With the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks upon us, the MTA has a few special service changes for Sunday only. As the ceremony at the World Trade Center site is schedule from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., the R train will bypass Cortlandt St. in both directions from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. that day. Furthermore all subway staircases on Church Street at Park Place, Barclay Street and Vesey Street will be closed as well.
On to the weekend changes. Feel free to use the comments in this thread to discuss anything.
From 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, September 10, 3 trains operate in two sections due to conduit installation (for new fiber optic cable) between Nostrand Avenue and Sutter Avenue-Rutland Road:
- Between 148th Street and Utica Avenue and
- Between Utica Avenue and New Lots Avenue (service begins at 12:01 a.m. Saturday and operates every 24 minutes
From 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, September 10, Brooklyn-bound 3 trains skip Bergen Street, Grand Army Plaza, Eastern Parkway, Nostrand Avenue and Kingston Avenue due to conduit installation (for new fiber optic cable) between Nostrand Avenue and Sutter Avenue-Rutland Road.
From 12:01 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. Saturday, September 10, Brooklyn-bound 4 trains skip Bergen Street, Grand Army Plaza, Eastern Parkway, Nostrand Avenue and Kingston Avenue due to conduit installation (for new fiber optic cable) between Nostrand Avenue and Sutter Avenue-Rutland Road.
From 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, September 10, there are no 4 trains between Atlantic Avenue and Utica Avenue due to conduit installation (for new fiber optic cable) between Nostrand Avenue and Sutter Avenue-Rutland Road. Customers may take the 2 or 3 instead.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, September 10 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 12, Manhattan-bound D trains run on the N line from Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue to 36th Street (Brooklyn) due to structural repair and station rehabilitation from 71st Street to Bay 50th Street and ADA work at Bay Parkway. Note: At all times until Friday, October 28, the southbound D is bypassing 71st Street due to stair reconstruction. So, there is no D service at 71st Street this weekend.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, September 10 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 12, Brooklyn-bound F trains run on the M line from Roosevelt Avenue to 47th-50th Sts due to station reconstruction at Lexington Avenue-63rd Street.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, September 10 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 12, there are no L trains between 8th Avenue and Broadway Junction due to CBTC track and signal work between Bedford Avenue and 3rd Avenue. The M train, M14 and free shuttle buses provide alternate service. M train service is extended to 57th Street-6th Avenue. The M14 bus replaces L service between 1st and 8th Avenues. Free shuttle buses operate:
- Between Broadway Junction and Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs.
- Between Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs and Lorimer Street-Metropolitan Ave G station
- Between Lorimer Street-Metropolitan Ave G station and the Marcy Avenue J, M station
From 6 a.m. to midnight, Saturday, September 10 and from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday, September 11, M service is extended to 57th Street-6th Avenue F station due to CBTC track and signal work between Bedford Avenue and 3rd Avenue on the L line.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, September 10 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 12, Coney Island-bound N trains run on the D line from 36th Street (Brooklyn) to Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue due to track panel installation on the Sea Beach Line between 59th Street and 86th Street.
From 4 a.m. Saturday, September 10 to 10 p.m. Sunday, September 11, southbound N trains run express from Astoria Boulevard to Queensboro Plaza, skipping 30th Avenue, Broadway, 36th Avenue and 39th Avenue due to track panel installation between Astoria Boulevard and 36th Avenue.
From 10 p.m. Friday, September 9 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 12, there are no Q trains between Prospect Park and Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue due to track and signal work, removal of temporary platform and bridge and Brighton line overcoat painting. – Sounds like we’re geting awfully close to the restoration of express service on the Brighton line.
From 10 p.m. Friday, September 9 to 5 a.m. Monday, September 12, uptown Q trains run local from Canal Street to 34th Street-Herald Square due to platform edge rehabilitation at 34th Street.
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The Brighton express service will resume Oct 3rd
And next weekend, Culver (Crosstown, Gowanus, whatever one would call it) viaduct work enters its next phase. I wonder how loud the complaining will be as all trains skip Ft. Hamilton Pkwy and Prospect Park after the 18th.
The L train shutdown was a complete failure this evening. Waited for a L train from 11.10pm to 11.46pm until the service attendant couldn’t guarantee that one would come at all. Whoever he was calling within the MTA wouldn’t release any information to tell the public. Then the shuttle buses which ended at Lorimer decided to terminate one stop earlier at Graham Ave. Everyone walked to the G and prayed one would come before the sun rose. Thankfully it did, two hours later and I’m still waiting at Queensboro Plaza for a N train home.
That’s pretty awful. I wish they’d keep everyone more informed and have the times be more consistent. While some GO’s started at 11 and their tweeter account said GOs start at 11 tonight, the actual service info for this GO says it should start at midnight. That’s some bad miscommunication on their part.
Meanwhile, I haven’t yet seen any posters regarding there not being F/G service between Jay and 18 Ave next weekend yet. The sheep are going to be upset (as well they should).
Why would posters be up more than a week in advance? That’s a good way of confusing people into expecting it a week early.
There is such a thing as information overload. For those of us who enjoy seeking out this stuff weeks in advance, we have mta.info.
Problem is the sheep. A week in advance gives them less excuse to complain about it. Not that this will stop certain people from damn near threatening MTA employees for not magically making the trains run, but it can at least give people early notice. Posters will be printed anyways, might as well make sure people know in advance.
Information overload, as I said. Nobody looks on platforms for information more than a week away. If you want that sort of information, check the web site.
An ad in the paper would be a nice extra.
I know it’s cliched to complain about, but the blatant laziness of the workers on the Astoria N line makes me sick. They don’t even attempt to look like they’re working! There’s 20+ guys up on the line (plus more at street level) doing absolutely nothing while two guys do the actual work as slowly as possible. And I don’t want to hear any bullshit union excuses. I witness this on a weekly basis. It’s 8+ hours of standing around for doing absolutely nothing.
The lack of proper management is beyond negligent.
Obviously the only solution is moar funding . It’s OK; we won’t tax you, we’ll tax the evil corporations who force you to work.
What’s really sick is that every public discussion of MTA operating costs leaves out the truth about where the money goes.
That late night rant was just illustrated perfectly. For over two straight hours (not exaggerating) two MTA workers sat, in uniform, outside the laundromat beneath the 30th ave stop talking about how they do extra acting work. Clearly they’re important to the job.
It was infuriating.
I have one service change to add, PATH trains aren’t running to World Trade Center on Sunday from 7:00am to 11:00am due to September 11th Ceremonies, use the 6 Avenue Line to the subway for lower Manhattan (no mention if that transfer would be free). That’s from PATH Vision, or whatever the TV screens on the PA-5s are called
Anyone else notice the MTA updated the subway map on their website and the PDF has the old color scheme?
Well, the L is out, so I slogged to the M today. It’s strange how sometimes they’re kind enough to extend it to Manhattan for us, and sometimes they aren’t.
When the L isn’t running between Brooklyn and Manhattan, the M is extended to Manhattan. When the closure is elsewhere, the M is not extended to Manhattan.
Not always. If the L stops at Bedford, they don’t change the M. If the L stops further east, they do. Trust me on this. I live in Bushwick and have been watching this pattern for months now.
If the L terminates at Bedford, there’s usually a (crush loaded) shuttle train continuing into Manhattan. The M doesn’t run in addition to the L shuttle train.
Are you saying that there have been weekends with no L service whatsoever between Bedford and Manhattan and no M either?
Todd, those aren’t really MTA workers, but they do play MTA workers on TV.
“…the contents of this threat”? Freudian slip anyone?