A (New York City Subway service)

Eighth Avenue Express
An R211A train on the A at the route's northern terminus, Inwood–207th Street
Northern endInwood–207th Street
Southern endLefferts Boulevard, Far Rockaway, or Rockaway Park (limited rush-hour service)
Stations40
44 (rush hour services)
62 (late-night services)
Rolling stockR46
R179
R211A
(Rolling stock assignments subject to change)
DepotPitkin Yard
Started serviceSeptember 10, 1932 (1932-09-10)
Route map

 A 
Inwood–207th Street
Dyckman Street
190th Street
181st Street
175th Street
switches to local tracks
during late nights
 C 
168th Street
163rd Street–Amsterdam Avenue
155th Street
145th Street
135th Street
125th Street
116th Street
Cathedral Parkway–110th Street
103rd Street
96th Street
86th Street
81st Street–Museum of Natural History
72nd Street
59th Street–Columbus Circle
East Side & Queens via 53rd Street
50th Street
( southbound only)
42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal
34th Street–Penn Station
23rd Street
14th Street
West Fourth Street–Washington Square
Spring Street
Canal Street
switches to local tracks
during late nights
World Trade Center | Chambers Street
 E 
Fulton Street
High Street
Jay Street–MetroTech
Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets
switches to local tracks
during late nights
Lafayette Avenue
Clinton–Washington Avenues
Franklin Avenue
Nostrand Avenue
Kingston–Throop Avenues
Utica Avenue
Ralph Avenue
Rockaway Avenue
Broadway Junction
Liberty Avenue
Van Siclen Avenue
Shepherd Avenue
Euclid Avenue
 C 
switches to local tracks
during late nights
Grant Avenue
80th Street
88th Street
Rockaway Boulevard
104th Street
111th Street
Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard
 A 
Aqueduct Racetrack
(northbound only)
 
 
Aqueduct–North Conduit Avenue
Howard Beach–JFK Airport
 S 
Broad Channel
Beach 67th Street
Beach 60th Street
Beach 44th Street
Beach 36th Street
Beach 25th Street
Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue
 A 
Beach 90th Street
Beach 98th Street
Beach 105th Street
Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street
 S 
( A  rush hours)
Legend

Lines used by the and
Other services sharing tracks with the and
Unused lines, connections, or service patterns
 A 
Termini of services

Cross-platform interchange

Platforms on different levels

The A Eighth Avenue Express is a rapid transit service in the B Division of the New York City Subway. Its route emblem, or "bullet", is colored blue since it is a part of the IND Eighth Avenue Line in Manhattan.

The A operates 24 hours daily between 207th Street in Inwood, Manhattan and Mott Avenue in Far Rockaway, Queens. During daytime hours, alternate service operates to and from Lefferts Boulevard in South Ozone Park, Queens. During rush hours, five scheduled trips in the peak direction operate from Beach 116th Street in Rockaway Park, Queens to Manhattan in the morning and back from Manhattan in the afternoon. Daytime service makes express stops in Manhattan and Brooklyn and all stops in Queens. Overnight service operates only between 207th Street and Far Rockaway, making all stops along the full route; during this time, a shuttle train (the Lefferts Boulevard Shuttle) operates between Euclid Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard.

The A provides the longest one-seat ride in the system—at 32.39 miles (52.13 km), between 207th Street and Far Rockaway—and a 2015 study indicated that it had a weekday ridership of 600,000.