Allan wrote: ↑Sat Jul 16, 2022 12:08 pm
It has been a long time since anyone posted in this subject but the Q train is doing a 3 part service reroute this weekend (July 16/17, 2022) until August 2022.
The reason given is track and signal work
Downtown service will operate from 96 St/2 Av via regular route to Atlantic-Barclays on the D/N and then express on 4 Av to 59 St on the N and then non-stop on the Sea Beach line (N) to Coney Island-Stillwell Av.
The return trip to 96 St will be via the West End line (D), making express stops to Atlantic-Barclays and then local via the R line to Canal St and then express on Broadway to 96 St.
A shuttle bus provides service between Atlantic-Barclays and Prospect Park.
Follow that?
On top of all that there is a Q shuttle between Prospect Park and Coney Island-Stillwell.
Say whut?
Okay, let me get the track maps and see if I can follow.
Coney Island bound Q train will come into DeKalb Ave on A3. It will switch to F1 then F3, expresses to 59th Street, then hauls ass on E1/E4/E3 until it ends up in Coney Island.
The reverse "is perverse" here because E3 doesn't go all the way up back to 59th, so it takes D2 from Coney Island to D3-4 back up to 36th Street, and expressing back up to Atlantic Ave/Barclays Ctr on F4. It then switches to F2 and hits DelKalb Ave...
The X-A72 switch must be out of service for some reason, thus the routing onto the R (B2) to Canal Street. The odd reroute is because that's where they have spare capacity, and some of the track that could be use got razed up.
The question here now is... is the B still running?