As I rode an F shuttle bus back from Carroll Gardens to Park Slope tonight at a little after midnight, I realized I hadn’t yet had the opportunity to post this weekend’s changes. So here you go. There are a lot of them, but in a few weeks, with the holidays nearly upon, work will slow.
Don’t forget to check out our map from Subway Weekender that shows just how the subway changes impact travel. Download this week’s map right here or by clicking on the image below. Remember: These weekend service changes come to me from the MTA and are subject to change without notice. Check signs in your local station and listen for on-board announcements for up-to-the minute changes. The specific alerts follow.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 14 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 16, uptown 1/2 trains skip 50th, 59th, 66th, 79th, 86th, and 96th Streets due to station rehabilitation at 96th Street and 59th Street-Columbus Circle.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 14, to 5 a.m. Monday, November 16, free shuttle buses replace 2 trains between 241st Street and East 180th Street due to completion work on tracks south of Bronx Park East.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 14 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 16, uptown 3 trains skip 96th Street Streets due to station rehabilitation at 96th Street.
From 1 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, November 14, downtown 4 trains run local from 125th Street to Grand Central-42nd Street due to track cable pull.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 14 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 16, there are no 5 trains between East 180th Street and 149th Street-Grand Concourse due to completion work on tracks south of Bronx Park East. Customers should take the 2 instead.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 14 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 16, 5 trains run every 30 minutes between East 180th Street and Dyre Avenue due to completion work on tracks south of Bronx Park East.
From 6:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sunday, November 15, downtown 5 trains run local from 125th Street to Grand Central-42nd Street due to track cable pull.
From 4 a.m. Saturday, November 14 to 10 p.m. Sunday, November 15, Manhattan-bound 7 trains skip 111th, 103rd, 90th, 82nd, 74th, 69th, 52nd, 46th, 40th, and 33rd Streets due to track panel installation.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 14 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 16, uptown A trains skip 135th, 155th, and 163rd due to track chip out north of 155th Street.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 14 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 16, downtown A trains skip 50th, 23rd, and Spring Streets due to Chambers Signal Modernization.
From 10:30 p.m. Friday, November 13 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 16, free shuttle buses replace A service between Far Rockaway and Beach 98th Street due to station rehabilitation at Beach 67 Street, Beach 44 Street, and Beach 25 Street.
From 6:30 a.m. to midnight, Saturday, November 14 and Saturday, November 15, uptown C trains skip 135th, 155th, and 163rd due to track chip out north of 155th Street.
From 6:30 a.m. to midnight, Saturday, November 14 and Sunday, November 15, downtown C trains run express from 145th Street to Canal Street due to Chambers Signal Modernization.
From 5 a.m. Saturday, November 14 to 10 p.m. Sunday, November 15, Manhattan-bound D trains run on the N line from Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue due to track panel installation north of 62nd Street.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 14, to 5 a.m. Monday, November 16, uptown D trains run local from 125th to 145th Streets due to track chip out north of 155th Street.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 14 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 16, downtown D trains run local from 145th Street to 59th Street due to Chambers Signal Modernization.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 14 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 16, D trains run local between DeKalb Avenue and 36th Street due to Culver Viaduct Rehabilitation.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 14 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 16, there are no E trains between West 4th Street and World Trade Center due to Chambers Signal Modernization. Customers should take the A or C instead. Note: E trains rerouted to the F at West 4th Street and run to 2nd Avenue.
From 11:30 p.m. Friday, November 13 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 16, there are no F trains between Jay Street and Church Avenue due to Culver Viaduct Rehabilitation. Free shuttle buses provide alternate service.
From 8:30 Friday, November 13 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 16, there are no G trains between Forest Hills-71st Avenue and Court Square due to Culver Viaduct Rehabilitation. Customers should take the E or R instead. – Every weekend, it’s another excuse for the G train. The Culver Viaduct is miles away from Court Sq. and Forest Hills.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 14 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 16, G trains run in two sections due to Culver Viaduct Rehabilitation:
- Between Court Square and Bedford-Nostrand Avs and
- Between Bedford-Nostrand Avs and Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 14 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 16, there are no G trains between Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts. and Church Avenue due to Culver Viaduct Rehabilitation. Free shuttle buses and A trains provide alternate service.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 14 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 16, N trains are rerouted over the Manhattan Bridge between DeKalb Avenue and Canal Street due to track maintenance at Cortlandt Street.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 14 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 16, N trains run local between DeKalb Avenue and 59th Street due to Culver Viaduct Rehabilitation. – Apparently, the Culver Viaduct Rehab is the reason for everything this weekend. This makes little sense. This must be a typo, right?
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 14 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 16, Q trains run local between 57th Street and Canal Street due to track maintenance at Cortlandt Street.
From 6:30 a.m. to midnight, Saturday, November 14 and Sunday, November 15, uptown R trains skip 49th Street due to track maintenance at Cortlandt Street. Customers should take the N or Q instead.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 14 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 16, there are no R trains between 34th Street-Broadway and 36th Street (Brooklyn) due to track maintenance at Cortlandt Street. Customers should take the N or 4 instead.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, November 14 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 16, shuttle trains will operate all weekend between 36th Street (Brooklyn) and Bay Ridge-95th Street due to track maintenance at Cortlandt Street.
From 11 p.m. Friday, November 13 to 5 a.m. Monday, November 16, there are no S trains to Rockaway Park due to station rehabilitation at Beach 67 Street, Beach 44 Street, and Beach 25 Street. Customers should take the A instead.
7 comments
I love the weekly G-Train excuses!
What I don’t understand is why Cortlandt Street requires the split R train–couldn’t they just run the N, R, and Q all over the Manhattan Bridge in both directions? The only possible excuse is if Culver work is somehow causing there to be effectively capacity restrictions on the 4th Avenue line.
This is slightly off-topic, but I just read THIS in an online article about contemporary Venice:
“Venetians themselves would like to see more money put toward retaining natives, and are critical of such projects as the new Calatrava Bridge over the Grand Canal. Building the bridge, designed by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, ran well over projected costs while doing little to ease the lives of average Venetians.”
Here in New York, this sure sounds familiar!
His “Calatrava Transit Hub” at the World Trade Center site must be by now very much over budget, behind schedule, and who knows for sure if it will EVER be actually finished?
That’s why many people have said, “Why don’t they just add some improvements to the ‘temporary’ PATH station, and let it become a permanent PATH station?”
Yeah for the amount of commuters using the PATH station, that seems like a gross misallocation of funds. But, that happens here in NYC, where $200 million for flat screen tv’s on some of the subway lines in 2 of the boroughs is touted as a good idea. Like the Venetians, I’d say there are better ways to blow through $200M, in addition to whatever bloated amount of dough they’re shelling out for this station to be utilized by some 40,000 New Jersey denizens.
But remember some of those 40,000 New Jersey denizens are spending money in the city beyond commuting & quick lunches.
And all are paying city income taxes as well, so give them something of value like a decent transit hub.
Do we know how many more weekends this fall will have these same disruptions on the F and G lines? I know the Culver viaduct rehab is a long-term project but not sure what the near-term schedule is like.
Based on the MTA’s glance ahead, this weekend was the only one remaining in November with those service disruptions over the viaduct. That info is, of course, subject to change.