R (New York City Subway service)

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The R Broadway Local is a rapid transit service in the B Division of the New York City Subway. Its route emblem, or "bullet", is colored yellow since it uses the BMT Broadway Line in Manhattan. The R operates 24 hours daily, although service patterns vary based on the time of day. Daytime service operates between 71st Avenue in Forest Hills, Queens, and 95th Street in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, making all stops along the full route; one northbound AM rush hour trip terminates at 96th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan instead of 71st Avenue in Queens; one southbound AM rush hour trip terminates at Bay Parkway instead of 95th Street in Brooklyn. Overnight service short turns at Whitehall Street-South Ferry in Lower Manhattan to and from Brooklyn and does not operate to or from 71st Avenue. The R was originally the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation's 2 service, running along the BMT Fourth Avenue Line in Brooklyn then traveling through the Montague Street Tunnel to Manhattan, then...

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