Starting next June, 2 and 3 trains bypass Park Pl.-Fulton St. and Wall St. stations, and stop heading into Brooklyn altogether
BY COLIN MIXSON
Downtowners who rely on the 2 and 3 trains will have to find other modes of transportation on the weekends next year, when post-Sandy repairs will require the trains bypass Park Pl.-Fulton St. and Wall St. stations, and stop heading into Brooklyn altogether.
The weekend service changes will last just over a year to accommodate repairs on the more than mile-long tunnel that connects Downtown Manhattan to the quaint suburb of Brooklyn.
For those looking for a quiet weekend in the Brooklyn countryside, the MTA is providing free, overland transfers between the 4 and 5 Bowling Green stop and the 1, 2, and R trains at the Whitehall Street-South Ferry 1 station.
During weekends, the 2 train will be routed along the 1 line south of Chambers St, and terminate at South Ferry.
In lieu of Wall St. service, straphangers are directed to used the station’s 4 and 5 trains, the Broad St. station’s J train, or to head to Rector St. and snag a 1, 2, or R train.
The closures are expected to persist for 56 consecutive weekends beginning in June, and allow for the 1.2 mile-long Clark St. Tube tunnel — which was inundated with some 500,000 gallons of corrosive saltwater that damaged tracks, signals, and pumping, electrical and switching equipment amid the 2012 hurricane — to undergo critical repairs.
