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Plan For Changes On The 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, A, C, D, E, & F Trains This Weekend
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Miranda Katz
Published Mar 4, 2016
Modified Mar 4, 2016
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Some words of encouragement: today may have been the last snow for the foreseeable future! Next week will possibly see temperatures in the high sixties. Daylight savings is just nine days away! House of Cards is back! Now hug those fragments of joy closely to your chest and brace yourselves for changes coming to 11 subway lines this weekend.
Here's what to expect:
1 trains are not running in either direction between 14 St and South Ferry from 11:30 p.m. on Friday to 5 a.m. on Monday. Free shuttle buses will provide alternate service between Chambers St and South Ferry, and 2 and 3 trains will run local between 34 St-Penn Station and Chambers St. Also, from 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, some northbound 1 trains will terminate at 137 St. And if that wasn't enough for you, from 11:45 p.m. on Friday to 5 a.m. on Monday, downtown 1 trains will run express from Van Cortlandt Park-242 St to 215 St.
2 trains will run local in both directions between Chambers St and 34 St-Penn Station from 11:30 p.m. on Friday to 5 a.m. on Monday. From 3:45 a.m. on Saturday to 10 p.m. on Sunday, 2 service will operate in two sections: between Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College and E 180 St, and via the 5 to and from Eastchester-Dyre Av; and between E 180 St and Wakefield-241 St. And from 3:45 a.m. on Saturday to 10 p.m. on Sunday, E 180 St-bound 2 trains will run express from Wakefield-241 St to E 180 St.
3 trains will run local in both directions between Chambers St and 34 St-Penn Station from 6:30 a.m. to 12 midnight on Saturday and Sunday.
5 shuttle service will be replaced by 2 trains between Eastchester-Dyre Ave and E 180 St from 3:45 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, and from 9:45 p.m. on Saturday to 9:30 a.m on Sunday.
Pelham Bay Park-bound 6 trains will run express from 3 Av-138 St to Hunters Point Av, from 11:45 p.m. on Friday to 5 a.m. on Monday.
Flushing-Main St-bound 7 trains will run express from 74 St-Broadway to Mets-Willets Point from 5:45 a.m. to 12 noon on Saturday and Sunday. From 12:01 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Flushing-Main St-bound 7 trains will run express from Queensboro Plaza to Mets-Willets Point.
A trains will be rerouted via the F line in both directions between W 4 St-Wash Sq and Jay St-MetroTech, from 11:45 p.m. on Friday to 5 a.m. on Monday. From 12:01 a.m. on Saturday to 5 a.m. on Monday, A trains will run local in both directions between W 4 St-Wash Sq and 59 St-Columbus Circle. On top of that, from 11:45 p.m. on Friday to 6:30 a.m. on Sunday, and from 11:45 p.m. on Sunday to 5 a.m. on Monday, Brooklyn-bound A trains will run express from 125 St to 59 St-Columbus Circle. And, Manhattan-bound A trains will skill 104 St from 11:45 p.m. on Friday to 5 a.m. on Monday.
C trains will also be rerouted via the F line in both directions between W 4 St-Wash Sq and Jay St-MetroTech, from 6:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. From 6:30 a.m. to 11:45 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Brooklyn-bound C trains will run express from 125 St to 59 St-Columbus Circle.
Norwood-205 St-bound D trains will skip 14 St and 23 St from 12:01 a.m. on Saturday to 5 a.m. on Monday.
E trains will be rerouted via the F line in both directions between 21 St-Queensbridge and W 4 St-Wash Sq from 11:45 p.m. on Friday to 5 a.m. on Monday. Free shuttle buses will run between Court Sq-23 St and 21 St-Queensbridge, stopping at Queens Plaza. Also, from 12:01 a.m. on Saturday to 5 a.m. on Monday, E trains will run local in both directions between Forest Hills-71 Av and 21 St-Queensbridge.
F trains will run local in both directions between Forest Hills-71 Av and 21 St-Queensbridge from 12:01 a.m. on Saturday to 5 a.m. on Monday.
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