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A Wrinkle In Service Hits The 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, A, C, D, E, F, J, L, M, N, Q & R Lines This Weekend
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Rebecca Fishbein
Published Jul 30, 2015
Modified Jul 30, 2015
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It is too hot to come up with something quippy about the weekend, which is coming quite soon and will also be quite hot. Thankfully, there are only changes on 16 lines this weekend. Yes, that number suggests there are fewer changes than usual. Yes, you should move to another city.
Here's what's on tap this weekend:
2 trains will not run in either direction between 3 Av-149 St and 96 St in either direction, starting at 11:30 p.m. on Friday and ending at 5 a.m. Monday.
3 trains will not run from 11:30 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday.
4 train service is extended to New Lots Avenue from 11:30 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday.
5 trains are suspended between E 180 St and 149 St-Grand Concourse from 6:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall bound 6 trains make express stops from Parkchester to Hunts Point Av, starting at 6:45 a.m. Saturday and ending at 7 p.m. on Sunday. Pelham Bay Park-bound trains will run express from Parkchester to Pelham Bay Park; that change is in effect from 11:45 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday.
Inwood-207 St bound A trains will make express stops between Canal St and 125 St from 11:45 p.m. Friday to 6:30 a.m. Sunday, and then again from 11:45 p.m. Sunday to 5 a.m. Monday. Brooklyn-bound A trains will make local stops between 59 St-Columbus Circle and Canal St, starting at 12:01 a.m. Saturday and ending at 5 a.m. Monday.
168 St-bound C trains will run express from Canal St to 125 St starting at 6:30 a.m. and ending at 11:45 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
Coney Island-Still Av bound D trains will run along the N line from 36 St to Coney Island-Stillwell Av, starting at 3:45 a.m. Saturday and ending at 10 p.m. Sunday.
Jamaica Center-Parsons/Archer bound E trains will make express stops from Canal St to 34 St-Penn Station from 11:45 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday. World Trade Center-bound E trains make express stops from Forest Hills-71 Av to Queens Plaza from 11:45 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Sunday, and again from 11:45 p.m. Sunday to 5 a.m. Monday. On that same track, trains will skip 75 Av and Briarwood from 11:45 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday.
Jamaica-179 St bound F trains will run express from W 4 St-Wash Sq to 34 St-Herald Sq, starting at 11:45 p.m. Friday and ending at 5 a.m. Monday. On the Coney Island-Stillwell Av bound track, trains skip Sutphin Blvd, Briarwood, and 75 Av from 11:45 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday.
J trains will not run between Hewes St and Broad St, starting at 5:45 a.m. and ending at 8 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
L trains will run in two sections: between 8 Av and Broadway Junction, and between Broadway Junction and Rockaway Pkwy every 24 minutes.
M trains will not run between Myrtle Ave and Essex St from 5:45 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
Coney Island-Stillwell Av bound N trains will run along the R line from Canal St to Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr, with that change in effect from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
Manhattan-bound Q trains will make express stops from Kings Hwy to Prospect Park from 11:15 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday. On the Coney Island-Stillwell Av bound track, trains will run along the R line from Canal St to Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr., with that change in effect from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Bay Ridge-95 St bound R trains will make express stops from Forest Hills-71 Av to Queens Plaza, starting at 6:30 a.m. and ending at midnight on Saturday and Sunday.
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