The third rail guard has seen better days. Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City Transit
Well, that was a busy day. In case you missed it, a Manhattan-bound F train derailed near 65th St. this morning. Luckily, only 19 passengers were injured and four of them seriously, but it snarled service along the Queens Boulevard lines all day. Transit was able to restore some service for the evening rush, but as of 10 p.m., no trains are running there in order to facilitate removal of the derailed train. That outage will last at least until 9 a.m. (instead of 7 a.m., as originally announced).
Meanwhile, as the MTA works to restore full service and inspect the rails while serving people’s transit needs, work on the J, M and 7 have been canceled. The rest of the weekend service changes are as follows:
From 11:45 p.m. Friday, May 2 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, May 5, Manhattan-bound 1 trains run express from 145 St to 96 St due to steel repairs from 125 St to 133 St.
From 11:30 p.m. Friday, May 2 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, May 5, 2 trains are suspended in both directions between Franklin Av and Flatbush Av Brooklyn College due to switch renewal north of Nostrand Av. Free shuttle buses provide alternative service, making all subway stops between Franklin Av and Flatbush Av Brooklyn College
From 11:30 p.m. Friday, May 2 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, May 5, 3 trains are suspended due to switch renewal north of Nostrand Av. 2 trains and free shuttle buses provide alternate service. In Brooklyn, free shuttle buses operate between Franklin Av and New Lots Av. Transfer between 2 trains and free shuttle buses at Franklin Av. In Harlem, free shuttle buses serve 135 St, 145 St, and 148 St. Transfer between 2 trains and free shuttle buses at 135 St.
From 11:30 p.m. Friday, May 2 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, May 5 4 trains are suspended in both directions between Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr and New Lots Av due to switch renewal north of Nostrand Av. 2 trains and free shuttle buses provide alternate service. Transfer between 2 trains and free shuttle buses at Franklin Av.
From 7:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Saturday, May 3, and from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Sunday, May 4, 6 trains run every 16 minutes between 3 Av-138 St and Pelham Bay Park due to track panel installation at St Lawrence Av, and track maintenance at Cypress Av. The last stop for some Pelham Bay Park bound 6 trains is 3 Av-138 St.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, May 3 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, May 5, Coney Island Stillwell Av-bound N trains run local between 36 St and 59 St due to track tie renewal south of 36 St.
From 10:45 p.m. Friday, May 2 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, May 5, Coney Island-bound Q trains run express from Newkirk Av to Sheepshead Bay due to track panel work from Church Av to Newkirk Av, and at Brighton Beach.
From 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Saturday, May 3, and from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Sunday, May 4, Q trains are extended to Astoria Ditmars Blvd due to CBTC signal work on the 7.
From 11:30 p.m. Friday, May 2 to 6:00 a.m. Sunday, May 4, and from 11:30 p.m. Sunday, May 4 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, May 5, R trains are suspended between 59 St and 36 St in Brooklyn due to track tie renewal south of 36 St.
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Service still suspended between Roosevelt Av and Queens Plaza/21 St-Queensbridge until further notice.
So if you’re coming from Jamaica you can only get as far as Roosevelt Avenue?
I’m so glad I don’t have to use the subway this weekend.
Actually, to follow up my comment, just looked it up now; wouldn’t be restored till 1 PM (which was about 10 minutes ago).
“The subway rail that snapped beneath an F train, injuring 19 straphangers, was manufactured last November and installed just weeks ago, an MTA spokesman said Saturday.”
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new.....z30ftUvfCa
That is about the last thing I wanted to hear.
And at least SOME pieces of the original IRT from 110 years ago are still there! That’s how they made things then, and that’s how they make things now.
Sounds like they may have to do a bunch of Fastracks to go back and inspect the quality of the rails put in during the recent Fastracks, to see if this particular batch has any others that are substandard.
(It will also be interesting to see if the MTA is out at least one four-car set of R-46 units. If the impact was strong enough to bend one of the tunnel supports, there may be frame damage issues on at least one of the cars.)