Here’s an interesting bit of news before we get to the service advisories: The MTA and CNN are working on a deal that would put TV screens in the subway.
Helen Kennedy at the Daily News notes that the pilot program, as CNN will front the installation costs, will be free to the MTA, and the transit authority stands to benefit from increased advertising revenue. If that money-grabbing measure fails, we can always start taxing cigarette sales on Indian reservations to fund transit in New York. Someone save us with these stop-gap measures.
Anyway, while subway service is set for a few upgrades this weekend, we’ve still got a full slate of service advisories on tap. You can find these in convenient map form on Subway Weekender with separate maps for Saturday’s advisories and Sunday’s changes. It’s one of those weekends.
As always, these may be incomplete and are subject to change. Leave any corrections or amendments in the comments.
From 12:01 a.m. to 8 a.m. Sunday, July 27 and from 12:01 a.m. to 5 a.m. Monday, July 28, uptown 1 trains skip 103rd, 110th, 116th, and 125th Sts. due to roadbed replacement work.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, July 26 to 5 a.m. Monday, July 28, downtown 1 and 2 trains skip 86th and 79th Streets due to station rehab work at 96th Street.
From 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, July 26 and Sunday, July 27, 241st Street-bound 2 trains skip 219th, 225th, 233rd Sts. and Nereid Avenue due to switch maintenance work at Nereid Avenue.
From 4 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, July 26, free shuttle buses replace 4 trains between Woodlawn and Bedford Park Blvd. due to switch replacement work at Woodlawn.
From 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, July 27, Pelham Bay Park-bound 6 trains run express from Parkchester to Pelham Bay Park due to painting of the elevated structure.
From 12:01 a.m. throughout the day until midnight Saturday, July 26, the last stop for some Pelham Bay Park-bound 6 trains is 3rd Avenue due to roadbed replacement work at 143rd Street.
From 12:01 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, July 26, Manhattan-bound A trains run on the F line from Jay to West 4th Streets due to rail and roadbed repairs in the Cranberry Street tunnel. In addition, from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, July 26, C service is suspended. A trains run local both ways between 168th Street and Euclid Avenue.
Due to emergency track work, from 12:01 a.m. to 5 a.m. Saturday, July 26, Queens-bound F trains run on the V line from 47-50 Sts to Queens Plaza.
From 8:30 a.m. Friday, July 25 to 11 p.m. Saturday, July 26, there are no G trains between Forest Hills-71st Avenue and Court Square due to tunnel rehab work between Whitehall and Canal Sts. Customers should take the E or R instead.
From 4 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, July 26, there are no J trains between Crescent Street and Jamaica Center-Parsons/Archer due to track panel installation at Cypress Hills station. Free shuttle buses replace J trains between Crescent Street and the Jamaica-Van Wyck E station.
From 5 a.m. Saturday, July 26 to 8 p.m. Sunday, July 27, Queens-bound J trains run express from Myrtle Avenue to Broadway Junction due to track realignment work at Broadway Junction.
From 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, July 26, L trains run in two sections:
- Between 8th Avenue and Broadway Junction and
- Between Broadway Junction and Rockaway Parkway (trains run every 24 minutes)
This is due to switch maintenance work at Rockaway Parkway.
From 12:01 a.m. to 5 a.m. Sunday, July 27, downtown N trains skip 49th Street due to track and roadbed cleaning.
From 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, July 26, Manhattan-bound N trains skip 30th Avenue, Broadway, 36th and 39th Avenues due to track maintenance work at Queensboro Plaza.
From 12:01 a.m. to 5 a.m. Saturday, July 26, Q trains run in two sections:
- Between 57th and Pacific Streets and
- Between Atlantic and Stillwell Avenues
Note: Customers must walk through the passageway between Pacific Street and Atlantic Avenue. This is due to rail maintenance and repair between Atlantic Avenue and Prospect Park.
From 12:01 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, July 26, Manhattan-bound N and R trains are rerouted over the Manhattan Bridge from DeKalb Avenue to Canal Street due to tunnel rehab work between Whitehall and Canal Streets.
6 comments
“there are no G trains between Forest Hills-71st Avenue and Court Square due to tunnel rehab work between Whitehall and Canal Sts.” — huh?
I’m not one for Internet jargon, but ROFL!
Trust me, I was thinking the same thing. I’m just reporting what the MTA is telling me. I have no idea…
Err… I guess that how affects R trains and throws off the schedule all the way up to Queens Blvd. so that the poor G-Trains have no slot? I don’t believe this excuse, but that’s probably what’s implied.
@ CNN/MTA partnership for TVs: AWESOME. Two things though:
1) How will they protect the TV’s from gum and water leaks? Using a plastic case would prevent the second, but not against indiscriminate riders who litter.
2) Will there be sound?
I’m wondering just how the trains will make out with the broadcasts. Half of the R160s I sit on (N/W man) have their MTA infomercials greatly distorted. I don’t work on their equipment so I can’t see the cause, but in any case some maintenance isn’t being performed (even a simple reboot); I would expect the same thing whether CNN broadcasts on the little screens or on add-on panels. Guess that’s good then since the MTA will get the money but we don’t have to get bombarded with more media!
The way the G train has all this work on it – even when it’s not actually being worked on! – it will be the most incredible line ever conceived by humanity! 🙂
I hope that well into the future when we may get the triboro Rx that it doesn’t suffer the fate of the G.