Bullet Info — 8th Avenue Line

A 8th Avenue Express/Local

Status In Use
Line Terminals North: 207 St, Manhattan.
South: Far Rockaway or
Lefferts Blvd, Queens
(Runs local during nights)
Equipment where this bullet can be found All B-div. equipment from R32 through R131.
Along with the default A bullet, the R131 shows A with two different terminals: Far Rockaway and Lefferts Boulevard.

A 8th Avenue Express

Status Not In Use
Last Used Used on maps to show rush hour service to/from Rockaway Park. No longer used since the Diamond Elimination Program starting with the May 2004 subway map.
Equipment where this bullet can be found None known.

AA 8th Avenue Local

Status Not In Use
Possible Uses None due to the elimation of double-letter lines in the mid-1980's.
Last Known Use AA line from 168th Street to Hudson Terminal (WTC) 1932 (no bullets used at this time) through mid-1980's
Equipment where this bullet can be found None known. Unlikely to be found due to the elimination of double-letter lines in the mid-1980's.

B 8th Avenue Line

Status Not In Use
Possible Uses Whenever 6th Avenue B trains are diverted to the 8th Avenue Line, following the A and F routes.
Last Known Use None.
Equipment where this bullet can be found None known

B 8th Avenue Line

Status Visible
Possible Uses Unknown
Last Known Use Used to be seen above the 88th Street entrance to the 86th Street/Central Park West station.
Equipment where this bullet can be found None known

C 8th Avenue Local

Status In Use
Line Terminals North: 168 St, Manhattan.
South: Euclid Av, Brooklyn
(trains run at all times except nights.)
Equipment where this bullet can be found All B-div. equipment from R32 through R131.
Along with the default C bullet, the R131 shows C with two different terminals: Far Rockaway and Lefferts Boulevard.

C 8th Avenue/Concourse Local

Status Not In Use
Possible Uses Rush hour C train service. No longer used since the Diamond Elimination Program starting with the May 2004 subway map.
Last Known Use Between double-letter elimination (mid-1980's) to March 1998
service from Bedford Park Blvd
Equipment where this bullet can be found R32 and R38 only. Original R68 rollsigns had this bullet. It was the ONLY bullet available for any (C)/<C> service.

CC 8th Avenue Local

Status Not In Use
Possible Uses None due to the elimation of double-letter lines in the mid-1980's.
Last Known Use CC line from 145th Street to Rockaway Park through mid-1980's
Equipment where this bullet can be found None known. Unlikely to be found due to the elimination of double-letter lines in the mid-1980's.

CC 8th Avenue/Concourse Local

Status Not In Use
Possible Uses None due to the elimation of double-letter lines in the mid-1980's.
Last Known Use CC line from Bedford Park Blvd to Rockaway Park through mid-1980's
Equipment where this bullet can be found None known. Unlikely to be found due to the elimination of double-letter lines in the mid-1980's.

D 8th Avenue Line

Status Not In Use
Possible Uses Whenever 6th Avenue D trains are diverted to the 8th Avenue Line, following the A and F routes.
Last Known Use None
Equipment where this bullet can be found None Known

E 8th Avenue Local

Status In Use
Line Terminals North: Jamaica Center, Queens
South: World Trade Center Terminal, Manhattan
Equipment where this bullet can be found All B-div. equipment from R32 through R131

F 8th Avenue Line

Status Not In Use
Possible Uses Whenever 6th Avenue F trains are diverted to the 8th Avenue Line, following the E route.
Last Known Use None
Equipment where this bullet can be found None Known

H Rockaway Park Shuttle

Status Not In External Use. The letter H is used internally to identify the Rockaway Park Shuttle.
Possible Uses Any service to Rockaway Park
Last Known Use Rockaway Park Shuttle (date?)
Equipment where this bullet can be found All B-div. equipment from R32 to R131.
Along with the default H bullet, the R131 shows H with three different terminals: Rockaway Park, Far Rockaway, and Lefferts Boulevard.

K 8th Avenue Line

Status Not In Use
Possible Uses Any 8th Avenue service (preferrably any service to Lefferts Blvd)
Last Known Use Name of AA line after double-letter elimination in the mid-1980's
Equipment where this bullet can be found All B-div. equipment from R32 to R68A.
Does not appear on the R131 cars in this form. It appears as the K Canarsie for the 14th Street-Canarsie Line. Ironically, the new R68 rollsigns, ordered many years later, have the K 8 Avenue bullet instead of the K Canarsie bullet.

S 8th Avenue Shuttle

Status In Use
Line Terminals North: Broad Channel, Queens
South: Rockaway Park, Queens
Equipment where this bullet can be found R68 and R68A only.

V 8th Avenue Line

Status Not In Use
Possible Uses Whenever 6th Avenue V trains are diverted to the 8th Avenue Line, following the E route.
Last Known Use None
Equipment where this bullet can be found None Known