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Is Your Soul Prepared For Changes On The 5, A, D, F, G, J, M, N & R Lines This Weekend?
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Rebecca Fishbein
Published Dec 2, 2016
Modified Dec 2, 2016
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Sweet baby Jesus is this week over yet? Can I will myself to EOD Friday, so I can pretend the news doesn't exist for a solid 48 hours and watch The West Wing until my eyes bleed/I hit Season 5?
SOON. Anyway, here are the subway service changes this weekend:
5 trains will not run in either direction between Eastchester-Dyre Av and E 180 St from 11:45 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday.
A trains will not run in either direction between Ozone Park-Lefferts Blvd and Rockaway Blvd from 11:45 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday.
Coney Island-Stillwell Av bound D trains will make local stops between DeKalb Av and 36 St, with that change in effect from 12:01 a.m. Saturday to 5 a.m. Monday. Norwood-205 St bound trains will skip 170 St, 174-175 Sts, and 182-183 Sts from 11:45 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday. On that same track, trains will run express from Bay Pkwy to 62 St-New Utrecht Av, with that change in effect from 5:46 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
Jamaica-179 St bound F trains will run express from Church Av to Smith-9 Sts from 11:45 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday. On that same track, trains will reroute along the M line from 47-50 Sts to Roosevelt Av, also from 11:45 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday.
Court Sq-bound G trains will run express from Church Av to Smith-9 Sts from 11:45 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday.
Broad St-bound J trains will run express from Myrtle Av to Marcy Av from 3:45 a.m. Saturday to 10 p.m. Sunday.
All M trains will run every 20 minutes from 6:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Saturday, and from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Sunday. Delancey St-Essex St bound trains will run express from Myrtle Av to Marcy Av during that time.
All N trains will reroute along the Q line between Canal St and DeKalb Av, with that change in effect from 11:45 p.m. Friday to 6:30 a.m. Sunday, and again from 11:45 p.m. Sunday to 5 a.m. Monday. During those periods, Coney Island- Stillwell Av bound trains will make express stops from Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr to 59 St.
R trains will not run at all between Whitehall St and Atlantic Av-Barclays Ct from 11:45 p.m. Friday to 6:30 a.m. Sunday, and again from 11:45 p.m. Sunday to 5 a.m. Monday. Also during that period, all trains will run express between Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr and 36 St, and Bay Ridge-bound trains will skip 45 St and 53 St. Trains will reroute along the Q line between Canal St and DeKalb Av in both directions from 6:30 a.m. to midnight on Sunday and Sunday.
Bay Ridge-bound trains will skip DeKalb Av and run express from Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr to 59 St from 6:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Trains will operate to/from the Jamaica-179 St F station in Queens from 6:30 a.m. to midnight on Saturday and Sunday.
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