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Beginning Friday, F train service suspended most weekends through 2023
Beginning tonight, the F train will be shut down between Church Avenue and Coney Island on weekends, and eventually it won't be running at all.
NEW YORK - Beginning Friday, the F train will be shutting down service between Church Avenue and Coney Island on weekends through 2023.
According to the MTA, the change is in order to install a modernized signal system.
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Weekend service will cease beginning at 11:45 p.m. on Friday nights, and continuing until 5 a.m. on Monday mornings beginning September 23 and until the weekend of October 14-17.
After that, it will return for two weekends until Monday, November 7, and beginning that Friday, November 11, weekend service will be shut down until the end of 2022.
While services are suspended, the best alternatives are the M, D, or Q trains. There will be no free shuttle or bus service along the route while work is being done.