This is quite the weekend for getting around. Due to water damage in the aftermath of yesterday’s rain storm, the 7 line is out of service between Manhattan and Queens, and Transit doesn’t know when service will be restored. For now, the Shuttle is running between 42nd St. and Grand Central while the N and the R are providing alternate service into Queens. The MTA had hoped to single-track the 7 by 10 p.m. Friday, but that plan is currently on hold.
Meanwhile, Transit had the following to say about the 1 train:
MTA New York City Transit announces that from 11:30 p.m. Friday, March 11 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 14, 1 Line service will be suspended between 242nd Street and 168th Street due to station renovation work and between 137th Street and 96th Street due to structural repair work south of 125th Street. Customers who normally ride the Broadway Local are urged to use the A train as an alternate where possible. Free shuttle buses and the M3 bus also provide alternate service.
Customers heading uptown should transfer to the A at 42nd Street or 59th Street. There is also a free shuttle bus available at 96th Street which will operate along Broadway making station stops at 103rd, 116th, 125th, 145th and 137th Streets (in that order). There is a 1 Line shuttle train between 137th and 168th Streets. Customers may transfer at 168th Street to the A train or the M3/shuttle bus along St. Nicholas Avenue making stops at 181st and 191st Streets.
Customers traveling to and from the Bronx should use the free shuttle bus operating on Broadway between Van Cortlandt Park-242nd Street and the 207th Street A station, making stops at 238th, 231st, 225th, 215th Streets.
The takeaway: Use the A train.
Meanwhile, everything else follows. Subway Weekender has the map sans this 7 line mess.
From 11:30 p.m. Friday, March 11 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 14, 1 service is suspended:
- Between Van Cortlandt Park/242nd Street and 168th Street (due to station renovations) and
- Between 137th Street/City College and 96th Street (due to work on the portal south of 125th Street at 122nd Street)
Customers are urged to take the A train to and from midtown Manhattan. Free shuttle buses and the M3 bus also provide alternate service. No. 1 shuttle trains will operate between 168th Street and 137th Street. Free shuttle buses run in three sections:
- On Broadway between 242nd Street and the 207th Street A station
- On St. Nicholas Avenue between 191st Street and 168th Street
- On Broadway between 137th Street and 96th Street
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, March 12 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 14, Manhattan-bound 2 trains skip Burke Avenue, Allerton Avenue, Pelham Parkway and Bronx Park East due to track work at Bronx Park East.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, March 12 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 14, Brooklyn-bound 2 trains skip Bergen Street, Grand Army Plaza and Eastern Parkway due to cable installation.
From 6:30 a.m. to midnight Saturday, March 12 and Sunday, March 13, Brooklyn-bound 3 trains skip Bergen Street, Grand Army Plaza and Eastern Parkway due to cable installation.
From 1 a.m. Saturday, March 12 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 14, 4 trains skip Fulton Street in both directions due to work on the Fulton Street Transit Center. Customers may use the 2, 3, A, C or J shuttle at this station as an alternative. (Note: The J shuttle operates between Chambers Street/Brooklyn Bridge and Fulton Street.)
During the late night hours, from 12:01 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. Saturday and Sunday and to 5 a.m. on Monday, Brooklyn-bound 4 trains skip Bergen Street, Grand Army Plaza and Eastern Parkway due to cable installation.
From 6:30 a.m. to midnight, Saturday, March 12 and Sunday, March 13, 5 trains skip Fulton Street in both directions due to work on the Fulton Street Transit Center. Customers may use the 2, 3, A, C or J shuttle at this station as an alternative. (Note: The J shuttle operates between Chambers Street/Brooklyn Bridge and Fulton Street.)
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, March 12 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 14, D trains run local between 34th Street and West 4th Street in both directions due to fan plant rehabilitation.
From 4 a.m. Saturday, March 12 to 10 p.m. Sunday, March 13, Brooklyn-bound D trains run on the N line from 36th Street to Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue due to track panel installation between 50th Street and 55th Street. There are no Brooklyn-bound D trains stopping at 9th Avenue, Ft. Hamilton Parkway, 50th, 55th, 71st, 79th Streets, 18th and 20th Avenues, Bay Parkway, 25th Avenue and Bay 50th Street stations.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, March 12 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 14, E trains run on the F line between Roosevelt Avenue and 34th Street-Herald Square due to fan plant rehabilitation. The platforms at 5th Avenue-53rd Street, Lexington Avenue-53rd Street, 23rd Street-Ely Avenue and World Trade Center are closed. Customers may take the R, G, A or shuttle bus instead. Free shuttle buses connect Court Square (G)/23rd Street-Ely Avenue (E), Queens Plaza (R) and the 21st Street-Queensbridge (F) stations. Note: During the overnight hours, E trains stop at 36th Street, Steinway Street, 46th Street, Northern Blvd and 65th Street.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, March 12 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 14, Queens-bound F trains run on the A line from Jay Street-MetroTech to West 4th Street due to work at the Broadway/Lafayette-to-Bleecker Street transfer connection. There are no Queens-bound F trains at York Street, East Broadway, Delancey Street, 2nd Avenue or Broadway-Lafayette Street.
From 4 a.m. Saturday, March 12 to 10 p.m. Sunday, March 13, Manhattan-bound N trains skip 30th Av, Broadway, 36th Av and 39th Av due to track panel installation from Astoria Blvd to 36th Avenue.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, March 12 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 14, Manhattan-bound N trains run on the D line from Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue to 36th Street due to track panel installation from north of Kings Highway to north of Bay Parkway. There are no Manhattan-bound N trains at 86th Street, Avenue U, Kings Highway, Bay Parkway, 20th Avenue, 18th Avenue, Ft. Hamilton Parkway or 8th Avenue stations.
From 11:30 p.m. Friday, March 11 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 14, there are no Q trains between 57th Street/7th Avenue and Prospect Park in either direction due to BMT track tunnel inspection and structural repair and track and switch work north of Atlantic Avenue. For service between 57th Street/7th Avenue and Atlantic Ave-Pacific Street, customers should use the N or R. Free shuttle buses provide service between Atlantic Avenue and Prospect Park.
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Due to the emergency changes on the (7) line, all (N) trains are running normally (along the Astoria line and in Brooklyn). However, some southbound trains are terminating at 34 St-Herald Sq.
Yes, and some Coney Island-bound D trains are running on the N (not reflected anywhere). Also, late this evening, R trains were shuttling between 95th St and 59th St in Bay Ridge (although their window signs said that they were going all the way to 36th St).
Oh, and N trains were running via the R tunnel.
TO BEN (and everybody here:
Speaking of the #7 Line, I wonder what is happening with the opening of the in-station transfer between the #7 and the E, M, and G at Court Square. Now that it is mid-March, this is the time that they were supposedly going to open it.
It used to be that the 7 had an issue with moisture freezing in the air lines on elevated sections. Every time there was a winter warm spell in the 50F to 60F, followed by a drop to below freezing, there were serious delays with signals malfunctioning the next morning. Now there are serious signal issues after moderate rain. With CBTC in the wings on the Flushing Line, this does not bode well for future reliability on the 7.
CBTC will require replacement of a large number of signals on the Flushing line. (Some signals such as around the 74th St station are already CBTC-ready.) Hopefully they will go from air-operated to electrically-operated at the same time. That should take care of the unreliability of the current signal system on that line.
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