The F train: all 45 stations from Jamaica-179th Street to Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue

The F starts at Jamaica-179th Street in Queens and runs local along the Queens Boulevard Line. It goes through the 53rd Street tunnel into Manhattan, which it shares with the E, then down the Sixth Avenue Line local and through the Rutgers Street tunnel under the East River into Brooklyn. There it follows the Culver Line, shared with the G from Jay Street-MetroTech to Church Avenue, all the way to Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue.

Station by station

Starting at Jamaica-179th Street, the F runs through 169th Street, Parsons Boulevard, Sutphin Boulevard, Briarwood, Kew Gardens-Union Turnpike, 75th Avenue, Forest Hills-71st Avenue, Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Avenue, Queens Plaza, Court Square, 53rd Street-Lexington Avenue, 53rd Street-5th Avenue, 47th-50th Streets-Rockefeller Center, 42nd Street-Bryant Park, 34th Street-Herald Square, 23rd Street, 14th Street, West 4th Street-Washington Square, Broadway-Lafayette Street, 2nd Avenue, Delancey Street-Essex Street and East Broadway.

The rest of the route is York Street, Jay Street-MetroTech, Bergen Street, Carroll Street, Smith-9th Streets, 4th Avenue-9th Street, 7th Avenue, 15th Street-Prospect Park, Fort Hamilton Parkway, Church Avenue, Ditmas Avenue, 18th Avenue, Avenue I, Bay Parkway, Avenue N, Avenue P, Kings Highway, Avenue U, Avenue X, Neptune Avenue, West 8th Street-New York Aquarium and Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue.

Changing trains, and typing it

Of the 45 stations, 26 are shared with other lines in the game. The biggest are 34th Street-Herald Square (B, D, M, N, Q, R, W), West 4th Street-Washington Square (A, B, D, E, M, C), Forest Hills-71st Avenue (E, M, R), Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Avenue (E, M, R), Court Square (7, E, G) and 47th-50th Streets-Rockefeller Center (B, D, M). The whole line takes 786 keystrokes, about 17.5 per station. 47th-50th Streets-Rockefeller Center is the longest at 36, then West 4th Street-Washington Square at 33, and Avenue I, Avenue N and Avenue P are the shortest at 8. Ride the F.