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Weekend work impacting all the subway lines

by Benjamin Kabak

Well, maybe not all, but just about. If you’re riding the D, G or L trains this weekend, you’re OK. Everyone else, pay attention….that is, after this YouTube video of LIRR crews rerailing a derailed train. Enjoy.


From 11:30 p.m. Friday, March 22 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 25, there is no 1 train service between 14th Street and Rector Street due to signal operations and gap filler testing in the old South Ferry Terminal. Customers may take 2 or 3 trains and free shuttle buses as alternatives.

  • Free shuttle buses operate between Chambers Street and South Ferry.
  • 1 trains run express in both directions between 34th Street and 14th Street
  • 2 and 3 trains run local in both directions between 34th Street and Chambers Street
  • Overnight: Downtown 1 trains run local from Times Square-42nd Street to 14th Street


From 11:30 p.m. Friday, March 22 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 25, there are no 2 trains between 3rd Avenue-149th Street and 135th Street due to station rehabilitation at 149th Street-Grand Concourse. 2 service operates in two sections:

  • Between 241st Street and 3rd Avenue-149th Street
  • Between the 148th Street (3) station and Flatbush Avenue

Free shuttle buses operate in three segments:

  • Between 3rd Avenue-149th Street and 135th Street only
  • Between 3rd Avenue-149th Street and 149th Street-Grand Concourse only
  • Between 149th Street-Grand Concourse and 135th Street only

Note: 5 service is suspended between East 180th Street and 149th Street-Grand Concourse.


From 11:30 p.m. Friday, March 22 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 25, 2 trains run local in both directions between 34th Street and Chambers Street due to signal operations and gap filler testing in the old South Ferry Terminal.


From 6:30 a.m. to 12 midnight, Saturday, March 23 and Sunday, March 24, 3 trains run local in both directions between 34th Street and Chambers Street due to signal operations and gap filler testing in the old South Ferry Terminal.


From 11:45 p.m. Friday, March 22 to 6:30 a.m. Saturday, March 23, and from 11:45 p.m. Saturday, March 23 to 6:30 a.m. Sunday, March 24 and from 11:45 p.m. Sunday, March 24 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 25, downtown 4 trains run express from 125th Street to Grand Central-42nd Street due to track tie block work near 96th Street and 103rd Street.


From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, March 23 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 25, uptown 4 trains run local from Brooklyn Bridge to Grand Central-42nd Street due to electrical work at 14th Street-Union Square.


From 6 a.m. to 11 p.m., Saturday, March 23 and Sunday, March 24, there are no 5 trains between East 180th Street and 149th Street-Grand Concourse due to station rehabilitation at 149th Street-Grand Concourse. 5 service operates in two sections:

  • Between Dyre Avenue and East 180th Street
  • Between 149th Street-Grand Concourse and Bowling Green, every 20 minutes

Customers should use 2 trains and free shuttle buses.

  • Take the 2 between East 180th Street and 3rd Avenue-149th Street.
  • Take the 149th Street shuttle bus between 3rd Avenue-149th Street and 149th Street-Grand Concourse.

Note: There is no 2 service between 3rd Avenue-149th Street and 135th Street.


From 6 a.m. to 11 p.m., Saturday, March 23 and Sunday, March 24, uptown 5 trains run local from Brooklyn Bridge to Grand Central-42nd Street due to electrical work at 14th Street-Union Square.


From 11:45 p.m. Friday, March 22 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 25, downtown 6 trains run express from 125th Street to Grand Central-42nd Street due to track tie block work near 96th Street and 103rd Street.


From 11:45 p.m. Friday, March 22 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 25 (last of 13 weekends), there is no 7 train service between Times Square-42nd Street and Queensboro Plaza due to Flushing Line CBTC work. Customers may take the E, N, Q and S (42nd Street shuttle) and free shuttle buses as alternatives.

  • Use the E, N or Q* between Manhattan and Queens
  • Free shuttle buses operate between Vernon Blvd-Jackson Avenue and Queensboro Plaza
  • In Manhattan, the 42nd Street S Shuttle operates overnight

*Q service is extended to Ditmars Blvd. (See Q entry for hours of operation.)


From 10:45 p.m. Friday, March 22 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 25, uptown A trains are rerouted via the F line from Jay Street-MetroTech to West 4th Street, then local to 59th Street-Columbus Circle due to cable work north of Jay Street-MetroTech.


From 11:45 p.m. Friday, March 22 to 6:30 a.m. Saturday, March 23, from 11:45 p.m. Saturday, March 23 to 6:30 a.m. Sunday, March 24 and from 11:45 p.m. Sunday, March 24 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 25, Queens-bound A trains run express from Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts to Utica Avenue due to platform edge and tile work at Utica Avenue.


From 6:30 a.m. to 11 p.m., Saturday, March 23 and Sunday, March 24, 168th Street-bound C trains are rerouted via the F line from Jay Street-MetroTech to West 4th Street due to cable work north of Jay Street-MetroTech.


From 6:30 a.m. to 11 p.m., Saturday, March 23 and Sunday, March 24, Euclid Avenue-bound C trains run express from Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts to Utica Avenue due to platform edge and tile work at Utica Avenue.


From 10:45 p.m. Friday, March 22 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 25, Queens-bound E trains run express from Canal Street to 34th Street-Penn Station due to cable work north of Jay Street-MetroTech.


From 12:15 a.m. to 6:30 a.m., Saturday, March 23 and Sunday, March 24 and from 12:15 a.m. to 5 a.m., Monday, March 25, Jamaica Center-bound E trains run express from Roosevelt Avenue to Forest Hills-71st Avenue due to ADA work at Forest Hills-71st Avenue.


From 11:45 p.m. Friday, March 22 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 25, Coney Island-bound F trains run express from 34th Street-Herald Square to West 4th Street due to electrical work at 34th Street-Herald Square.


From 5:30 a.m. Saturday, March 23 to 10 p.m. Sunday, March 24, there is no J train service between Crescent Street and Jamaica Center due to structural rehabilitation from Cypress Hills to 130th Street. Free shuttle buses and E trains provide alternate service.

  • J trains operate between Chambers Street and Crescent Street
  • Free shuttle buses operate between Crescent Street and 121st Street, and connect with the E at Jamaica-Van Wyck, where service to and from Sutphin Blvd and Jamaica Center is available.


Until August 2013, M trains will bypass Central Avenue in both directions due to station rehabilitation work at Central Avenue.


From 11:45 p.m. Friday, March 22 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 25, Brooklyn-bound N trains run express from 34th Street-Herald Square to Canal Street due to track maintenance at 8th Street.


From 11:15 p.m. Friday, March 22 to 5 a.m. Monday, March 25, Coney Island-bound Q trains run express from Prospect Park to Kings Highway due to NYCDOT Emergency Concrete Removal south of Parkside Avenue Station.


From 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday, March 23 and from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, March 24, Q trains are extended to Ditmars Blvd. in order to augment service between Manhattan and Queens.


From 6:30 a.m. to midnight, Saturday, March 23 and Sunday, March 24, Brooklyn-bound R trains run express from 34th Street-Herald Square to Canal Street due to track maintenance at 8th Street.


From 6:30 a.m. to midnight, Saturday, March 23 and Sunday, March 24, Queens-bound R trains run express from Roosevelt Avenue to Forest Hills-71st Street due to ADA work at Forest Hills-71st Avenue.

(42nd Street Shuttle) (Overnights)
From 12:01 a.m. to 6 a.m. Saturday, March 23, Sunday, March 24, and Monday, March 25, 42nd Street S shuttle operates overnight due to weekend work on the 7 line.


From 9 p.m. Friday, March 22 to 4 a.m. Monday, March 25, all SIR trains will be terminating at the Tompkinsville Station due to maintenance and repair work inside the St. George Terminal. Shuttle buses will provide alternate transportation between Tompkinsville and St. George.

  • St. George shuttle buses will leave from the Skyway
  • Tompkinsville buses will leave from Bay Street/Victory Blvd.

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22 comments

Someone March 23, 2013 - 11:46 am

If Central Avenue on the M is closed until August, it shouldn’t be classified under just “weekend work”.

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VLM March 23, 2013 - 11:50 am

Please take this personally: Go away.

Why are you obnoxiously telling Ben how to run his site anyway?

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John March 23, 2013 - 12:26 pm

He’s never going to go away. Being obnoxious on this comment board might be the only thing he enjoys.

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Someone March 23, 2013 - 2:00 pm

No one has the right to tell me to go away

~I never said

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Someone March 23, 2013 - 2:00 pm

I am not obnoxious. I am merely pointing something out.

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John S March 23, 2013 - 8:26 pm

Actually, you are being obnoxious. Ben didn’t just cook these notifications up – they’re straight from the MTA.

Every time you think of posting, STOP. Then, consider whether it’s actually on topic and will further the conversation in a practical and informative way. If it’s argumentative and picayune, keep it to yourself. Wait a few hours and see if ‘someone else’ says it (many people who follow this blog can think of clever analyses), then bring it up. Getting the ‘first post’ (forgive me Slashdot) is really not that cool and it gives the appearance of being a troll.

Please also consider posting with an actual name, or something close to it. “Someone” really isn’t that witty, and it looks like you’re hiding something. Don’t worry if we can’t equate the ‘old you’ with the ‘new you.’ If the ‘new you’ contributes meaningfully to conversations, that’ll matter far more than your ‘reputation.’

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Someone March 23, 2013 - 10:01 pm

Don’t you think I know? Do you seriously think, as some other commenters do, that I actually comment without thinking about it beforehand?

Someone March 23, 2013 - 10:02 pm

I’ll consider posting with an actual name next time around, also. (Actually, my real name’s Ryan.)

Chris C March 24, 2013 - 10:48 am

Just posting under a new name won’t help unless you change the nature of your posts – which is the issue people are having with you not your name.

Read the advice John S posted above (and the advice I that Ben also posted to you on another thread) and then follow it.

Someone March 24, 2013 - 2:39 pm

Who said I was posting under a new name?

Chris C March 24, 2013 - 3:07 pm

Are you being deliberately obtuse?

I never said you were posting under a new / real name (and you yourself said you were considering doing so) just that IF you did then unless you change the way you post then your posts will just continue to annoy others who are using this site.

Just take the advice freely offered and think before you post.

You are seriously spoiling other peoples enjoyment of this site by your large number of totally unnecessary and unhelpful posts.

If and when you do post helpful stuff it won’t get read because people will just filter it out because of all the totally unhelpful posts you have made.

Someone March 24, 2013 - 4:13 pm

I do think before I post…

Alex March 25, 2013 - 1:32 pm

Obviously you don’t think long and hard enough. Just wait an hour before posting. If it still seems relevant then, then post.

Jerrold March 23, 2013 - 10:49 pm

It IS logically included in weekend work.
Since when does “weekend work” mean only one weekend?
It includes anything that is in effect on the current weekend, even if something is in effect on more than one weekend, or at all times until further notice.

When I receive my weekly E-mails from Transit regarding a few train lines that include the F, they have been saying that the Smith-9th St. station is closed. It has been closed 24/7, but 24/7 includes the weekend.

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Jerrold March 23, 2013 - 10:52 pm

P.S.
This message was intended as a reply to the very first message on this list.

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tacony palmyra March 23, 2013 - 7:28 pm

D train ALL DAY son. 24/7 express, never has problems. Best train.

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Patrick March 23, 2013 - 7:50 pm

Haha, yes I am quite fond of the D train (and its service patterns) as well (especially its 24/7 express service (which is particularly wonderful along Central Park West–that’s a nightmare on a local!)).

~Patrick @ The LIRR Today

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Andrew March 24, 2013 - 7:37 pm

How is it a nightmare on a local? It takes a few extra minutes at most.

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Tower18 March 25, 2013 - 10:34 am

Agreed, the CPW locals are remarkably efficient. It doesn’t help that the expresses often go slower than the locals.

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Ryan March 24, 2013 - 8:56 am

Not “24/7 express”. The D runs local in Brooklyn during late nights and local in the Bronx during non-rush hours.

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John March 24, 2013 - 4:04 pm

YOU ARE LITERALLY THE WORST

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Ryan March 24, 2013 - 6:32 pm

To quote what John S said to Someone above:

Every time you think of posting, STOP. Then, consider whether it’s actually on topic and will further the conversation in a practical and informative way. If it’s argumentative and picayune, keep it to yourself.

Maybe you should heed his advice.

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