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Weekend work impacting 14 subway lines

by Benjamin Kabak

After Friday’s water main break, things are slowly returning to normal for the BMT Broadway line. The N and Q trains are running their normal service patterns, but the R is still diverted due to the water situation. Meanwhile, weekend work continues apace. The FASTRACK scheduled for the N and D trains in Brooklyn was canceled, but everyone else is a go.


From 11:45 p.m. Friday, February 1 to 8 a.m. Saturday, February 2, uptown 1 trains run express from 72nd Street to 96th Street due to work on a new compressor plant at 91st Street.


From 3:45 a.m. Saturday, February 2 to 9 p.m. Sunday, February 3, Rector Street-bound 1 trains skip 238th Street, 231st Street and 225th Street due to track panel installation north of 231st Street.


From 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Saturday, February 2 and Sunday, February 3, the last stop for some uptown 1 trains is 137th Street due to track panel installation north of 231st Street in the Bronx.


From 11:45 p.m. Friday, February 1 to 6:30 a.m. Saturday, February 2, uptown 2 trains run express from 72nd Street to 96th Street due to work on a new compressor plant at 91st Street.

(Overnights)
From 11:45 p.m. Friday, February 1 to 6:30 a.m. Saturday, February 2, from 11:45 p.m. Saturday, February 2 to 6:30 a.m. Sunday, February 3 and from 11:45 p.m. Sunday, February 3 to 5 a.m. Monday, February 4, downtown 4 trains run express from 14th Street-Union Square to Brooklyn Bridge due to track maintenance at 14th Street-Union Square.


From 11:45 p.m. Friday, February 1 to 5 a.m. Monday, February 4, uptown 4 trains run express from 125th Street to Burnside Avenue due to station rehabilitation at 149th Street-Grand Concourse.


From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, February 2 to 5 a.m. Monday, February 4, downtown 4 trains run local from 125th Street to 14th Street-Union Square and uptown 4 trains run local from Grand Central-42nd Street to 125th Street due to signal work between Grand Central-42nd Street and 59th Street and track work near 86th Street.


From 11:45 p.m. Friday, February 1 to 5 a.m. Monday, February 4, 5 service is suspended. There are no 5 trains between East 180th Street and Bowling Green due to station rehabilitation at 149th Street-Grand Concourse.
For service between:

  • East 180th Street and 149th Street-Grand Concourse, take the 2.
  • 149th Street-Grand Concourse and Bowling Green, take the 4.


From 11:45 p.m. Friday, February 1 to 5 a.m. Monday, February 4, downtown 6 trains run express from 14th Street-Union Square to Brooklyn Bridge due to track maintenance at 14th Street-Union Square.


From 11:45 p.m. Friday, February 1 to 5 a.m. February 4, uptown 6 trains run express from 3rd Avenue-138th Street to Parkchester due to ADA work at Hunts Point Avenue.


From 11:45 p.m. Friday, February 1 to 5 a.m. Monday, February 4 (and the next seven weekends), there is no 7 train service between Times Square-42nd Street and Queensboro Plaza due to Flushing Line CBTC. Customers may take the E, N, Q and S (42nd Street shuttle) and free shuttle buses as alternatives.

  • Use the E, N or Q* between Manhattan and Queens
  • Free shuttle buses operate between Vernon Blvd-Jackson Avenue and Queensboro Plaza
  • In Manhattan, the 42nd Street S Shuttle operates overnight

*Q service is extended to Ditmars Blvd. (See Q entry for hours of operation.)


From 11:45 p.m. Friday, February 1 to 5 a.m. Monday, February 4, Queens-bound A trains run local from 59th Street to West 4th Street, then are rerouted via the F line from West 4th Street to Jay Street/MetroTech due to cable work north of Jay Street-MetroTech.


From 6:30 a.m. to midnight, Saturday, February 2 and Sunday, February 3, Brooklyn-bound C trains are rerouted via the F line from West 4th Street to Jay Street-MetroTech due to cable work north of Jay Street-MetroTech.


From 11:45 p.m. Friday, February 1 to 5 a.m., Monday, February 4, downtown E trains skip 23rd Street and Spring Street due to cable work north of Jay Street-MetroTech.


From 11:45 p.m. Friday, February 1 to 5 a.m. Monday, February 4, Jamaica-bound F trains skip 14th Street and 23rd Street due to electrical work at 34th Street-Herald Square.


From 11:15 p.m. Friday, February 1 to 5 a.m. Monday, February 4, Coney Island-bound F trains are rerouted via the M after 36th Street, Queens to 47th-50th Sts due to station work at Lexington Avenue-63rd Street for SAS project.


From 11:45 p.m. Friday, February 1 to 5 a.m. Monday, February 4, Coney Island-bound F trains run express from Jay Street-MetroTech to Church Avenue due to work on the Culver Viaduct Reconstruction and the Church Avenue Interlocking.


Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts due to work on the Culver Viaduct Reconstruction and the Church Avenue Interlocking. Customers should take the F instead.

  • For F service, customers may take the A or C between Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts. and Jay Street-MetroTech.
  • G service operates in two sections:
    1. 1. Between Court Square and Bedford-Nostrand Aves and
    2. 2. Between Bedford-Nostrand Aves and Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts. (every 20 minutes).


From 5:30 a.m. Saturday, February 2 to 10 p.m. Sunday, February 3, there are no J trains between Crescent Street and Jamaica Center due to structural steel repair and painting north of Cypress Hills. Free shuttle buses and E trains provide alternate service via Jamaica-Van Wyck.

  • J trains run between Chambers Street and Crescent Street
  • Free shuttle buses operate between Crescent Street and 121st Street, and connect with the E at Jamaica-Van Wyck, where service to/from, Sutphin Blvd. and Jamaica Center is available.


From 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday, February 2 and from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, February 3, Q trains are extended to Ditmars Blvd. in order to augment service between Manhattan and Queens.

(42nd Street Shuttle)(Overnights)
From 12:01 a.m. to 6 a.m. Saturday, February 2, Sunday, February 3 and Monday, February 4, 42nd Street S shuttle operates overnight due to weekend work on the 7 line.

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8 comments

alek February 2, 2013 - 8:51 am

Add:

Jamaica Bound E/F trains runs local from 21st street/Queens Plaza to 74th street-Jackson Heights.

You forgot to add that to the list.

I’m assuming that it to replace the rail that keeps breaking @ Roosevelt Ave

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Someone February 2, 2013 - 11:30 am

From 11:45 p.m. Friday, February 1 to 5 a.m., Monday, February 4, downtown E trains skip 23rd Street and Spring Street due to cable work north of Jay Street-MetroTech.

I take that to mean “the downtown E runs express between World Trade Center and 42 Street-PABT”.

Anyways, why is the downtown C being rerouted via the F during that time?

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Alex C February 2, 2013 - 8:17 pm

Ah, when the sheep panic in confusion. Was on a CI-bound F train today. Conductor makes an announcement that *all* F trains are going express, so a few folks jump off the train at Jay to wait at the platform for a local F train that won’t arrive for another 36 hours. And of course, my favorite: the folks who don’t pay attention and then panic when the train skips their stop and somehow have no clue how to get back to their stop.

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Emily February 3, 2013 - 3:22 pm

And then today, the F trains *were* running local. When I was on the way into Manhattan, there was a CI-bound F train at 4th ave, and then later I was walking under Smith-9th when a train went by on the local tracks. Work finished early?

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Someone February 3, 2013 - 5:37 pm

Work finished early?

Come on, the MTA isn’t that productive.

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David Brown February 3, 2013 - 12:20 am

Talk about turning a Lemon into Lemonade. I had to take the ‘G” to Broadway for the first time ever (And it was much better than the ‘J” or ‘M”.) Why did I have to? The “F” Train was brutal today. I had to go to Queensbridge for an appointment, and the Train only ran towards Jamaica, so they expected people to go all the way to Roosevelt Avenue (While it ran Local)to head back to Manhattan (Ordinarily I would go to Delancey for the “J” to go to Flushing Avenue, Brooklyn). Thank God, I had an unlimited Metro Card, got off at 36th, took the “R” to the “E” to the “G” at Court Square to Broadway. I will be repeating this Monday except using the bus to Court Square for the “G” (Saves me a ton of time, that is for sure).

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Alex C February 3, 2013 - 12:24 am

You realize they report all these service changes weeks in advance, right? The F train ran in both directions, one direction was detoured, and yes they expect you to plan accordingly on weekends when work is done to improve and maintain the subways. The subways don’t run on magic and there are limits on how much convenience can be provided during construction work.

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anon February 3, 2013 - 2:34 pm

Shiut Down Stairwells?

This is crazy talk.

Loitering in Stairwells must be enforced.
Who loiters? Cellphone Gabbers, Smokers, and nutjobs who sit on the staircase.

Cellphone gabbers won’t be a problem if they get reception on the platforms ….

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