Changes Coming Down the Tracks
There was joy at Langfield Manor this weekend as we studied our copy of the "New Subway Service" manual. Changes are coming Feb. 22 -- or as we guessed, the MTA will probably just start phasing it in at their leisure without telling passengers where the trains are really headed.

The changes impact the B, D, N, Q, R and W trains. The diamond Q and the Grand Street Shuttle will be discontinued. (I didn't even know there was a grand Street Shuttle, but now I want to use it before it disappears.)

For us here in Park Slope, it means we get new service on the B which will go over the Manhattan Bridge and stop along Sixth Ave in Manhattan. Except on weekends, when it goes dark and does whatever subway cars do on the weekends. (Hits the tables at Atlantic City maybe?)

Honestly the changes are pretty complicated even with this fancy little booklet. I used to think I had the system memorized, but then that terrorist thing happened and trains started getting re-routed all over the place. Mixed in with routine construction and the MTA's aversion to communicate with its riders, I spent plenty of unintended time uh, exploring unfamiliar routes. I check that big map on the platform more now than I did the first two years I lived here.
- posted by Amy @ 1/12/2004 09:50:00 AM