Transit Alert for (G) Train Riders
Riders on the (G) train will see some late-night and overnight service adjustments due to ongoing track maintenance starting tonight.
Between 8:30 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. Monday through Friday, service between the Long Island City-Court Square station, Queens, and the Forest Hills/71st Avenue station, Queens will be suspended. All (G) train service will operate between Court Square and Church Avenue station, Kensington.
Brooklyn bound passengers will have take the (R) train to Queens Plaza, then transfer to the (E) train at 23rd Street/Ely Avenue station, then connect to the (G) train at Long Island City-Court Square. For Queens bound passengers, transfer to the (E) at Court Square, then to the (R).
Additionally, between 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m., (G) train service will operate in two sections – one section will operate between Court Square and Bedford-Nostrand station, Bedford-Stuyvesant, the second section between Bedford-Nostrand and Church Avenue stations. Passengers will be required to transfer at Bedford-Nostrand station.
Service on both segments will operate with 30 minute headways as opposed to the 20 minute headways normally offered. The service adjustments are expected to last two weeks, ending on November 20.
Weekend service between Forest Hills and Church Avenue are not expected to be affected.
For additional information, visit the MTA New York City Transit web site.
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