NEW YORK—The coming weekend will be the first of 13 consecutive weekend service suspensions on the No. 7 line from Queensboro Plaza to Times Square, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced Thursday.
No. 7 trains not will run between those two stations from 11:45 p.m. on Friday evenings until 5 a.m. Mondays.
The service suspensions will take place on the following weekends: Dec. 28–31, 2012, Jan. 4–7, Jan. 11–14, Jan. 18–21, Jan. 25–28, Feb. 1–4, Feb. 8–11, Feb. 15–19, Feb. 22–25, March 1–4, March 8–11, March 15–18, and March 22–25, 2013. The E, F, N, Q, Sand free shuttle buses will provide alternate service.
The schedule remains the same for all 13 weekends except from Feb.15-19—when services will be suspended from Friday evening to 5 in the morning Tuesday.
Riders can take detours on the E, F, N, or Q lines to travel between Manhattan and Queens. There is a free shuttle bus to take riders between Vernon Boulevard–Jackson Avenue and Queensboro Plaza. The Q line will also be extended to and from Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard during the day.
The 42nd street S shuttle will run overnight throughout the weekend in Manhattan.
