Just in time for summer, the MTA is increasing service on six of its subway lines — including some that take riders directly to the beach.
The B, D, J, and M lines will see a combined 500 additional trips per week in the midday hours on weekdays, with average headways between trains set to drop from 10 to 8 minutes. Meanwhile, beginning July 6, the 3 and 5 lines will see enhanced service on weekends, with average headways reducing from 12 to 10 minutes.
“These enhancements are going to be big,” said Demetrius Crichlow, the new interim president of New York City Transit, during a July 2 press conference at Coney Island’s Stillwell Avenue station, where the D train terminates along with the F, N, and Q lines. “This is going to expand service across the boroughs, for the outer boroughs, as well as for our Manhattan customers.
Service increases have specifically been targeted to hours outside the weekday rush hours, like middays, nights, and weekends, as so-called “discretionary” travel in those periods — like a day at the beach — appears to be recovering faster than trips to Manhattan offices. Riders reacted positively to the news, especially for the beach-bound trains on the B, D, and Rockaway Park Shuttle.
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