For example, transferring from the A to the F at Jay st. station in brooklyn. from my understanding that type of transfer is free, but a transfer from A at Jay st. to R at Lawrence st. is not because they' re different stations?
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yes if you don't leave the station
If you look at a subway map, it shows the free transfer stations. Generally speaking, if you are transferring trains at the same station they are free.
Yes. If you can get from one train to the other without passing through a turnstile or gate, it is a free transfer. At some stations, you can't get to ALL the options. For example, 50th Street on the C/E. If you're going downtown on the E, you can only transfer to another downtown train, a C/E. You cannot transfer to an uptown train without leaving the station. So, you'd continue to 42nd to make the transfer. Many local stations are like this.
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But yes, generally, you can get from any train at a station to any other train at the same station. At Times Square, for example, you can freely get to and from the A/C/E/N/Q/R/S/W/1/2/3/7, even though the A/C/E really stop at the Port Authority Bus Terminal; a pathway connects the two stations to essentially make it one big station.
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You're correct in your statements. However, there are a few exceptions.
One "out-of-system" transfer is at 63rd/Lexington in conjunction with 59th/Lexington. You may use a single free transfer on your MetroCard to enter one of those stations. This is primarily to get people from the F to the N/R/W/4/5/6 or vice versa, but you don't necessarily have to be doing exactly that (the MetroCard doesn't know exactly which train you're transferring from, since you only swipe it to enter the system, with limitless possibilities once you're in). So, you can get on the A at Jay Street, get off wherever you want, then walk to the N/R/W/4/5/6 at 59th or the F at 63rd/Lexington, and make a free transfer to enter the station (who's to say you boarded the A at Jay, and not the F?).
So, transfers are always free within a station. Transfers are ALMOST never free if you leave a station, with the exception of Lexington Avenue at 59th and 63rd, and at Long Island City/Court Square.
If you stay in the station, it's free. If you go through a turnstile or a revolving exit door you'll need to pay another fare to re-enter the system.
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On the NY subway Are transfers between trains at the same station free? 
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