Planned Subway Service Changes

[Lawrence St]

Does anyone know what the midday planned service changes are?

[Union Tpke]

TRACK MAINTENANCE
Monday to Friday, until Nov 9
Downtown    trains run at a slower speed in the area of 7 Av in Brooklyn

 

You may experience longer wait times, additional crowding and delays on and   trains due to ongoing track maintenance south of the 7 Av station. 

[S78 via Hylan]

Looking at next month:

 No service between 96 St and 148 St; Operates to 137 St; No late service: Nov 17-19

 No service between Bowling Green and New Lots Av: Nov 9-12

 Reduced service between 125 St and Woodlawn: Nov 10-11

 All Uptown service runs express between Grand Central and 125 St: Nov 10-12

 Manhattan bound service operates via Rutgers tunnel: Nov 2-5, 23-26

  All Downtown service is express along CPW: Nov 9-12; Uptown: Nov 16-19

 Reduced service: Nov 3-4, 10-11, 17-18, 24-25

 No service between 145 and 168 Sts: Nov 17-18

 Reduced service: Nov 10-11, 17-18, 24-25 (Note:  only on 17-18)

 All service is local in Queens: Nov 3-5

 All Manhattan bound service is express in Queens: Nov 9–12; Jamaica bound: Nov 16-19

 No service between Jamaica Center and Briarwood; Service runs to 179 St: Nov 3-5, 24-26

 Manhattan bound service runs via 53 St: Nov 2-5

 No service between Church Av and Coney Island: Nov 2-5, 23-26

 No service between Nassau Av and Court Sq: Nov 2-3 (Ends 8pm, Sat)

 No service east of Crescent St: Nov 10-11, 17-18

 No service between 8 Av and Broadway Junction: Nov 9-12, 16-19

 Operates to 96 St to supplement the  and : Nov 9-12, 16-19

 Operates via West End, both directions: Nov 9-12

 Operates via Montague tunnel, both directions: Nov 9-12, 16-19

 No service between 96 St and Prospect Park: Nov 9-12, 16-19

 Operates to 179 St: Nov 10-11, 17-18

Edited October 25, 2018 by S78 via Hylan
Forgot to write the (Q) service change.

[Lance]

On ‎10‎/‎21‎/‎2018 at 4:58 PM, S78 via Hylan said:

Two issues with that: If there’s flagging/track work on 4th Ave, then throwing the  into it won’t help matters as that would increase delays up and down the line. Secondly, replacing a line that uses 600’ trains with one that uses 480’ will not do any justice either since it would represent a service cut. Before anyone says anything, I know that the  is replacing the  to 96 St for a few weekends, but that’s only a few stops compared to a large section.

If extra service is really needed, the  would be the better option. Leave the  as it is. 

The 480 ft vs 600 ft is not as big an issue as you'd think. The problem is however just as you mentioned. If there is a slow speed order in place along 4th Avenue, running another line down there will not do anything but delay the whole corridor even further. Also, the extension of either the or the affects riders up the line, the former along the Jamaica line and the latter on Broadway and more importantly in Queens, where it needs to act as a bridge for the suspended . There are two ways Transit can handle such an extension: add more trains or extend the intervals between them. We all know what they'll choose, thus spreading the pain even further across the system.

6 hours ago, S78 via Hylan said:

 No service east of Crescent St: Nov 10-11, 17-18

The will see Jamaica on a weekend? Is that even allowed?

[Lance]

So, it appears they're explaining why some lines are running at reduced intervals under the header Modified Service. Their reasoning kind of makes sense in regards to some of the lines affected. However, as usual, there are those that are simply headscratchers, like this one:

Quote

MODIFIED SCHEDULE Oct 27 - 28 Saturday & Sunday

Trains run every 12 minutes, days and evenings

trains run on a modified scheduled due to additional weekend service running between Astoria, Queens and Whitehall St, Manhattan.

You know, there's a really quick way to fix this: run the express. Even with the Queens Blvd handicap, the combined and should be able to handle the five Broadway local stops between 57 Street and Canal St on their own without necessary assistance from the .

Also, there's some good news and some bad news on the Sea Beach rehab project. The good news is that Coney Island-bound service at Kings Highway, Avenue U and 86 Street is finally back. The bad news: the rest of the stations will not reopen until sometime next Spring.

No slack vs all the slack. A middle ground would be nice.

Edited October 27, 2018 by Lance
Sea Beach partial reopening

[darkstar8983]

3 hours ago, Lance said:

So, it appears they're explaining why some lines are running at reduced intervals under the header Modified Service. Their reasoning kind of makes sense in regards to some of the lines affected. However, as usual, there are those that are simply headscratchers, like this one:

You know, there's a really quick way to fix this: run the express. Even with the Queens Blvd handicap, the combined and should be able to handle the five Broadway local stops between 57 Street and Canal St on their own without necessary assistance from the .

Also, there's some good news and some bad news on the Sea Beach rehab project. The good news is that Coney Island-bound service at Kings Highway, Avenue U and 86 Street is finally back. The bad news: the rest of the stations will not reopen until sometime next Spring.

No slack vs all the slack. A middle ground would be nice.

I think there’s also work being done at 57 St-7 Av putting in the new platform edge strips. 

 

But overall, it’s a way to provide the additional service from Astoria to manhattan but doing so with as minimal service as possible. 

[Lawrence St]

5 hours ago, Lance said:

So, it appears they're explaining why some lines are running at reduced intervals under the header Modified Service. Their reasoning kind of makes sense in regards to some of the lines affected. However, as usual, there are those that are simply headscratchers, like this one:

You know, there's a really quick way to fix this: run the express. Even with the Queens Blvd handicap, the combined and should be able to handle the five Broadway local stops between 57 Street and Canal St on their own without necessary assistance from the .

Also, there's some good news and some bad news on the Sea Beach rehab project. The good news is that Coney Island-bound service at Kings Highway, Avenue U and 86 Street is finally back. The bad news: the rest of the stations will not reopen until sometime next Spring.

No slack vs all the slack. A middle ground would be nice.

I find this incredibly dumb. With the  being out there is no Broadway Express. Instead of sending the express and having the  and  handle Broadway Local on their own, they want to send all three on one track. Like that isn't a disaster waiting to happen.

[BM5 via Woodhaven]

2 hours ago, Lawrence St said:

I find this incredibly dumb. With the  being out there is no Broadway Express. Instead of sending the express and having the  and  handle Broadway Local on their own, they want to send all three on one track. Like that isn't a disaster waiting to happen.

They're probably doing something either on the bridge or around a switch that prevents service from going via the Bridge & Broadway Express. But yeah, let there be a switch problem or a signal problem somewhere along the way, and RIP Broadway Line. 

[S78 via Hylan]

Some extras for the last weekend of November:

 Reduced service

 Split service at 125 St; Local service in Manhattan (Downtown: Local to Grand Central)

 No service between E 180 St and Bowling Green

 No service between 34 St and Queensboro Plaza; 42 St  Operates overnight

 Operates to supplement the  

 

Edited October 29, 2018 by S78 via Hylan

[S78 via Hylan]

Forgot to add this for : Brooklyn bound service runs via 53 St, 8 Av, and Cranberry tunnel for the weekend of Nov 2-5.

[Around the Horn]

On 10/27/2018 at 9:27 AM, Lance said:

So, it appears they're explaining why some lines are running at reduced intervals under the header Modified Service. Their reasoning kind of makes sense in regards to some of the lines affected. However, as usual, there are those that are simply headscratchers, like this one:

You know, there's a really quick way to fix this: run the express. Even with the Queens Blvd handicap, the combined and should be able to handle the five Broadway local stops between 57 Street and Canal St on their own without necessary assistance from the .

At least when I rode it two weeks ago, they had both express tracks out of service for third rail replacement.

[Lance]

This is why I miss the full explanations they used to put out in the press releases back in the day. Something like that would go a long way to explaining why certain services can't run despite no obvious service change posted on the site. Using the above example, unless you were travelling down Broadway and paying attention to what was happening along the express tracks, you'd never know why they couldn't run those  trains as expresses, thus removing that 12 minute interval G.O.

[BM5 via Woodhaven]

There is a bit of a change on the planned work with the . It's at the bottom of the 6th & 8th Avenue service status (not even under the main post):

 

Planned Work 

Some northbound trains will end at Parsons Blvd on the line because of track maintenance. 
 

 

 

Edited November 3, 2018 by BM5 via Woodhaven

[Far rockaway]

No  service between hewes street and broad street Nov 23-26

Shuttle buses run between Hewes street and Essex street

No  service between Metropolitan Ave and Essex street Nov 23-26

Shuttle buses run between Metropolitan Ave and Essex street running express after myrtle ave broadway

[Daniel The Cool]

TRACK MAINTENANCE
Nov 26 - 30, Mon to Fri, from 10:45 PM to 5 AM
Service between Bergen St and Stillwell Av in Brooklyn is replaced by trains  

Trains run between 179 St and Jay St-MetroTech* and via the to/from Hoyt-Schermerhorn.  

Trains replace the between Bergen St and Stillwell Av.  
  • Transfer between and trains at the Hoyt-Schermerhorn  Station.   

*Jamaica-bound trains run via the from Jay St-MetroTech to W 4 St during this time.  

[Lawrence St]

14 hours ago, Daniel The Cool said:

TRACK MAINTENANCE
Nov 26 - 30, Mon to Fri, from 10:45 PM to 5 AM
Service between Bergen St and Stillwell Av in Brooklyn is replaced by trains  

Trains run between 179 St and Jay St-MetroTech* and via the to/from Hoyt-Schermerhorn.  

Trains replace the between Bergen St and Stillwell Av.  
  • Transfer between and trains at the Hoyt-Schermerhorn  Station.   

*Jamaica-bound trains run via the from Jay St-MetroTech to W 4 St during this time.  

R160 ?

[paulrivera]

Here's a stat for these GO's on the first weekend in December:

Service runs every 16 minutes between 125 St in Manhattan and Woodlawn in the Bronx

  Trains run every 20 minutes between Dyre Av in the Bronx and Bowling Green in Manhattan
 

At 138th Street, you're going to go from 12.5 TPH in each direction to a paltry 6.5 TPH.

[BM5 via Woodhaven]

Planned Work

TRACK MAINTENANCE
Nov 12 - 16, Mon to Fri, 9:45 AM to 3:30 PM
Franklin Av Shuttle service in Brooklyn is replaced by free shuttle buses.

[Lawrence St]

13 minutes ago, BM5 via Woodhaven said:

Planned Work

TRACK MAINTENANCE
Nov 12 - 16, Mon to Fri, 9:45 AM to 3:30 PM
Franklin Av Shuttle service in Brooklyn is replaced by free shuttle buses.

That's a first!

[paulrivera]

33 minutes ago, Lawrence St said:

That's a first!

This GO was actually all the rage in 1998.

[Daniel The Cool]

40 minutes ago, Lawrence St said:

That's a first!

No its not. They did this G.O a few times last year and a couple of times back in 2013.

[Dj Hammers]

On 11/10/2018 at 8:40 PM, Daniel The Cool said:

TRACK MAINTENANCE
Nov 26 - 30, Mon to Fri, from 10:45 PM to 5 AM
Service between Bergen St and Stillwell Av in Brooklyn is replaced by trains  

Trains run between 179 St and Jay St-MetroTech* and via the to/from Hoyt-Schermerhorn.  

Trains replace the between Bergen St and Stillwell Av.  
  • Transfer between and trains at the Hoyt-Schermerhorn  Station.   

*Jamaica-bound trains run via the from Jay St-MetroTech to W 4 St during this time.  

This will happen several times in the next few weeks/months, including likely on at least one weekend.

[GojiMet86]

Unless there is an error, the runs only to Hoyt-Schermerhorn. Guess it will use the middle track between Clinton and Lafayette to turn around?...

[Lawrence St]

1 hour ago, Dj Hammers said:

This will happen several times in the next few weeks/months, including likely on at least one weekend.

Even on the weekend? Makes more sense to run the to Euclid Av and the to CI during a weekend.

[paulrivera]

10 minutes ago, Lawrence St said:

Even on the weekend? Makes more sense to run the to Euclid Av and the to CI during a weekend.

Don't forget the to 2nd Avenue and Houston Street, because, you know, 12 minute headways, cost neutrality, wait assessments, and 125% loading guidelines.