For weekend straphangers, December is always a welcome month. Weekend work slows down considerably, and taking the trains on Saturday and Sunday is a decidedly humane experience. Now it’s January, and well, things are B-A-D.
The MTA is conducting work that impacts 15 lines this weekend, but that hardly tells the entire story. For seven of the next eight weekends, Q service is suspended between Prospect Park and 57th St., and on Monday evening, Transit’s FasTrack program takes center stage as the 4, 5 and 6 enjoy some weeknight shutdowns. Anyway, you know the drill. Subway Weekender has your map.
From 4 a.m. Saturday, January 7 to 10 p.m. Sunday, January 8, downtown 2 trains operate express from East 180th Street to 3rd Avenue/149th Street due to track panel installation at East 180th Street.
From 10 p.m. Friday, January 6 to 5 a.m., Monday, January 9, 2 trains run local in both directions between 34th Street-Penn Station and Chambers Street due to switch renewal north of 14th Street.
From 10 p.m. Friday, January 6 to 5 a.m. Monday, January 9, there is no 3 service between 34th Street-Penn Station and New Lots Avenue due to switch renewal north of 14th Street. 2 and 4 trains provide alternate service.
From 10 p.m. Friday, January 6 to 5 a.m. Monday, January 9, 4 train service is extended to and from New Lots Avenue replacing the 3 in Brooklyn due to switch renewal north of 14th Street. Trains run local in both directions between Atlantic Avenue and New Lots Avenue.
From 10 p.m. Friday, January 6 to 5 a.m. Monday, January 9, downtown 4 trains run express from 14th Street-Union Square to Brooklyn Bridge due to work on the Broadway/Lafayette-to-Bleecker Street transfer construction and station painting at Astor Place and Spring Street.
From 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., Saturday, January 7 and from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., Sunday, January 8, downtown 5 trains run express from East 180th Street to 3rd Avenue-149th Street due to track panel installation at East 180th Street. Note: Trains run every 20 minutes during this time.
From 10 p.m. Friday, January 6 to 5 a.m. Monday, January 9, downtown 6 trains run express from 14th Street-Union Square to Brooklyn Bridge due to work on the Broadway/Lafayette-to-Bleecker Street transfer construction and station painting at Astor Place and Spring Street.
From 11 p.m. Friday, January 6 to 4:45 a.m. Monday, January 9, free shuttle buses replace A trains between Beach 90th Street and Far Rockaway due to track panel installation from Beach 67th to Beach 60th Streets. (Repeats next two weekends.)
From 6:30 a.m. to midnight, Saturday, January 7 and Sunday, January 8, downtown C trains skip 50th, 23rd, and Spring Streets due to electrical and substation work at Jay Street-MetroTech.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, January 7 to 5 a.m. Monday, January 9, Brooklyn-bound D trains run via the N from 36th Street to Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue due to station and line structure rehabilitation near 25th Avenue.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, January 7 to 5 a.m. Monday, January 9, E trains run via the F line in both directions between 36th Street in Queens and West 4th Street due to work on the 5th Avenue Interlocking Signal System. E platforms at 5th Avenue, Lexington Avenue-53rd Street and Court Square are closed.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, January 7 to 5 a.m. Monday, January 9, Brooklyn-bound F trains run via the A line from West 4th Street to Jay Street-MetroTech due to electrical and substation work at Jay Street-MetroTech.
From 12:01 a.m. to 5:30 a.m., Saturday, January 7, Manhattan-bound F trains run local from Forest Hills-71st Avenue to Roosevelt Avenue due to track maintenance work between 65th Street and Northern Boulevard.
From 4 a.m. Saturday, January 7 to 10 p.m. January 8, Jamaica Center-bound J trains skip Kosciuszko Street, Gates Avenue, Halsey Street and Chauncey Street due to track panel installation north of Hewes Street.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, January 7 to 5 a.m. Monday, January 9, uptown N and R trains skip Prince, 8th, 23rd, and 28th Streets due to track replacement south of 28th Street and track maintenance at 8th Street.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, January 7 to 5 a.m. Monday, January 9, N trains stop at DeKalb Avenue in both directions due to track replacement work at Atlantic Avenue.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, January 7 to 5 a.m., January 9, there is no Q trains service between 57th Street-7th Avenue and Prospect Park due to track replacement work at Atlantic Avenue. For service between 57th Street-7th Avenue and Atlantic Avenue-Pacific Street, customers may take the R or N instead. Free shuttle buses provide service between Atlantic Avenue-Pacific Street and Prospect Park. (Repeats next three weekends in January and last three weekends in February.)
(Rockaway Shuttle)
From 11 p.m. Friday, January 6 to 4:45 a.m. Monday, January 9, A trains replace S trains between Broad Channel and Rockaway Park due to track panel installation from Beach 67th to Beach 60th Streets. Free shuttle buses replace A trains between Beach 90th Street and Far Rockaway. (Repeats next two weekends.)
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Qpocalypse = 🙂
Is there a reason they aren’t extending the Q to Franklin Ave along the S tracks during the construction? The S is single tracked but are the Q trains running frequently enough on a weekend for this to be an issue? Are the switches which would be needed still in place? Is there some other reason this couldn’t be done?
The Franlkin Ave. stations are simply not at all long enough for a 10-car set.
Yeah, after I posted I was wondering if short platforms were the reason. Thanks for cluing in someone who has been to that area a few times but mostly knows it from what I read.
Does anyone know when the Broadway/Lafayette/Bleecker connection is set to open? I remember reading somewhere it’s in February 2012, but I’m not sure. It’s going to change my weekend travel for the better once it opens and I’m getting excited for it.
I’ve been wondering about that matter, also. I seem to remember that they said it would open in January.
I heard February too, though that was months ago. I’m looking forward to it.