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The W Broadway Local is a rapid transit service of the New York City Subway's B Division. Its route emblem, or "bullet", is colored sunflower yellow because it is used on the BMT Broadway Line in Manhattan. In addition to the Broadway Line, the W serves the BMT Astoria Line in Queens. This uses the 60th Street Tunnel to travel under the East River between Queens and Manhattan. It also ran in Brooklyn until 2004, serving the BMT Fourth Avenue and West End lines. The W is in service as of April 7, 2020. There was a six year delay due to Metropolitan Transportation Authority, or MTA, budget cuts on June 25, 2010.

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The W runs on weekdays from 6:00 a.m to 11:30 p.m. This route includes the BMT Astoria Line in Queens and BMT Broadway Line in Manhattan to its southern terminal of Whitehall Street-South Ferry. Also there are three Queens bound morning rush hour trains. They will start from the Coney Island yard that will serve from 86th Street subway in Brooklyn via Sea Beach Line, through the Montague Street Tunnel to its terminal of Astoria-Ditmars Blvd. There will be three trains from Queens to 86th Street, Brooklyn in the evening rush hour on weekdays.

Station service legend
Stops all times Stops all times
Stops all times except late nights Stops all times except late nights
Stops weekdays only Stops weekdays only
Stops rush hours in peak direction only Stops rush hours/weekdays in the peak direction only
Time period details
Handicapped/disabled access Station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act
Handicapped/disabled access ↑ Station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act
in the indicated direction only
Handicapped/disabled access ↓
Aiga elevator.svg Elevator access to mezzanine only
W service Stations Handicapped/disabled access Subway transfers Connections and notes
Queens
Astoria Line
Stops weekdays only Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard N
Stops weekdays only Astoria Boulevard N M60 Select Bus Service bus to LaGuardia Airport
Stops weekdays only 30th Avenue N
Stops weekdays only Broadway N
Stops weekdays only 36th Avenue N
Stops weekdays only 39th Avenue N
Stops weekdays only Queensboro Plaza 7, N
Manhattan
Broadway Line
Stops weekdays only Lexington Avenue/59th Street 4, 5, 6, F, N, R Roosevelt Island Tramway
Stops weekdays only Fifth Avenue–59th Street N, R
Stops weekdays only 57th Street–Seventh Avenue N, R
Stops weekdays only 49th Street Handicapped/disabled access N, R Station is accessible in the northbound direction only.
Stops weekdays only Times Square–42nd Street Handicapped/disabled access 1, 2, 3, 7, A, C, E, N, R, S Port Authority Bus Terminal
Stops weekdays only 34th Street–Herald Square Handicapped/disabled access B, D, F, Q, N, R, PATH at 33rd Street
Stops weekdays only 28th Street R
Stops weekdays only 23rd Street R
Stops weekdays only 14th Street–Union Square Handicapped/disabled access 4, 5, 6, L, N, R
Stops weekdays only Eighth Street–New York University R
Stops weekdays only Prince Street R
Stops weekdays only Canal Street 6, J, M, N, R, Z
Stops weekdays only City Hall R
Stops weekdays only Cortlandt Street Handicapped/disabled access R PATH at World Trade Center
Stops weekdays only Rector Street R
Stops weekdays only Whitehall Street–South Ferry 1, R Staten Island Ferry at Whitehall Terminal

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