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Weekend service advisories

by Benjamin Kabak

Friday night already. Time for some service changes. These come to me from New York City Transit and are subject to change without notice. Listen to on-board announcements and check signs in your local station. Subway Weekender is back with the map.


From 11:30 p.m. Friday, September 24 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 27, 1 service is suspended due to rehab work at Dyckman Street and 242nd Street stations, track panel installation at 215th Street, signal cable replacement north of 96th Street and Port Authority work at the WTC site. The 2, 3 and A trains, free shuttle buses and the M3 bus provide alternate service. 2 and 3 trains run local and replace 1 service between 96th Street and Chambers Street. (Note: Downtown 2 and 3 trains skip 86th and 79th Streets.) Free shuttle buses run in four sections:

  1. On Broadway between 242nd Street and 215th Street stations, then connecting to the 207th Street A station.
  2. On St. Nicholas Avenue between 191st and 168th Street stations.
  3. On Broadway between 168th and 96th Streets (express and local service).
  4. In lower Manhattan between Chambers Street and South Ferry.


From 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, September 24 and Sunday, September 25, Bronx-bound 2 trains skip 219th, 225th, 233rd Streets and Nereid Avenue due to elevated structure painting.


From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, September 25 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 27, uptown 2 and 3 trains run local from Chambers Street to 96th Street. Downtown 2 and 3 trains run express from 96th to 72nd Streets, then local to Chambers Street. These changes are due to rehab work at Dyckman Street and 242nd Street stations, track panel installation at 215th Street, signal cable replacement north of 96th Street and Port Authority work at the WTC site.


From 3:30 a.m. Saturday, September 25 to 10 p.m. Sunday, September 26, free shuttle buses replace 6 trains between Pelham Bay Park, Parkchester and St. Lawrence Avenue stations due to track panel installation at Westchester Square. (Manhattan-bound shuttle buses leaving Parkchester make a connecting stop at St. Lawrence Avenue station.)


From 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday, September 24 and Sunday, September 25, Manhattan-bound 7 trains skip 111th, 103rd, 90th, and 82nd Streets due to elevated structure painting.


From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, September 25 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 27, A trains skip Broadway-Nassau/Fulton Street in both directions due to work on the Fulton Street Transit Center.


From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, September 25 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 27, downtown A trains skip 50th, 23rd, and Spring Streets due to a track chip-out at 42nd Street.


From 6:30 a.m. to midnight, Saturday, September 25 and Sunday, September 26, C trains skip Broadway-Nassau/Fulton Street in both directions due to work on the Fulton Street Transit Center.


From 6:30 a.m. to midnight, Saturday, September 25 and Sunday, September 26, downtown C trains skip 50th, 23rd, and Spring Streets due to a track chip-out at 42nd Street.


From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, September 25 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 27, Coney Island-bound D trains run on the N line from 36th Street to Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue due to structural repair and station rehabs from 71st Street to Bay 50th Street and ADA work at Bay Parkway.


From 12:30 a.m. Saturday, September 25 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 27, E and F trains run local between Roosevelt Avenue and Forest Hills-71st Avenue due to substation cable work at Grand Avenue.


From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, September 25 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 27, there is no E service between 34th Street and World Trade Center due to signal rehabilitation at Lexington and 5th Avenues.


From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, September 25 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 27, Manhattan-bound F trains run on the A line from Jay Street to West 4th Street due to signal cable replacement.


From 10:30 p.m. Friday, September 24 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 27, free shuttle buses replace G trains between Court Square and Bedford-Nostrand Avenues due to a track chip-out at Metropolitan Avenue. (Shuttle buses connect the 21st Street-Queensbridge F and Queens Plaza R stations, and then make all G station stops between Court Square and Bedford-Nostrand Avs.


From 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, September 26, the L train runs in two sections (due to signal maintenance): • Between 8th Avenue and Broadway Junction and • Between Broadway Junction and Rockaway Parkway (every 24 minutes)


From 11:30 p.m. Friday, September 24 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 27, free shuttle buses replace M service due to station rehab work from Metropolitan to Central. Avenues.


From 6:30 a.m. to midnight, Saturday, September 25 and Sunday, September 26, N trains run local on the R line between Canal Street in Manhattan and 59th Street in Brooklyn due to station rehab work at 86th Street.


From 11 p.m. Friday, September 24 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 27, Q trains run local between Canal Street and 34th Street-Herald Square due to a concrete pour at 28th Street.


From 9:30 p.m. Friday, September 24 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 27, free shuttle buses replace Q trains between Prospect Park and Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue due to station reconstruction work at Avenues H, J, M and Kings Highway.


From 11:45 p.m. Friday, September 24 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 27, there are no R trains between Whitehall Street in Manhattan and 95th Street in Brooklyn due to station rehab work at 86th Street. For service between Whitehall and 59th Streets, customers should take the N. For service between 59th and 95th Streets, customers should take the free shuttle buses.

(Rockaway Park Shuttle)
From 10:30 p.m. Friday, September 24 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 27, free shuttle buses replace S (Rockaway Park Shuttle) trains between Rockaway Park and Beach 60th Street due to station rehabilitations. (Note: Manhattan-bound A trains skip Beach 67th Street.)

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