as an express between Harlem–148th Street and 14th Street and was replaced by 1 service in Brooklyn. It returned to New Lots Avenue on September 15, 2002.
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Stops all times |
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Stops all times except late nights |
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Stops late nights only |
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Stops weekdays only |
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Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction |
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Stops rush hours only |
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Stops rush hours in the peak direction only |
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- Late nights, shuttle bus services along with the M7 and M102 buses replaces trains between 148th and 135th Street.
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