Despite the tourists, despite the crowds, despite all the bad parts of living through the holiday season in New York, one of the many good aspects is the subway service. For six blissful weeks in between Thanksgiving and New Year’s, the MTA ramps down their weekend track work.
They can’t, after all, have confused tourists on their hands trying to figure out why the D is running in two sections and up the 8th Ave. line in Manhattan. And forget about asking the station workers about service changes; they probably won’t know what’s going on anymore than the rest of us do.
But now that the holidays are over, the work returns. For the month of December, West Siders were blissfully aware of the return of express service on the IRT. This weekend? Fughedaboutit. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. The 7 is running express in sections; the F is running on the V; and the D is indeed running in two sections and down 8th Ave.
The weekend service advisory press release is here. The alerts are below.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, January 5 to 5 a.m. Monday, January 7, 1 trains skip 28th, 23rd, and 18th Streets in both directions due to Part Authority work on the WTC site at Cortland Street.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, January 5 to 5 a.m. Monday, January 7, there are no 1 trains between 14th Street and South Ferry due to Part Authority work on the WTC site at Cortland Street. Customers may take the 2 or 3 between 14th Street and Chambers Streets. There is a free shuttle bus available between Chambers Street and South Ferry.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, January 5 to 5 a.m. Monday, January 7, 2 & 3 trains run local between 96th Street and Chambers Street due to Part Authority work on the WTC site at Cortland Street, roadbed reconstruction at 59th Street and station rehab work at 96th Street.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, January 5 to 5 a.m. Monday, January 7, Flushing-bound 7 trains skip 69th, 74th, 82nd, 90th, 103rd and 111th Streets due to preparatory work for the installation of the 74th Street interlocking.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, January 5 to 5 a.m. Monday, January 7, Manhattan-bound A & C trains run express from Utica Avenue to Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts due to ventilation work at Lafayette Avenue.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, January 5 to 5 a.m. Monday, January 7, downtown C trains run express from 145th Street to Canal Street due to station rehab work at 47th-50th Street.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, January 5 to 5 a.m. Monday, January 7, downtown D trains run on the A from 59th to West 4th Streets due to station rehab work at 47th-50th Street.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, January 5 to 5 a.m. Monday, January 7, D trains run in two sections due to station rehab work at 47th -50th Street:
- Between 205th Street and Broadway-Lafayette Street and
- Between Broadway-Lafayette Street and Coney Island -Stillwell Avenue
From 11 p.m. Friday, January 4 to 5 a.m. Monday, January 7, Coney Island-bound F trains skip 4th Avenue, 15th Street-Prospect Park, and Ft. Hamilton Parkway due to roadbed reconstruction at 7th Avenue.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, January 5 to 5 a.m. Monday, January 7, Manhattan-bound F trains run on the V line from Roosevelt Avenue to 47th-50th Sts. due to 63rd Street tunnel work.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, January 5 to 5 a.m. Monday, January 7, there are no G trains between Forest Hills-71 Avenue and Court Square. G trains run every 20 minutes between Court Square and Smith-9th Sts. due to Crosstown tunnel work. Customers may take the E or R instead.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, January 5 to 5 a.m. Monday, January 7, Brooklyn-bound NR trains are rerouted over the Manhattan Bridge from Canal Street to DeKalb Avenue due to structural rehabilitation work between Whitehall Street and Canal Street and Montague tunnel work.
From 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, January 5 and Sunday, January 6, Manhattan-bound Q trains run express from Kings Highway to Prospect Park due to rail replacement.