Q Line Track Work Cancelled Due To Cold Weather. No Shuttle Buses This Weekend

The frigid cold snap will at least bring some relief to Q train riders who’ve had their weekend commutes disrupted by shuttle bus service between Kings Highway and Atlantic Avenue.

The MTA reports they have cancelled planned track work along the Q line this weekend because of the sub zero temperatures expected to last through Sunday. The city issued an extreme weather alert warning residents to bundle up and prepare for wind chills as cold as 25 degrees below freezing. An MTA spokesperson said it would be to cold for construction crews to work on the exposed tracks.

The MTA is undertaking a transit switch replacement project along the Q line, which began on January 30. The work was expected to last four weekends. During the project, there has been no Q train service between Kings Highway and 57th Street in Manhattan. Shuttle buses operated between Kings Highway and Atlantic Avenue. N and R trains replace the Q train between Atlantic Avenue and 57th Street.

The spokesperson said the MTA has not determined when or if the track work would need to be extended for another weekend.