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MTA Plans to Bring the W Train Back in Service By Fall – Astoria

(DNAINFO)  Sybile Penhirin | February 19, 2016 —  The W trains would make all local stops from Astoria-Ditmars Boulevard to Whitehall Street on weekdays.

The MTA plans to bring back the W line this fall in anticipation of the opening of the first Second Avenue Subway stations, the agency said in a press release Friday.

Under the agency’s proposal, the W line would replace the current Q service in Queens while the Q line would serve the Second Avenue Subway stations from 63rd Street to 96th Street once they open later this year.

The W line, which was shut down in 2010 because of budget cuts, would make all local stops from Ditmars Boulevard to Whitehall Street via the Broadway Line, but would not run on weekends or late nights, according to the agency, which wants to hold a public hearing about this proposal in the spring.

Source: MTA Plans to Bring the W Train Back in Service By Fall – Astoria – DNAinfo.com New York