By Gus Saltonstall
A pair of express train lines that service the Upper West Side will run local at certain times through the neighborhood for a portion of the next few weeks due to track maintenance.
Starting this week, through February 13 and 14, downtown 2 and 3 trains will make local 1 stops every day of the week at the 86th Street and 79th Street stations from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m., an MTA spokesperson confirmed to West Side Rag.
This is happening because the MTA is “replacing the tracks” between 96th and 72nd streets on the express line, according to the agency’s Planned Service Changes portal.
The downtown 2 train will make local stops between the 96th Street and 72nd Street stations through February 13, and the downtown 3 train will do the same until February 14.
The 2 train generally makes local stops anyway overnight during the week from around midnight through the morning rush hour, but it will now be on the above schedule through the second week of February.
Both the 79th Street and 86th Street 1 train stations underwent “structural maintenance” work in 2024 that resulted in the two stops being out of service for a period of time. The two Upper West Side local stations were among the original 28 stations to open within the New York City subway system in 1904.
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thanks for letting us know
Correction: the #2 makes local stops every night (not just weekends) between 1 and 5 or 6 AM.
Thanks for the head’s up! Helps with which-train-to-wait-for planning while on the 96th Street platform. We New Yorkers like to be in the know!
Please make repairs all the way up to 116 St station.