C (New York City Subway service)

Eighth Avenue Local
168th Street-bound C train of R179s at West Fourth Street
Northern end	168th Street
Southern end	Euclid Avenue
Stations	40
Rolling stock	R46 R179 R211T[1][2] (Rolling stock assignments subject to change)
Depot	207th Street Yard Pitkin Yard
Started service	September 10, 1932; 91 years ago (1932-09-10)
Route map Legend to Inwood–207th Street via 8th Avenue  C  168th Street 163rd Street–Amsterdam Avenue 155th Street ​ the Bronx via Concourse 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 ​ Downtown & Brooklyn via 53rd Street East Side & Queens via 53rd Street 50th Street ( southbound) 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal 34th Street–Penn Station 23rd Street 14th Street West Fourth Street–Washington Square Spring Street Canal Street World Trade Center | Chambers Street  E  Fulton Street Manhattan Brooklyn High Street ​ Manhattan & Queens via 6th Avenue Jay Street–MetroTech ​ Church Avenue & Coney Island via Culver New York Transit Museum (formerly Court Street) Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets Queens via Crosstown 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  Ozone Park or the Rockaways via Fulton Street Legend Lines used by the Other services sharing tracks with the Unused lines, connections, or service patterns  C  Termini of services Cross-platform interchange Platforms on different levels This diagram: view talk edit

The C Eighth Avenue Local^[3] is a 19-mile-long (31 km)^[4]: 1 rapid transit service in the B Division of the New York City Subway. Its route emblem, or "bullet", is blue since it is a part of the IND Eighth Avenue Line in Manhattan.^[5]

The C operates at all times except late nights between 168th Street in Washington Heights, Manhattan, and Euclid Avenue in East New York, Brooklyn, making all stops in-between. During late night hours, the A train, which runs express along the entire C route during daytime hours, makes all stops.

Historically, most C service ran only during rush hours, along the IND Concourse Line to Bedford Park Boulevard in the Bronx and later along the IND Rockaway Line to Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street in Queens. Prior to 1985, the local C service was referred to as the CC, with the C designation reserved for a complementary express service that was discontinued in 1949. The CC was once the only route to serve the Bronx, Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens in a single trip. Outside of rush hour, local service in Manhattan was usually provided by the AA, later relabeled K, which ran between 168th Street and Chambers Street/World Trade Center. In 1988, the K and C were consolidated into one service, and during the 1990s, the C's routing was altered to create the current service pattern. A 2015 study of the route found that the C had a daily ridership of 250,000.^[4]: 1