With New York under the threat of snow for the first time this winter, the MTA has scaled back a good amount of the planned weekend work. Still, some service advisories remain in place, and you can read all about them below. Before that, though, check out the details on Tuesday’s Problem Solvers event that I’m hosting at the Transit Museum. We’re talking Fix & Fortify, and I’d love to see you there.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, January 24 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, January 26 4 service operates in two sections. To continue your trip, transfer at 125 St.
- Between Woodlawn and 125 St.
- Between 125 St and Crown Hts-Utica Av/New Lots Av.
From 11:45 p.m. Friday, January 23 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, January 26, Crown Hts-Utica Av bound 4 trains skip 138 St-Grand Concourse.
From 11:45 p.m. Friday, January 23 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, January 26, 5 service is suspended in both directions between E 180 St and Bowling Green. Take the 2 or 4 instead. 5 shuttle trains run all weekend between Eastchester-Dyre Av and E 180 St.
From 7:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Saturday, January 24, and from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Sunday, January 25, 6 trains run every 16 minutes between Parkchester and Pelham Bay Park. The last stop for some trains headed toward Pelham Bay Park is Parkchester. To continue your trip, transfer at Parkchester for a Pelham Bay Park-bound 6.
From 2:00 a.m. Saturday, January 24 to 4:30 a.m. Monday, January 26, 7 trains are suspended between Times Sq-42 St and Queensboro Plaza. Use EFNQ trains between Manhattan and Queens. Free shuttle buses make all stops between Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av and Queensboro Plaza. The 42 Street S shuttle operates overnight. Q service is extended to Ditmars Blvd from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 24, and from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 25.
From 2:00 a.m. Saturday, January 24 to 4:30 a.m. Monday, January 26, Flushing-Main St bound 7 trains run express from Queensboro Plaza to 74 St-Broadway.
From 11:45 p.m. Friday, January 23 to 6:00 a.m. Sunday, January 25, and from 11:45 p.m. Sunday, January 25 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, January 26, Queens-bound A trains run express from 59 St-Columbus Circle to Canal St.
From 6:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Saturday, January 24, and Sunday, January 25, Euclid Av-bound C trains run express from 59 St-Columbus Circle to Canal St. C trains run every 15 minutes. Allow additional travel time.
From 11:45 p.m. Friday, January 23 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, January 26, E trains are suspended in both directions between Jamaica Center Parsons-Archer and Briarwood-Van Wyck Blvd. Free shuttle buses operate between Jamaica Center and Union Tpke, stopping at Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av, Jamaica-Van Wyck, and Briarwood-Van Wyck Blvd. Transfer between E trains and free shuttle buses at Union Tpke or Briarwood-Van Wyck Blvd. For additional connections between Manhattan and Jamaica Center, consider the A and J via a transfer at Broadway Junction.
From 11:45 p.m. Friday, January 23 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, January 26, World Trade Center-bound E trains run express from 34 St-Penn Station to Canal St.
From 11:15 p.m. Friday, January 23, to 5:00 a.m. Monday, January 26, Coney Island-Stillwell Av bound F trains are rerouted via the M line from Roosevelt Av to 47-50 Sts/Rock Ctr.
From 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Saturday, January 24, and from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Sunday, January 25, Q service is extended to Astoria-Ditmars Blvd.
42 St Shuttle
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, January 24, to 6:00 a.m. Monday, January 26, the 42 St S Shuttle operates overnight.
5 comments
Snow? The prediction was up to a few inches. I can’t see how that impedes an 850,000# train with 80 wheels etc.
the construction workers find it unpleasant. The work they are doing doesn’t get done correctly because it gets contaminated with ice. The switches do too and they won’t have to operate if they cancel the work.
Also, it’s dangerous working on tracks covered with snow/ice. It impedes workers, not trains.
I think you’ll find that the traction shoes can loose contact with the power rail rather easily if there is snow and ice on the rails.
Also the wheels can easily skid on ice too which makes braking rather hard.
Even 850,000 lb trains can be delicate little flowers at times.
that’s why the subway and the LIRR and Metro North will run trains all night long when the weather involves frozen water. It scraps the ice off the third rail. And if it doesn’t they find out about it at 4 AM instead of when the first train of the day gets stuck.