The Z train: all 21 stations from Jamaica Center-Parsons/Archer to Broad Street

The Z is the rush-hour skip-stop partner of the J. It runs the same route, from Jamaica Center in Queens over the elevated Jamaica Line and the Williamsburg Bridge to Broad Street in Lower Manhattan, but on the Jamaica Line it skips a different set of stations and stops at only 21. It runs in the peak direction during rush hours only, and in HelloSubway you type just the stations where it stops.

Station by station

From Jamaica Center-Parsons/Archer, the Z calls at Sutphin Boulevard-Archer Avenue-JFK Airport, 121st Street, 104th Street, Woodhaven Boulevard, 75th Street-Elderts Lane, Crescent Street, Norwood Avenue, Van Siclen Avenue, Alabama Avenue, Broadway Junction, Chauncey Street, Gates Avenue, Myrtle Avenue, Marcy Avenue, Delancey Street-Essex Street, Bowery, Canal Street, Chambers Street, Fulton Street and Broad Street.

Transfers and typing

Every one of the 21 stations is shared with other lines in the game. The biggest are Fulton Street (2, 3, 4, 5, A, J, C), Broadway Junction (A, J, L, C), Delancey Street-Essex Street (F, J, M), Jamaica Center-Parsons/Archer (E, J), Sutphin Boulevard-Archer Avenue-JFK Airport (E, J) and Myrtle Avenue (J, M). Typing every station once takes 354 keystrokes, about 16.9 per station. Sutphin Boulevard-Archer Avenue-JFK Airport is the longest at 43, then Jamaica Center-Parsons/Archer at 29, and Bowery is the shortest at 6. The full stopping pattern is in the J train guide. Start the Z.