6 NYC Subway Lines Will See Months-Long Service Cuts, MTA Says

NEW YORK CITY — A summer subway snarl could be awaiting New York City straphangers.

Trains along six subway lines — the A, B, C, D, F and M — will see service cuts starting Monday and lasting until July 3, MTA officials warned.

The service changes will range from fewer rush hour trains to longer uptown commutes as MTA crews replace switches along the Sixth Avenue B, D, F and M lines, transit officials said.

"These switches near West 4 St allow trains to move between the uptown local and express tracks," an MTA alert states.

But while the switch work could make travel easier in the future, New Yorkers likely will have to contend with a cavalcade of assorted potential headaches for months right up until the July 4 holiday.

The changes are, according to the MTA:

• Uptown commutes on the B, D, F and M lines running an additional two minutes
• One fewer F train during the morning rush hour
• Two fewer F trains and one fewer M train in the afternoon rush
• F express trains that normally run express between Church Avenue and Jay Street in Brooklyn going local

Weeknight overnight changes through July 14 between 9:30 p.m. and 5 a.m. will be:

• A trains running express in both directions between 145th Street and Canal Street
• C trains running express between 145th Street and Canal Street
• D trains will run local between 205th Streetand Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue and operate on the A and F lines between 59th Street-Columbus Circle and Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue
• E trains will run normally
• F trains will run locally between 21st Street-Queensbridge and Coney Island and operate via the N and R in Manhattan and via the D in Brooklyn
• M trains will operate normally
• Free buses will run between West Fourth Street and Grand Street and between West Fourth Street and East Broadway

On weekends, the changes will be:

• No Bronx-bound D service on Sixth Avenue between West Fourth Street and 59th Street-Columbus Circle
• No Queens-bound F service on Sixth Avenue between West Fourth Street and Roosevelt Avenue in Queens
• Uptown D trains will be rerouted on the C line in Manhattan between West Fourth Street and 145th Street, and uptown F trains will be rerouted onto the E between West Fourth Street and Queens
• Northbound F trains will run local on the Eighth Avenue line between West Fourth Street and Roosevelt Avenue-Jackson Heights
• Northbound D trains will run local on the Eighth Avenue line between West Fourth Street and 145th Street
• Northbound A and C trains will run express between Canal Street and 145th Street
• Riders can use Southbound/Downtown D and F trains to access skipped stations.
• Transfer between an uptown and downtown D at 59th Street-Columbus Circle for stations between Seventh Avenue/53rd Street and 14th Street
• Transfer between an uptown and downtown F at Roosevelt Avenue-Jackson Heights for stations between 14th Street and 21st Street-Queensbridge
• Straphangers can also use the 7 train to transfer between Eighth Avenue and Sixth Avenue on 42nd Street and the L train to transfer between Eighth Avenue and Sixth Avenue on 14th Street, as well as nearby Seventh Avenue and Eighth Avenue service in Manhattan
• Customers at Sixth Avenue stations can take a southbound D or F train to West Fourth Street for a northbound D or F

More information can be found here.