Time Periods
The New York City Subway is one of the few subways worldwide, operating 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. The schedule is divided into different periods of time, with each containing different operation patterns and train intervals.
The MTA defines time periods as follows; these are used in articles (sometimes abbreviated by numbers in superscript or the symbol indicated):
- (1) rush hours – 6:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Monday–Friday
- (1a) rush hours in the peak direction (towards Manhattan in the morning, away from Manhattan in the afternoon)
- (2) middays – 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday–Friday
- (2a) middays in the peak direction
- (2b) middays in the non-peak direction
- (3) evenings – 8:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m., Monday–Friday
- (3a) early evenings – 8:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
- (3b) evenings in the peak direction
- (3c) early evenings in the peak direction – 8:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
- (4) weekends – 6:30 a.m. to 12:00 a.m., Saturday and Sunday
- (5) late nights – 12:00 a.m. to 6:30 a.m., every day
- (5a) weekday late nights (i.e., Tuesday–Saturday mornings)
- (5b) southbound only
- (5c) northbound only
Other symbols are derivatives and are defined based on the rules above:
- all times – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- all times except rush hours in the peak direction
- all times except weekdays in the peak direction
- daily – criteria (1), (2), (3), and (4) above (all times except late nights)
- daily except rush hours in the peak direction
- nights and weekends – criteria (4) and (5) above
- weekdays – criteria (1), (2), and (3) above
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