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Prepare For Changes On These Lucky 16 Subway Lines This Weekend

Published Feb 19, 2016

Modified Feb 19, 2016

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It's going to be positively springlike this weekend, which is good news, since you'll probably want to walk whenever possible: the MTA is switching things up on 16 trains this weekend.

Check out the changes slated for this weekend, and dream of a day with better transit options.

1 trains are not running from 11:30 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday. For service between South Ferry and Chambers St, 96 St and 168 St, or 207 St and 242 St, use free shuttle buses. For Dyckman St, use the M100 bus (does not run nights) to and from the Dyckman St A station.

Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College-bound 2 trains will run local from 72 St to Chambers St from 11:30 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday. They'll also be skipping 86 St and 79 St; for service from those stations, take an uptown 2 or 3 local to 96 St and transfer to a downtown 2 or 3. Also during that time, Wakefield-241 St-bound 2 trains will run local from Chambers St to 96 St.

New Lots Av-bound 3 trains will run local from 72 St to Chambers St, skipping 86 St and 79 St, from 11:30 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday. Also during that time, Harlem-148 St-bound 3 trains will run local from Chambers St to 96 St. 3 service will operate overnight between 148 St and Chambers St.

4 trains will skip Rockaway Av and Van Siclen Av in both directions.

Pelham Bay-Park-bound 6 trains will skip 103 St, and will run express from 3 Av-138 St to Hunters Point Av from 11:45 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday.

Flushing-Main St-bound 7 trains will run express from Queensboro Plaza to Mets-Willets Point from 6:45 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

A trains are not running in either direction between Euclid Av and Lefferts Blvd from 12:01 a.m. Saturday to 5 a.m. Monday. A service will operate between Rockaway Blvd and Far Rockaway, every 20 minutes, and between Inwood-207 St and Euclid Av. Free shuttle buses will operate between Euclid Av and Lefferts Blvd with stops at Grant Av, 80 St, 88 St, Rockaway Blvd, 104 St, and 111 St. Additionally, from 11:45 p.m. Friday to 6:30 a.m. Sunday and from 11:45 p.m. Sunday to 5:00 a.m. Monday, Brooklyn-bound A trains will run express 59 St-Columbus Circle to Canal St.

Brooklyn-bound C trains will run express from 59 St-Columbus Circle to Canal St from 6:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

Coney Island-Stilwell Av-bound D trains will run express from Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr to 36 St from 11:45 p.m. Friday 19 to 6:30 a.m. Sunday and again from 11:45 p.m. Sunday to 5 a.m. Monday.

Jamaica Center-Parsons/Archer-bound E trains will run express from Roosevelt Av to Forest Hills-71 Av, from 12:15 a.m. to 7 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday and from 12:15 a.m. to 5 a.m. on Monday.

Coney Island-Stillwell Av-bound F trains will be rerouted via the E line from Roosevelt Av to W 4 St-Wash Sq from 11:45 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday, and will skip 169 St.

J trains are not running in either direction between Hewes St and Broad St from 11:30 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday. Free shuttle buses will run in the train's place.

M trains are not running in either direction between Myrtle Av and Essex St from 6 a.m. to midnight on Saturday and Sunday. Take the J, L, or free shuttle buses instead.

Coney Island-Stillwell Av-bound N trains will run express from Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr to 59 St. from 11:45 p.m. on Friday to 6:30 a.m. on Sunday, and again from 11:45 p.m. on Sunday to 5 a.m. on Monday.

Q trains are not running in either direction between 57 St-7 Av and Kings Hwy from 11:30 p.m. on Friday to 5 a.m. on Monday. There will be express, non-stop shuttles between Kings Hwy and Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr, and local shuttles between Kings Hwy and Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr making all stops.

R service will be extended to Jamaica-179 St from 6:30 a.m. to midnight on Saturday and Sunday. From 6 a.m. to 7 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Jamaica-179 St-bound R trains will run express from Roosevelt Av to 71 Av. From 6 a.m. Saturday to 11:30 p.m. Sunday, February 21, Bay Ridge-bound R trains will run express from Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr to 59 St. And from 11:45 p.m. Friday to 6:30 a.m. Sunday, and again from 11:45 p.m. Sunday to 5:00 a.m. Monday, Bay Ridge-bound R trains will skip 45 St and 53 St.