The MTA has a full slate of weekend work planned for the next few days, but for the technologically-dependent among us, the worse news concerns the countdown clocks. For 12 full hours, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, the countdown clocks along the East and West Side IRT lines will be off. Transit says the temporary outage is due to “system maintenance on the Automatic Train Supervision system.” The clock themselves will not be touched, and they’ll go back on tomorrow evening.
This temporary move makes me laugh a bit. I’ve become so accustomed to riding on lines with the countdown clocks that I find myself far more impatient during waits on B Division platforms. Tomorrow, we go back to staring into dark tunnels awaiting the next train.
Meanwhile, it’s Friday, and you know what that means. Subway Weekender has the map.
From 12:01 a.m. to 6:30 a.m., Sunday, February 26 and from 12:01 a.m. to 5 a.m. Monday, February 27, uptown 4 trains run express from Brooklyn Bridge to 14th Street-Union Square due to work on the Broadway/Lafayette-to-Bleecker Street transfer connection and station painting at Astor Place and Spring Street.
From 12:01 a.m. Sunday, February 26 to 5 a.m. Monday, February 27, downtown 4 trains run local from 125th to Grand Central-42nd Street due to station time signal enhancements.
From 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., Sunday, February 26, downtown 5 trains run local from 125th Street to Grand Central-42nd Street due to station time signal enhancements.
From 12:01 a.m. Sunday, February 26 to 5 a.m. Monday, February 27, uptown 6 trains run express from Brooklyn Bridge to 14th Street-Union Square due to work on the Broadway/Lafayette-to-Bleecker Street transfer connection and station painting at Astor Place and Spring Street.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, February 25 to 5 a.m. Monday, February 27, there are no 7 trains between Times Square-42nd Street and Queensboro Plaza due to track panel installation and CBTC work south of Queensboro Plaza, ADA work at Court Square and station renewal at Hunters Point Avenue. Customers should take the N, R, E or F between Manhattan and Queens. Free shuttle buses operate between Vernon Blvd-Jackson Avenue and Queensboro Plaza. In Manhattan, the 42nd Street shuttle (S) operates overnight. (Repeats next five weekends through March 31-Apr 2.)
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, February 25 to 5 a.m. Monday, February 27, A trains run local in both directions between 145th Street and 168th Street and from 6:30 a.m. to 11 p.m., Saturday, February 25, and Sunday, February 26, there is no C train service between 145th Street and 168th Street due to track maintenance. Customers should take the A instead.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, February 25 to 5 a.m. Monday, February 27, Brooklyn-bound D trains run via the N line from 36th Street to Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue due to station and line structure rehabilitation near 9th Avenue. Note: Free transfers are available at New Utrecht Avenue-62nd Street with MetroCards. This out-of-system transfer at street level via New Utrecht Avenue is available until May 2012. Look for instructions on station signs.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, February 25 to 5 a.m. Monday, February 27, there is no L train service between Broadway Junction and 8th Avenue due to signal removal. The M train, M14 bus and free shuttle buses provide alternate service.
- M service is extended to the 57th Street F station.
- Customers may take to M14 bus between 1st Avenue and 8th Avenue.
- Free shuttle bus operates in three sections:
- Between Broadway Junction and Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs.
- Between Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs and Lorimer Street-Metropolitan Avenue (G)
- Between Lorimer Street-Metropolitan Ave (G) and Marcy Ave (J, M)
Note: Manhattan-bound customers may transfer to the A, C or J train at Broadway Junction or the M at Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs or Marcy Ave.
From 6 a.m. to 12 midnight, Saturday, February 25 and from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m., Sunday, February 26, M service is extended to the 57th Street (F) station due to L suspension.
From 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday, February 25, and from 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sunday, February 26, some N trains operate between Ditmars Blvd and 34fh Street-Herald Square due to track panel installation and CBTC work south of Queensboro Plaza, ADA work at Court Square and station renewal at Hunters Point Avenue.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, February 25 to 5 a.m. Monday, February 27, N trains stop at DeKalb Avenue in both directions all weekend in order to provide a transfer to and from Q trains.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, February 25 to 5 a.m. Monday, February 27, there is no Q train service between 57th Street-7th Avenue and DeKalb Avenue. Q trains will operate to and from Whitehall Street on the R line. Customers may take the N between 57th Street-7th Avenue and DeKalb Avenue or the R between 57th Street-7th Avenue and Whitehall Street.
(42nd Street Shuttle)
From 12:01 a.m. to 6 a.m., Saturday, February 25, Sunday, February 26 and Monday, February 27, 42nd Street operates overnight due to the 7 line suspension between Queens and Manhattan.
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Im surprised none of the outside work is canceled due to the high winds
Several G.O.s were canceled for that reason.
What’s the point for the Q work? If the Q is reaching Manhattan at Whitehall and the rest of the Broadway service is running, why the truncation there? I don’t get it.
That is very odd because since why can’t they continue the “Q” even via whitehall. Also the N stopping at DeKalb pointless since the Q stops there too.
The N stopping at DeKalb is very nice and generous of NYCS. That makes the transfer from the Q on the Brighton line to the N that is serving Manhattan much easier. Instead of using the passageway at Atlantic, cross the platform at DeKalb.
That indicates track work on the express tracks somewhere south of Times Square, but north of Canal Street. The crossovers north of 34th Street must be unavailable.
If the work stretches north of Times Square the crossovers south of the 57th Street terminal may be unavailable too.
So the local tracks are mostly if not completely unaffected, but the Q terminates at the furthest north it can go, Whitehall St.
The work cannot be on the express tracks, since there are extra N trains running from Queens to Herald Sq and terminating on the express tracks. Even if the work were in Manhattan somewhere, the Q would just go via Broadway Local, like the N.
Track maps (http://images.nycsubway.org/tr.....aydklb.png) show that the work can only be on the track connecting the Brighton to the bridge track. As such, Q trains are forced to run via the tunnel and N trains are stopping at Dekalb so passengers can transfer across the platform.
I would guess that the MTA is trying to save money by not running the Q all the way to Queens via Whitehall.
Article on the Times website about the arrogant NIMBYs on East 69th St.: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02.....1&hpw
I love it!
I love that quote too, and also the one near the end: “Elitism of the worst sort”.