Lower Manhattan (14th Street and below)

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Station complex	Individual stations	Lines	Services	Notes
14th Street/Sixth Avenue	14th Street	IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line	1  ​   2  ​   3	The IND Sixth Avenue Line and BMT Canarsie Line were connected inside fare control in the late 1960s,[citation needed] and a passageway west to the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line opened on January 16, 1978.[13]
	14th Street	IND Sixth Avenue Line	F  <F> ​   M
	Sixth Avenue	BMT Canarsie Line	L
14th Street/Eighth Avenue	14th Street	IND Eighth Avenue Line	A  ​   C  ​   E	The transfer passageway between the IND Eighth Avenue Line and BMT Canarsie Line was placed inside fare control on July 1, 1948.[4]
	Eighth Avenue	BMT Canarsie Line	L
14th Street–Union Square	14th Street–Union Square	BMT Broadway Line	N  ​   Q  ​   R  ​   W	The BMT Broadway Line, BMT Canarsie Line, and IRT Lexington Avenue Line are linked by passageways at Union Square. The two BMT lines were connected on June 30, 1924, when the Canarsie Line opened.[14] A passageway to the IRT was placed inside fare control on July 1, 1948.[4]
	Union Square	BMT Canarsie Line	L
	14th Street–Union Square	IRT Lexington Avenue Line	4  ​   5  ​   6  <6>
Broadway–Lafayette Street/Bleecker Street	Bleecker Street	IRT Lexington Avenue Line	4  ​   6  <6>	A transfer passageway between the southbound IRT Lexington Avenue Line and both directions of the IND Sixth Avenue Line was placed inside fare control on May 19, 1957.[15] The Bleecker Street uptown platform was remodeled to provide an easier transfer to/from the Broadway-Lafayette Street station and opened on March 26, 2012. The northbound transfer for the Lexington Avenue line opened on September 25, 2012, and the station became ADA-accessible.[8]
	Broadway–Lafayette Street	IND Sixth Avenue Line	B  ​   D  ​   F  <F> ​   M
Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall/Chambers Street	Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall	IRT Lexington Avenue Line	4  ​   5  ​   6  <6>	These two adjacent stations on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line and BMT Nassau Street Line are connected by two passageways. The south one opened in 1914,[3] and was placed inside fare control on July 1, 1948.[4] A second passageway, at the north end of the stations, was opened in the evening of September 1, 1962, when the Lexington Avenue Line platforms were extended and the Worth Street station was closed.[16]
	Chambers Street	BMT Nassau Street Line	J  ​   Z
Canal Street	Canal Street (lower level – express)	BMT Broadway Line	N  ​   Q	The lower level of the BMT Broadway Line is linked to the upper level of the BMT Broadway Line, the IRT Lexington Avenue Line and the BMT Nassau Street Line via passageways. The three BMT stations were linked on September 4, 1917, when the Broadway Line opened.[citation needed] The IRT was connected on January 16, 1978.[13]
	Canal Street (upper level – local)	BMT Broadway Line	N  ​   R  ​   W
	Canal Street	IRT Lexington Avenue Line	4  ​   6  <6>
	Canal Street	BMT Nassau Street Line	J  ​   Z
Chambers Street–World Trade Center/Park Place/Cortlandt Street	Chambers Street	IND Eighth Avenue Line	A  ​   C	The two halves of the IND Eighth Avenue Line and the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line are connected by the IND Eighth Avenue Line's express platform. The connections were opened in the 1950s, before which none of the three parts, not even the two IND stations, were connected.[citation needed] The BMT Broadway Line was connected to the Eighth Avenue Line's local platform in 2017 via a passageway.[11]
	World Trade Center		E
	Cortlandt Street	BMT Broadway Line	N  ​   R  ​   W
Park Place	IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line	2  ​   3
Delancey Street/Essex Street	Delancey Street	IND Sixth Avenue Line	F  <F> ​	A passageway between the IND Sixth Avenue Line and BMT Nassau Street Line was placed inside fare control on July 1, 1948.[citation needed]
	Essex Street	BMT Nassau Street Line	J     M     Z ​
Fulton Street/Fulton Center	Fulton Street	IND Eighth Avenue Line	A  ​   C	A complicated network of passageways connects four separate stations on the IND Eighth Avenue Line, IRT Lexington Avenue Line, BMT Nassau Street Line, and IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line. The full transfer system here was formed on July 1, 1948. While the passageways between the Eighth Avenue, Nassau Street, and Broadway–Seventh Avenue platforms all existed at the time, and were simply placed inside fare control, a paper transfer to the Lexington Avenue Line was issued at first,[4] until a new passageway was opened on August 25, 1950.[17] In December 2010, the Eighth Avenue Line station's name was changed from Broadway–Nassau Street to Fulton Street.
	Fulton Street	IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line	2  ​   3
	Fulton Street	IRT Lexington Avenue Line	4  ​   5
	Fulton Street	BMT Nassau Street Line	J  ​   Z
Oculus	Cortlandt Street	BMT Broadway Line	N  ​   R  ​   W	In November 2014, the Fulton Center opened, connecting the stations to Cortlandt Street outside of fare control, through the Dey Street Passageway.[18] The BMT Broadway Line and IND Eighth Avenue Line stations at Cortlandt Street and World Trade Center were connected in 2017 via a passageway.[11]
	World Trade Center	IND Eighth Avenue Line	E
	World Trade Center–Cortlandt	IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line	1	On September 8, 2018, the World Trade Center–Cortlandt station reopened, connecting the station to Cortlandt Street (BMT), World Trade Center (IND), and Fulton Center outside of fare control via the Dey Street Passageway and World Trade Center Transportation Hub.[19]
South Ferry/Whitehall Street	South Ferry	IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line	1	A new passageway opened concurrently with the opening of the new South Ferry station on March 16, 2009.[20] This connects the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line with the Whitehall Street station on the BMT Broadway Line.
	Whitehall Street–South Ferry	BMT Broadway Line	N  ​   R  ​   W
West Fourth Street–Washington Square	lower level	IND Sixth Avenue Line	B  ​   D  ​   F  <F> ​   M	The station became a transfer station when the Sixth Avenue Line opened in 1940.
	upper level	IND Eighth Avenue Line	A  ​   C  ​   E

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Midtown and Upper Manhattan

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Station complex	Individual stations	Lines	Services	Notes
34th Street–Herald Square	34th Street–Herald Square	BMT Broadway Line	N  ​   Q  ​   R  ​   W	The BMT Broadway Line and IND Sixth Avenue Line, which lie on top of each other, received a transfer at the time of the July 1, 1948 fare increase. An existing connection was placed inside fare control.[4]
	34th Street–Herald Square	IND Sixth Avenue Line	B  ​   D  ​   F  <F> ​   M
Grand Central–42nd Street	Grand Central	IRT 42nd Street Shuttle	S	The subway station at Grand Central Terminal serves the IRT Lexington Avenue Line, IRT Flushing Line, and IRT 42nd Street Shuttle. Connections are closely integrated, since all three lines were operated by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company. The original station, opened on October 27, 1904, served only the first IRT subway, and is now the shuttle platform.[25] The Flushing Line station opened on June 22, 1915,[2] and the Lexington Avenue Line station on July 17, 1918,[26] each with direct connections to the existing station.[citation needed] The elevated IRT Second Avenue Line was closed on June 13, 1942, and, starting the next day, a paper transfer[4] was available between the elevated IRT Third Avenue Line and the Grand Central complex. This allowed passengers who had taken the Second Avenue Line over the Queensboro Bridge to instead use the Third Avenue Line to Lower Manhattan.[27] The Third Avenue Line closed on May 12, 1955, ending this transfer.[28]
	Grand Central	IRT Flushing Line	7  <7> ​
	Grand Central–42nd Street	IRT Lexington Avenue Line	4  ​   5  ​   6  <6>
	42nd Street	IRT Third Avenue Line	N/A
Times Square–42nd Street/Port Authority Bus Terminal	Times Square	IRT 42nd Street Shuttle	S	At Times Square, a number of passageways connect the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line, IRT Flushing Line, IRT 42nd Street Shuttle, and BMT Broadway Line. A block-long passageway west to the IND Eighth Avenue Line is also inside fare control. The first transfer here was between the original IRT subway (now the shuttle platform) and the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line, opened on June 3, 1917, when the latter line opened as a shuttle to 34th Street–Penn Station.[29] The Flushing Line was extended to Times Square on March 14, 1927,[30] and a passageway connecting the IRT and BMT was placed inside fare control on July 1, 1948.[4] The same was done with the connection to the Eighth Avenue Line in December 1988.[31] A passageway to the 42nd Street–Bryant Park station opened on September 7, 2021, along with a new platform at the shuttle station.[12] The new passageway is closed during late nights, when the shuttle doesn't operate.
	Times Square–42nd Street	BMT Broadway Line	N  ​   Q  ​   R  ​   W
	Times Square–42nd Street	IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line	1  ​   2  ​   3
	Times Square	IRT Flushing Line	7  <7> ​
	42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal	IND Eighth Avenue Line	A  ​   C  ​   E
42nd Street–Bryant Park/Fifth Avenue	42nd Street–Bryant Park	IND Sixth Avenue Line	B  ​   D  ​   F  <F> ​   M	A paper transfer[32] was added between the IND Sixth Avenue Line and IRT Flushing Line at Bryant Park on July 1, 1968, when KK service started and the new 57th Street station opened. The transfer was only valid on weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. until a passageway was opened[33] by 1971.[34]
	Fifth Avenue	IRT Flushing Line	7  <7> ​
50th Street	upper level	IND Eighth Avenue Line	A  ​   C	The station became a transfer station when the Queens Boulevard Line opened in 1933. There is no free connection between trains in opposite directions. A free transfer only exists between the northbound (uptown) services and another exists between the southbound (downtown) services.
	lower level	IND Queens Boulevard Line	E
Lexington Avenue/51st Street	51st Street	IRT Lexington Avenue Line	4  ​   6  <6>	A passageway connects these two stations on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line and IND Queens Boulevard Line. The $13 million tunnel was paid for by Boston Properties, who was building an office tower on the southeast corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, in exchange for a zoning bonus of 20% more space, and opened in early November 1986.[35][36]
	Lexington Avenue–53rd Street	IND Queens Boulevard Line	E  ​   M
Seventh Avenue	cross-platform interchange on two levels	IND Sixth Avenue Line	B  ​   D	The station became a transfer station when the Sixth Avenue Line opened in 1940.
		IND Queens Boulevard Line	E
59th Street–Columbus Circle	59th Street–Columbus Circle	IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line	1  ​   2	The IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line and IND Eighth Avenue Line stations at Columbus Circle, which lie above each other, are connected by a passageway that was placed inside fare control on July 1, 1948.[4]
	59th Street–Columbus Circle	IND Eighth Avenue Line	A  ​   B  ​   C  ​   D
Lexington Avenue/59th–63rd Streets	59th Street	IRT Lexington Avenue Line	4  ​   5  ​   6  <6>	The passageways between the Broadway Line and the upper-level local Lexington Avenue Line stations were placed inside fare control on July 1, 1948.[4] When the lower-level express Lexington Avenue platforms opened in 1962 to relieve congestion at the Grand Central–42nd Street transfer point, those platforms were connected to the local platforms and Broadway Line platforms above. A MetroCard transfer to the IND 63rd Street Line was added on December 16, 2001, when the Queens section of that line was completed. Since the F had moved to the new line, there was no longer a direct transfer to the Lexington Avenue Line, and so this transfer was added with an above-ground walk, free for MetroCard users within two hours of the original boarding.[37][38] The cross-platform transfer between both the IND and BMT 63rd Street lines opened on January 1, 2017 with the opening of the Second Avenue Subway.[39] Lexington Avenue-63rd Street was originally a two level station with the BMT tracks hidden behind a now demolished wall with orange tiles.[40]
	Lexington Avenue/59th Street	BMT Broadway Line	N  ​   R  ​   W
	Lexington Avenue–63rd Street (cross-platform interchange on two levels)	IND 63rd Street Line	F  <F>
		BMT 63rd Street Line	N  ​   Q  ​   R
145th Street	upper level	IND Eighth Avenue Line	A  ​   C	The station became a transfer station when the Concourse Line opened in 1933.
	lower level	IND Concourse Line	B  ​   D
168th Street	168th Street	IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line	1	At the crossing of the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line and IND Eighth Avenue Line in Washington Heights, a passageway connects the two stations. It was placed inside fare control on July 1, 1948.[4]
	168th Street	IND Eighth Avenue Line	A  ​   C

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Former transfers

The first portion of the IRT White Plains Road Line opened on November 26, 1904 as a branch from the elevated IRT Third Avenue Line north of 149th Street to 180th Street–Bronx Park in West Farms.^[43] It was connected into the original IRT subway on July 10, 1905, and Third Avenue service was ended.^[44] Transfers were given at 149th Street for passengers who wanted to change to Third Avenue, and transfers were added between the Manhattan-bound subway and the Third Avenue Line to the north on July 13 due to the "congestion and confusion" at that point. These transfers originally only applied to trains continuing in the same direction;^[45][46] by the 1920s, this transfer point had become very congested. A passageway inside fare control was opened on June 1, 1927 in the triangle bounded by 148th Street, Third Avenue, and Willis Avenue.^[47][48] The Third Avenue Line closed on April 28, 1973, ending the transfer.^[49]

The IRT Dyre Avenue Line opened on May 15, 1941. At first, it did not connect directly to the IRT White Plains Road Line, and a transfer passageway (used by the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway when the Dyre Avenue Line tracks were part of its operation) was placed inside fare control.^[50] A direct connection to the White Plains Road Line north of the station opened on May 6, 1957,^[51] and the old NYW&B station was closed.^{[citation needed]}

Former transfers

On October 30, 1954, a connection between the IND Brooklyn Line and the BMT Culver Line opened, and the Culver Line was transferred from BMT to IND control. Service through the new connection commenced, and the BMT Culver Shuttle was instituted between Ditmas Avenue and Ninth Avenue, making Ditmas Avenue an inter-division transfer station. When the BMT Culver Shuttle ceased on May 11, 1975, the station was left to be served by the IND Culver Line only.

On March 5, 1944, when the elevated BMT Myrtle Avenue Line was removed from the Brooklyn Bridge elevated tracks, and cut back from Park Row to Bridge–Jay Streets, a paper transfer was added at Bridge–Jay Streets to the Brooklyn Bridge trolley lines, specifically the Smith Street Line, DeKalb Avenue Line, and Seventh Avenue Line.^[61] Bridge trolleys were discontinued on March 6, 1950, and the transfer was replaced with one to the IND Sixth Avenue Line. Manhattan-bound passengers received a transfer when boarding the Myrtle Avenue Line west of Broadway, but Brooklyn-bound passengers could only get one when entering at Broadway – Nassau Street, near Park Row.^[62] In addition, similar trolley transfers were provided at High Street – Brooklyn Bridge, at the Brooklyn end of the bridge.^[63] The Myrtle Avenue Line west of Broadway closed on October 3, 1969,^[64] and the transfer was replaced with one to the B54 bus route, which ran under the line. The transfers at High Street – Brooklyn Bridge were discontinued at some point, but the B54 transfer remained for a long time.^{[citation needed]}

When the Broadway Elevated spur to Broadway Ferry closed to passengers on July 2, 1916, a paper transfer was added to the Broadway Ferry Shuttle streetcar line. The shuttle was moved from Broadway Ferry to Lorimer Street when the BMT Canarsie Line opened through Williamsburg on June 30, 1924, and Broadway Line streetcars were rerouted to the ferry. Later the transfer was to the Meeker Avenue Line, now part of the B24 bus route.^{[citation needed]}

A paper transfer^[4] was added at Rockaway Avenue between the temporary east end of the underground IND Fulton Street Line and the new west end of the elevated BMT Fulton Street Line, immediately after the BMT Fulton Street Line was closed west of Rockaway Avenue on June 1, 1940.^[53] When the BMT Fulton Street Line was closed east of Rockaway Avenue on April 27, 1956, these transfers were discontinued.^[65]

The lower level, serving the Jamaica Line, opened in 1888. The station became a transfer station when the Myrtle Avenue Elevated platform on the upper level opened in 1889. When Myrtle Avenue Line service west of this station ended in 1969, the upper level was abandoned and all Myrtle Avenue Line trains from the east merged onto the Jamaica Line tracks.