The Train of Many Colors will celebrate the Mets’ NLDS appearance this weekend.
The Mets don’t make the NLCS too often these days, and the MTA is pulling out the stops to celebrate. On both Saturday and Sunday this weekend, the 11-car Train of Many Colors will run from 34th St.-Hudson Yards to Willets Point-Mets via the 7 line. If last week’s 4 train ride to the Bronx is any indication, the 7’s own Nostalgia Train will be packed full with Mets and rail fans alike. Unlike the 4, this one ain’t running non-stop. The train will make express stops along the 7 en route to Citi Field, and you can catch it at 6:30 p.m. each night from the newest subway station in the system. That will be quite a sight.
On another note, this weekend is Open House New York, and it’s also the last chance for New Yorkers to check out the old TWA Flight Center in front of JetBlue’s Terminal 5 at JFK Airport before it turns into a hotel. It’s open from 11-3 p.m. on Sunday, and no reservations are required. I’ve seen it twice, and I can’t recommend the trip enough. Check it all out right here on OHNY’s website.
Meanwhile, there are some service changes this weekend. You know the drill. Click through for all the details.
From 11:30 p.m. Friday, October 16 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, October 19, 1 trains are suspended in both directions between 14 St and South Ferry. Take the 2345R trains and free shuttle buses. 23 trains run local in both directions between 34 St-Penn Station and Chambers St. Free shuttle buses provide alternate service between Chambers St and South Ferry.
From 11:30 p.m. Friday, October 16 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, October 19, 2 trains run local in both directions between Chambers St and 34 St-Penn Station.
From 6:30 a.m. to 12 Midnight Saturday, October 17 and Sunday, October 18, 3 trains run local in both directions between Chambers St and 34 St-Penn Station.
From 3:45 a.m. Saturday, October 17 to 10:00 p.m. Sunday, October 18, Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall bound 6 trains run express from Pelham Bay Park to Hunts Point Av.
From 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Saturday, October 17 and from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Sunday, October 18, 6 trains run every 16 minutes between 3 Av-138 St and Pelham Bay Park. The last stop for some trains headed towards Pelham Bay Park is 3 Av-138 St. To continue your trip, transfer at 3 Av-138 St.
From 11:45 p.m. Friday, October 16 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, October 19, A trains are rerouted via the F line in both directions between W 4 St-Wash Sq and Jay St-MetroTech.
From 11:45 p.m. Friday, October 16 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, October 19, A trains run local in both directions between W 4 St-Wash Sq and 59 St-Columbus Circle.
From 11:45 p.m. Friday, October 16 to 6:30 a.m. Sunday, October 18, and from 11:45 p.m. Sunday, October 18 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, October 19, Brooklyn-bound A trains run express from 125 St to 59 St-Columbus Circle.
From 6:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Saturday, October 17 and Sunday, October 18, C trains are rerouted via the F line in both directions between Jay St-MetroTech and W 4 St-Wash Sq.
From 6:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Saturday, October 17 and Sunday, October 18, Brooklyn-bound C trains run express from 125 St to 59 St-Columbus Circle.
From 11:45 p.m. Friday, October 16, to 5:00 a.m. Monday, October 19, Norwood-205 St bound D trains are rerouted via the N line from Coney Island-Stillwell Av to 36 St.
From 11:45 p.m. Friday, October 16 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, October 19, E trains are rerouted via the F in both directions between Roosevelt Av and W4 St-Wash Sq.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, October 17 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, October 19, E trains run local in both directions in Queens.
From 11:45 p.m. Friday, October 16 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, October 19, Jamaica-179 St bound F trains run express from Neptune Av to Smith-9 Sts.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, October 17 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, October 19, F trains run local in both directions in Queens.
From 11:30 p.m. Friday, October 16 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, October 19, L trains are suspended in both directions between Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy and Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs. Take free express and local shuttle buses and AC or J trains.
- Free local shuttle buses provide alternate service between Rockaway Pkwy and Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs, stopping at East 105 St, New Lots Av, Livonia Av, Sutter Av, Atlantic Av, Broadway Junction, Bushwick Av, Wilson Av, and Halsey St.
- Free express shuttle buses serve Rockaway Pkwy, Broadway Junction, and Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs only.
- Transfer between free shuttle buses and L trains at Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs. To/from Manhattan, consider the AC or J via transfers between trains and shuttle buses at Broadway Junction.
From 6:30 a.m. to 12 Midnight, Saturday, October 17 and Sunday, October 18, R service is extended to the Jamaica-179 St F station.
Rockaway Park
From 11:45 p.m. Friday, October 16 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, October 19, the Rockaway Park Shuttle is suspended. Free shuttle buses provide alternate service between Rockaway Park and Beach 67 St A station, stopping at Beach 105 St, Beach 98 St, and Beach 90 St. Transfer between free shuttle buses and A trains at Beach 67 St.
42nd Street
From 6:30 a.m. to 12 Midnight, Saturday, October 17 and Sunday, October 18, the 42 Street Shuttle is suspended. Take the 7 instead.
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I flew out of the TWA terminal on USAir in the 1980s and 1990s too many times to have any nostalgia for it.
It always had pigeons living in it, and pooping on the passengers. There were stairs everywhere (terrible for the disabled, terrible for rolling suitcases). The only food place would give you food poisoning. The layout was awful. There wasn’t much waiting space. It was an inefficient layout for the airplanes, too.
In its defence it was designed in the late 1950’s and built in the early 60’s when far fewer people travelled and suitcases were carried by the able bodied and didn’t have wheels.
The disabled were expected to not be seen or heard let alone be seen in public or fly.
It was designed for a different time when air travel was still a luxury product with few passengers and few actual flights
It suited the conditions for the age it was designed for.
Just like huge parts of the subway – designed for far lower passenger numbers.
If you said to the original designers / builders of the subway that the system would eventually be used by 6m people a day (let alone a month or even year) they would think you were mad and you’d be carted off the to asylum.
And yet the original IRT is still quite practical, unlike the decommissioned TWA terminal, which was impractical within 20 years after construction.
To be fair, though, the IRT wasn’t anywhere near the first urban rail line in the city — it was actually built with expanded ridership in mind. The elevateds were a *lot* less suitable for expanded ridership, and the surface streetcar tracks were even less suitable. Those are gone.