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[UPDATE] Good Luck Getting Home Tonight: Broken Rails Screwing With B, D, F, N, Q & R Service
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Rebecca Fishbein
Published Jan 5, 2016
Modified Jan 5, 2016
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[UPDATE BELOW] It's under 30 degrees today, which naturally means you must spend the evening hanging out in a sub-freezing subway tunnel while you dream of watching an F train roll down the track. Sadly, that moment may never come—apparently two broken rails have mucked up service between Manhattan and Queens on the B, D, F, N, Q and R trains this afternoon, and it's possible the delays will extend through rush hour.
The "rail conditions" are at Queensboro Plaza and 5th Avenue-59th Street. As a result, the MTA currently says N trains are not running between Times Square-42 St and Astoria-Ditmars Blvd and Q trains are not running between 57 St-7 Av and Astoria-Ditmars Blvd. Southbound R trains are dawdling down the F line from 36 St in Queens to W 4 St-Washington Square, while southbound N and Q trains are running on the R line from Canal St to DeKalb Av.
There is shuttle service between Queensboro Plaza and Astoria-Ditmars Blvd, but there are also delays on the B, D, F, N, Q and R trains right now, and there are delays on the 7, so Queens is pretty much thrown to the wind. Bye, Queens, you were fun!
This is what happens when the MTA loses Dr. Zizmor's ad revenue.
Update 5:13 p.m.: Sadly, there's still no NQ service between Manhattan and Queens, and we're well into rush hour. Per the MTA:
No NQ service between Queens and Manhattan in both directions. Customers should take the 7 and transfer to a shuttle train service at Queensboro Plaza.
There is no southbound service at Lexington-59 St or 5 Av. Customers should walk to 5 Av-53 St and the E to 42 St and transfer to the NQ, or take the M and transfer to the NQ at 34 St-Herald Sq.
Manhattan-bound R trains are running on the F line between 36 St in Queens and W4 St. R service runs express to 59 St-4 Av in Brooklyn, then local to Bay Ridge-95 St.
Customers traveling from Manhattan to Brooklyn should take the N for stations between Court St and 53 St.
Delays are expected on northbound R service, as well as Brooklyn-bound BDF service.
Good luck, everyone.
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