4,5 And 6 Trains Closed Every Night This Week: MTA Begins Series Of Fast-Tracked Weeknight Repairs

Well, we knew this day would come. Starting tonight, a winter of weeknight subway closures is upon us as the MTA attempts, in a series of fell swoops, to repair lines across the city.

The first victims are commuters on the 4,5, and 6 trains. From 10PM until 5AM every night this week, there are no 4,5, or 6 trains running between Grand Central to Atlantic Avenue. Good luck, Brooklyn!

As for the rest of the planned weeknight mayhem:

The Seventh Avenue 1, 2, and 3 trains will not run between 34th street and Atlantic Avenue, in Brooklyn, from February 13 through February 17.

The Sixth Avenue B, D, F and M trains will not run from 69th street to West 4th street between February 20 through February 24.

The Eighth Avenue A, C and E trains will not run from 59th Street to Jay street, in Brooklyn, from March 12 to March 16.

It's all part of a new strategy by the MTA to spare straphangers of ongoing weekend closures and delays by fast-tracking repairs on one line at a time.

"I don't want to complain too much," Jared Wishner, 28, told The New York Post. "But I hope they use the time to get a lot done. It'd be great if this would be the last time they do this. It's always a mess on weekends."

Comments

[canchita]

08:50 PM on 01/10/2012

We haven't had consistently normal service on the "E" train on weekends for at least two years and the after 10 pm service is also a crap shoot. On a weekend I don't know how to begin to instruct people where to get the train to come visit me.

[Asti28]

03:50 PM on 01/09/2012

A few weeks ago the MTA wasn't ready by the morning commute it delayed 10s of thousands or workers for hours

[canchita]

08:51 PM on 01/10/2012

but they are probably getting night differential for all the overtime.

[FancyAmerican]

03:06 PM on 01/09/2012

Why do things like this only happen in the winter? We turn people away from homeless shelters in the winter. We've cut funding (nationally) for heat assistance in the winter. I know there are still buses, but gosh. I just find the timing off it all to be bizarre.

[Ainsi sera groigne qui]

03:32 AM on 01/10/2012

Spring through summer are not only the prime tourist season for NYC but when many MTA workers take off on vacation. Far better to do the work during the deep dark days of winter and get it over with.

[coyoteboi]

01:41 PM on 01/09/2012

Would you rather whine about the inconvenience of less trains in the middle of the night, or just ride them un-maintained until you die in a horrible crash?

[MahatmaCoat]

01:32 PM on 01/09/2012

I applaud the MTA for trying to tackle these problems quickly, however the fault with their plan is not offsetting the shutting-down of the green line trains with increased service on the other lines. People going further out of their way to commute ought to be compensated with more frequently running trains.