I’ll get to the weekend service advisories in a minute. Let’s head out to the Rockaways for a few paragraphs first.
Due to station rehabilitation work on the Manhattan-bound platforms at Beach 105th and Beach 90th Sts., those two stations are currently closed until December 21, 2009. The Far Rockaway-bound platforms at Beach 67th, Beach 44th and Beach 25th Sts. are closed until mid-January 2010.
According to the MTA, when those stations are through, the opposite platforms will close for rehab work. After those five stations are completed, Transit will get to work on Beach 60, Beach 36th and Beach 98th Sts. The final station rehab will be at Far Rockaway-Mott Ave. The authority has putt this seemingly random pattern in place to ensure that only alternate stations are closed. “Customers are never more than one station away from a fully-open station,” Transit said in a statement. The bad news is that these projects will often require full weekend shutdowns of either the Far Rockaway or Rockaway Park branch of the A train.
This $117 million rehab plan includes “new canopies over the stairs and platforms, redesign of the area around the station booth, renewal of mezzanine and platform floors, replacing platform edges and ADA tactile warning strips, the installation of vandal-resistant fluorescent lighting and a new, high-quality public address system. ADA elevators will be installed at the Far Rockaway-Mott Avenue station.” For stations on the periphery of the system, this work is badly-needed.
Anyway, below are your weekend service advisories. These are coming to me from the MTA and are subject to change without notice. Check signs in your local station and listen to all on-board announcements as you travel.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, September 19 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 21, uptown 1 trains skip 96th Street due to station rehabilitation.
From 11:30 p.m. Friday, September 18 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 21, there are no 1 trains operating between 34th Street and South Ferry due to a track chip-out at Chambers Street station. 2 and 3 trains provide alternate service between 34th Street and Chambers Street. Free shuttle buses replace 1 trains between Chambers Street and South Ferry. Note: Downtown 23 trains skip Christopher, Houston, Canal, and Franklin Streets.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, September 19 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 21, uptown 2 trains run local from Chambers Street to 86th Street, then skip 96th Street. Downtown 2 trains run local from 96th Street to 14th Street. These changes are due to a track chip-out at Chambers Street and station rehabilitation at 96th Street.
From 6:30 a.m. to midnight, Saturday, September 19 and Sunday, September 20, downtown 3 trains run local from 96th Street to 14th Street due to a track chip-out at Chambers Street.
From 6:30 a.m. to midnight, Saturday, September 19 and Sunday, September 20, uptown 3 trains run local from Chambers Street to 86th Street, then skip 96th Street due to a track chip-out at Chambers Street and station rehabilitation at 96th Street. Note: Overnight uptown 3 trains run local from 72nd to 86th Streets, then skip 96th Street.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, September 19 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 21, Manhattan-bound 6 trains run express from Hunts Point Avenue to 3rd Avenue-138th Street due to a concrete pour at East 143rd Street-St. Mary’s Street.
At all times until December, 21, 2009, Manhattan-bound A trains skip Beach 90th and Beach 105th Streets due to station rehabilitation.
At all times until January 18, 2010, Far Rockaway-bound A trains skip Beach 67th, Beach 44th, and Beach 25th Streets due to station rehabilitation.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, September 19 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 21, D trains run local in both directions between 34th Street and West 4th Street due to a track chip-out in the 53rd Street tunnel.
From 5 a.m. Saturday, September 19 to 10 p.m. Sunday, September 20, Coney Island-bound D trains run on the N line from 36th Street to Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue due to 38th Street Yard work.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, September 19 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 21, E trains are rerouted on the F line in Manhattan and Queens due to a track chip-out in the 53rd Street tunnel. There are no E trains between 34th Street and World Trade Center. Customers should take the A instead. Manhattan-bound E trains run on the F line from Roosevelt Avenue to 34th Street/Herald Square. Queens-bound E trains run on the F from 34th Street-Herald Square to 47th – 50th Streets; trains resume normal E service from 5th Avenue to Jamaica Center.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, September 19 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 21, Manhattan-bound E platforms at Queens Plaza, 23rd Street/Ely Avenue, Lexington Avenue-53rd Street and 5th Avenue stations are closed due to a track chip-out in the 53rd Street tunnel. Customers may take the R or G instead. Note: Free shuttle buses connect the Court Square G/23rd Street-Ely Avenue, Queens Plaza, and 21st Street-Queensbridge F stations.
From 12:30 a.m. Saturday, September 19 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 21, Jamaica-bound E trains run local from Queens Plaza to Roosevelt Avenue due to track maintenance.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, September 19 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 21, Jamaica-bound E trains run express from Roosevelt Avenue to Forest Hills-71st Street due to cable work north of Roosevelt Avenue.
From 12:30 a.m. Saturday, September 19 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 21, Manhattan-bound E trains run local on the F from Roosevelt Avenue to 21st Street-Queensbridge due to track maintenance.
From 12:30 a.m. Saturday, September 19 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 21, F trains run local between Roosevelt Avenue and 21st Street-Queensbridge due to track maintenance.
From 12:01 a.m. to 5 a.m. Saturday, September 19, Manhattan-bound F trains skip 169th Street due to track cleaning.
From 12:01 a.m. to 5 a.m. Sunday, September 20, Jamaica-bound F trains skip 169th Street due to track cleaning.
From 8:30 p.m. to midnight Friday, September 18, and from 6:30 a.m. to midnight Saturday, September 19 and Sunday, September 20, there are no G trains between Forest Hills-71st Avenue and Court Square due to the track chip-out in the 53rd Street tunnel. Brooklyn-bound customers may take the R to Queens Plaza and transfer to a shuttle bus connecting to Court Square. Queens-bound customers may take the E instead. Note: Queens-bound E and R trains run express from Roosevelt Avenue to Forest Hills-71st Avenue.
From 12:01 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. Saturday, September 19 and Sunday, September 20, and from 12:01 a.m. to 5 a.m. Monday, September 21, Queens-bound G trains run express from Roosevelt Avenue to Forest Hills-71st Avenue due to cable work north of Roosevelt Avenue.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, September 19 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 21, Brooklyn-bound N trains are rerouted over the Manhattan Bridge from DeKalb Avenue to Canal Street due to station rehabilitation and construction of the Lawrence Street to Jay Street underground connector.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, September 19 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 21, Brooklyn-bound N trains run local between Pacific Street and 59th Street in Brooklyn due to station rehabilitation and construction of the Lawrence Street to Jay Street underground connector.
From 9:30 a.m. Friday, September 18 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 21, free shuttle buses replace Q trains between Prospect Park and Kings Highway due to rehabilitation of some Brighton Line stations.
From 6:30 a.m. to midnight Saturday, September 19 and Sunday, September 20, Queens-bound R trains run express from Roosevelt Avenue to Forest Hills-71st Avenue due to cable work north of Roosevelt Avenue.
From 6:30 a.m. to midnight Saturday, September 19 and Sunday, September 20, Brooklyn-bound R trains are rerouted over the Manhattan Bridge from Canal Street to DeKalb Avenue due to station rehabilitation and construction of the underground connector at Lawrence Street.
From 10:30 p.m. Friday, September 18 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 21, there are no Rockaway Park Shuttle S trains between Broad Channel and Rockaway Park due to station rehabilitation at Beach 105th Street and Beach 90th Street stations and track panel work. A trains and free shuttle buses provide alternate service.
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Rockaway traffic is so small the MTA could run it single-track, even at rush hour.
At Beach 67th Street part of the rehab work relates to a large housing development called Arverne by the Sea. This includes a new shopping district with Stop & Shop, restaurants, retail spaces & a new transit plaza for local & express bus lines between the station & Rockaway Beach Boulevard. Meanwhile the MTA has been waiting on this project since 2004, while the two developers get there act together. WPIX’s help me Howard Tompson did a story on this a few weeks ago & could be found on his blog page.