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14 Subway Lines Face Service Changes This Weekend

By Irene Plagianos | September 19, 2014 3:38pm | Updated on September 19, 2014 5:28pm
 Fourteen subway lines across the city will have disrupted service this weekend.
Fourteen subway lines across the city will have disrupted service this weekend.
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MIDTOWN — Construction and repairs will affect service on 14 subway lines across the city this weekend.

Here’s a breakdown of the service changes scheduled for Friday night through early Monday morning:

2 Line — Brooklyn College-bound trains will run express from Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center to Franklin Avenue from 11:45 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday.

3 Line — New Lots Avenue-bound trains will run express from Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center to Franklin Avenue from 6 a.m. to 11:45 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

4 Line — New Lots Avenue-bound trains will run express from Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center to Franklin Avenue from 11:45 p.m. to 6 a.m. from Friday night to Saturday morning and Saturday night to Sunday morning, and from 11:45 p.m. Sunday to 5 a.m. Monday.

Downtown trains will also run local from 125th Street to Grand Central-42nd Street from 11 p.m. Saturday to 6 a.m. Sunday and from 11 p.m. Sunday to 5 a.m. Monday.

5 Line — Service will be suspended between Eastchester-Dyre Avenue and East 180th Street from 11:45 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday. Free shuttle buses will run between Dyre Avenue and East 180th Street, stopping at Baychester Avenue, Gun Hill Road, Pelham Parkway and Morris Park.

6 Line — Trains will skip Zerega Avenue and Buhre Avenue in both directions at all times through February 2015.

For service to and from Zerega Avenue, use the Bx4 or shuttle buses to connect to Castle Hill Avenue.

For service to and from Buhre Avenue, use the Bx8, Bx24 or shuttle buses to connect to Middletown Road.

Trains will run every 16 minutes between 3rd Avenue-138th Street and Pelham Bay Park from 7:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday and from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday. The last stop on some Pelham Bay Park-bound trains will be 3rd Avenue-138th Street.

Pelham Bay Park-bound rains will also run express from Parkchester to Pelham Bay Park from 11:45 p.m. Friday to 4 a.m. Monday.

7 Line — Trains are suspended between Times Square-42nd St and 74th Street-Broadway from 2 a.m. Saturday  to 4:30 a.m. Monday.

Free shuttle buses operate along two routes:

► Between Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av and Queensboro Plaza, stopping at Hunters Point Av, 45 Rd-Court House Sq, and Queens Plaza.

► Between Queensboro Plaza and 74th Street-Broadway, stopping at 33rd Street, 40th Street, 46th Street, 52nd Street, 61 Street-Woodside and 69th Street.

A Line —  At all times until later in the month, Far Rockaway/Lefferts Boulevard-bound A trains will skip 88th Street, and Lefferts Boulevard-bound A trains will skip 104th Street due to station repairs at 88th Street and 104th Street.

For service to 88th Street, take the A to Rockaway Boulevard and transfer to a Brooklyn-bound A.

For service from 88th Street, take a Brooklyn-bound A to 80th Street and transfer to a Far Rockaway or Lefferts Boulevard-bound A.

For service to 104th Street, take the Lefferts Boulevard-bound A to Lefferts Boulevard and transfer to a Brooklyn-bound A.

For service from 104th Street, take the Q112 bus or take the A to Rockaway Boulevard and transfer to a Lefferts Boulevard-bound A.

E train — At all times until 5 a.m. Monday, Jamaica Center-Parsons/Archer-bound E trains will skip Briarwood-Van Wyck Boulevard.

E trains will operate more frequently between Manhattan and Queens from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, and from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Some trains traveling from Manhattan are being rerouted to the Jamaica-179th Street F station.

F train — Jamaica-bound trains will skip Briarwood-Van Wyck Boulevard, Sutphin Boulevard and 75th Avenue at all times until 5 a.m. Monday.

Jamaica-bound trains will run express from Avenue X to Smith-9th Streets in Brooklyn from 6:45 p.m. Saturday to 7 p.m. Sunday.

Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue-bound F trains will skip 4th Avenue-9th Street, 15 Street-Prospect Park and Fort Hamilton Parkway from 11:45 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday.

G Line — Church Avenue-bound trains will skip 4th Avenue-9th Street, 15th Street-Prospect Park and Fort Hamilton Pkwy from 11:45 a.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday.

J Line — Chambers Street-bound trains will run express from Broadway Junction to Myrtle Avenue from 5:45 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

N Line — Trains are being rerouted via the R line in both directions, between Canal Street and Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center from 12:01 a.m. Saturday to 5 a.m. Monday.

Q Line — Trains are being rerouted via the R line in both directions, between Canal Street and DeKalb Avenue, from 12:01 a.m. Saturday to 5 a.m. Monday.

S Line — The 42nd Street Shuttle will operate overnight from 12:01 a.m. Saturday to 6 a.m. Monday.

The Franklin Avenue Shuttle will run every 24 minutes from 12:01 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. Saturday.