NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) -- Train service on the No. 7 and N trains will be suspended between Manhattan and Queens next weekend, according to the MTA.
The suspended service is due to train crew working on the Queensboro Plaza accessibility project. The current phase of work includes installing new elevators, ADA boarding areas with new platform edges, a new ADA ramp on an enlarged mezzanine, modified pedestrian bridges, and ADA upgrades for existing street and station stairs, the agency shared.
Here is a rundown of the upcoming service suspension on April 6 through April 8:
No. 7 trains will not run in either direction between 74th St-Broadway and Times Square-42nd Street The train will run in two sections:
- Between Flushing-Main St and 74 St-Broadway, every 8 minutes during the day and evening.
- Between Times Sq-42 St and 34 St-Hudson Yards, every 10 minutes during the day and evening and every 15 minutes overnight.
N trains will not run in either direction between 39th Av-Dutch Kills and 57th St-7 Avenue. It will run in two sections:
- Between Coney Island-Stillwell Av and 57 St-7 Av and via the line to/from 96 St, every 15 minutes during the day and evening.
- Between Astoria-Ditmars Blvd and 39 Av-Dutch Kills, every 12 minutes during the day and evening.
The MTA plans to run additional service on the E and R lines to accommodate riders. The LIRR will also provide trips between Flushing, Mets-Willets Point, Woodside, and Penn Station or Grand Central for no additional cost.
Free shuttle buses will also run between 74 St-Broadway and Queens Plaza (Q107), Queens Plaza and Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av (Q93), and 39 Av-Dutch Kills and Queens Plaza (Q108).
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