The MTA has advised of the following citywide weekend subway service updates, also viewable as a map:

•  trains aren’t running between 3rd Ave-149 Street and 135th Street.
•  trains aren’t running at all.
• trains aren’t running between East 180th Street and 149th Street-Grand Concourse.
•  ​​​​ trains are running on the ​​ between West 4th Street-Washington Square and Jay Street-MetroTech.
• ​ trains aren’t running between Church Avenue and Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue.
•  trains aren’t running between Broadway Junction and Marcy Avenue.
•  trains aren’t running at all.

See below for more details of Bronx-specific updates, and travel alternatives for stations which will be closed or skipped.

Major Subway Service Changes affecting The Bronx 

Trains, The Bronx and Manhattan

 trains aren’t running between 3 Ave-149th Street and 135th Street from 11:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6, to 5 a.m. Monday, Sept. 9, because of track replacement.

•  trains are running in two sections:
  • Between Wakefield-241st Street and 3rd Avenue-149th Street, every 12 minutes during the day and evening.
  • Between Flatbush Avenue-Brooklyn College and 135th Street and on the ​ to/from Harlem-148th Street, skipping 145th Street in both directions.
• For service between 3rd Avenue-149th Street and 135th Street, take free shuttle buses, which are running on three routes:
  • Nonstop between 3rd Avenue-149th Street and 149th Street-Grand Concourse.
  • Nonstop between 149th Street-Grand Concourse and 135th Street.
  • Nonstop between 3rd Avenue-149th Street and 135th Street.
• At 3rd Avenue-149th Street, all ​ trains are boarding at the Manhattan-bound platform.

 ​Trains, The Bronx

 trains aren’t running between East 180th Street and 149th Street-Grand Concourse Saturday and Sunday because of track replacement.

• ​ trains are running in two sections:
  • Between East 180th Street and Eastchester-Dyre Avenue, all weekend.
  • Between 149th Street-Grand Concourse and Bowling Green, every 20 minutes.
• For service between East 180th Street and 3rd Avenue-149th Street, take the ​.
• For service between 3rd Avenue-149th Street and 149th Street-Grand Concourse, take free shuttle buses.
• 149th Street-bound ​ trains aren’t stopping at 138th Street-Grand Concourse. For service to/from this station, take the ​.

Other Subway Service Changes

​​​​ trains, the Bronx

Manhattan-bound ​ trains aren’t stopping at 182nd-183rd Streets from 9:45 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday because of structural maintenance.

• For service to/from these stations, take a Norwood-bound train.

MTA officials said these service changes are subject to change, so check the MTA homepage before heading out, where you’ll find up-to-the-minute information on subway, bus, and rail service. The MTA and TrainTime also provide real-time service information.

You can also contact the MTA in real time for help planning your trip, via WhatsApp and through the TrainTime app.

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