The JFK Express, advertised as The Train to The Plane, was a premium-fare service of the New York City Subway connecting midtown Manhattan to Howard Beach-JFK Airport on the IND Rockaway Line , where a bus connected to JFK Airport. AirTrain JFK now serves the purpose of this bus, but there is no longer express service to Howard Beach. However, AirTrain also connects to Jamaica with service to Manhattan.

JFK Express service began in 1978, and it stopped running on April 15, 1990 due to low ridership, long before AirTrain JFK opened.[1]

At times, regular passengers were allowed on the Mahattan section due to disruptions on other services.

Station listing

The JFK Express used the IND 63rd Street Line, IND Sixth Avenue Line, IND Eighth Avenue Line, IND Fulton Street Line and IND Rockaway Line .

• 21st Street-Queensbridge (opened October 29, 1989)
• Roosevelt Island (opened October 29, 1989)
• Lexington Avenue-63rd Street (opened October 29, 1989)
• 57th Street at Sixth Avenue
• 47th-50th Streets-Rockefeller Center at Sixth Avenue
• 42nd Street at Sixth Avenue
• 34th Street-Herald Square at Sixth Avenue
• West Fourth Street-Washington Square at Sixth Avenue
• Chambers Street at Church Street
• Broadway-Nassau Street at Fulton Street
• Jay Street-Borough Hall in downtown Brooklyn
• Howard Beach-JFK Airport (transfer to bus to terminals)

References

• Line by Line History
• NYCsubway.org - Historical Maps