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Weekend work affecting 11 lines

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Benjamin Kabak

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The weekend shutdowns on the 7 line return. Otherwise, nothing too crazy.


From 11:30 p.m. Friday, May 30 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, June 2, 1 trains are suspended in both directions between 96 St and Van Cortlandt Park-242 St due to brick arch repair work at 168 St and 181 St, and repair work in area of 125 St. AC trains, M3 and free shuttle buses provide alternate service.


From 11:30 p.m. Friday, May 30 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, June 2, 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 30 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, June 2, 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 30 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, June 2, 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 2:00 a.m. Saturday, May 31 to 4:30 a.m. Monday, June 2, 7 trains are suspended between Times Square-42 St and 74 St-Broadway in both directions due to track panel installation north of 69 St. EFNRS and free shuttle buses provide alternate service. Shuttle buses operate along two routes:

  • Between Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av and Queensboro Plaza making station stops at Queensboro Plaza, Queens Plaza, Court Square, Hunters Point Av and Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av.
  • Between Queensboro Plaza and 74 St-Broadway making station stops at 33 St, 40 St, 46 St, 52 St, Woodside-61 St, and 69 St.


From 11:45 p.m. Friday, May 30 to 6:00 a.m. Sunday, June 1, and from 11:45 p.m. Sunday, June 1 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, June 2, Inwood-207 St-bound A trains run express from Canal St to 125 St due to track tie and track plate renewal at 59 St-Columbus Circle.


From 6:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Saturday, May 31, and Sunday June 1, 168 St-bound C trains run express from Canal St to 125 St due to track tie and track plate renewal at 59 St-Columbus Circle.


From 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Saturday, May 31, and from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Sunday, June 1, E trains run more frequently between Manhattan and Queens due to CPM duct bank work north of Times Square-42 St, and track panel installation north of 69 St on the 7 line.


From 11:45 p.m. Friday, May 30, to Monday, June 2, Coney Island Stilwell Av-bound F trains skip Sutphin Blvd, Briarwood-Van Wyck Blvd, and 75 Av due to rail work south of Parsons Blvd.


From 11:30 p.m. Friday, May 30, to Monday, June 2, Coney Island Stilwell Av-bound F trains run express between Jay St-MetroTech and Church Av due to signal work at Church Av.


From 11:00 p.m. Friday, May 30 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, June 2, G trains are suspended between Church Av and Hoyt-Schermerhorns Sts due to signal work at Church Av.

(42 St Shuttle)
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, May 31 to 6:00 a.m. Monday June 2, due to work on the 7 line, the 42 St Shuttle operates overnight due to CPM duct bank work north of Times Square-42 St, and track panel installation north of 69 St on the 7 line.

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8 responses to “Weekend work affecting 11 lines”

  1. Walt Gekko

    One thing I would do now if I were Cuomo is order ANY changes scheduled for NEXT Saturday (June 7) that affect the E, F, J or ANY subway that connects to those lines at any point be suspended in order to accommodate people traveling by a combination of subway and LIRR or bus to and from Belmont Park for the Belmont Stakes, with extra LIRR service specifically between Sutphin Boulevard (transfer point between the E, J and LIRR, with the LIRR service on top of extra service from Penn Station) with extra special express shuttle buses between the Archer Avenue (E/J) station and Belmont Park AND the 179th Street (F) station and Belmont Park.

    With as many as 140,000 expected for next Saturday at Belmont Park for The Belmont Stakes to see California Chrome try for the Triple Crown, it would be wise to do such as well as also work on deals with SEPTA and NJ Transit to provide joint extra service between 30th Street in Philly and Trenton (on SEPTA) and Trenton and Penn Station (on NJ Transit).

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    1. Tower18

      My God, what? Nobody is going to do SEPTA to Trenton, NJ Transit to Penn, and then LIRR to Belmont.

      Also, as you’ve done before here and on other boards, you drastically overstate the importance and impact of horse racing events. If 140,000 show up to Belmont, the vast vast majority of them will drive, and no funky service patterns will change that.

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      1. Walt Gekko

        They did for Smarty Jones in 2004.

        And yes, people actually do SEPTA OR Patco/RiverLINE to Trenton/NJT to Penn Station/LIRR to Belmont, especially on Belmont Stakes day.

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  2. Brandon

    Got caught up in the G/F changes last night. Seems unnecessarily cruel to me to do more than one change on the same line in the same direction at the same time. Now I see why people complain about the G so much.

    To go from Bedford-Nostrand on the G to the 4th Ave line, I would have had to do: G to Hoyt, A to Jay, F to 7th Ave, F to 4th-9th, and then get the D/N/R.

    What I ended up doing is walking from Hoyt-Schermerhorn to Atlantic and paying another swipe. Whereas if only one of these changes had happened I probably would have just taken the extra time/ride.

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    1. Tower18

      Getting off at the Fulton G would have been a lot closer for that maneuver. Or you could have done Hoyt-Schermerhorn G to Hoyt St 2/3 to Atlantic, and then on from there.

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    2. Simon

      It’s not possible to do only one of those service changes at the same time. If one of the local tracks is out of service, the F must run express and the G has to be cut back.

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  3. barman

    Well the bus lanes on 125th are here and (surprise surprise) are generally worthless as delivery trucks and even NYPD completely ignore the paint and use the lanes to double park.

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  4. Michael

    Service to the westside of Manhattan is really screwed up this weekend with #1 trains being replaced by a series of shuttle buses north of 96th Street to Van Cortlandt Park, with directions to take the C-train that is by-passing westside stations, as well as A-trains.

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