{"id":264603,"date":"2025-09-29T19:39:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T19:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/264603\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T19:39:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T19:39:10","slug":"mta-swaps-f-and-m-lines-service-changes-to-affect-commuter-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/264603\/","title":{"rendered":"MTA swaps F and M lines; service changes to affect commuter travel"},"content":{"rendered":"

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MTA riders rallied against proposed fare hikes at the MTA hearing.<\/p>\n

Photo via Getty Images<\/p>\n

The MTA is shaking things up for commuters by swapping two major train lines<\/a> between Manhattan and Queens, the agency announced on Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Starting this December, commuters will have to learn new stops on the F and M lines, at least during weekdays.\n<\/p>\n

The F and M train service between Manhattan and Queens<\/a> will be switched to eliminate a merge at Queens Plaza that the agency said has caused delays for Queens Boulevard Line riders.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve received a lot of customer feedback regarding delays on the F line,\u201d NYC Transit Senior Vice President of Subways Bill Amarosa said on Sept. 29. \u201cSwapping the F and M lines will increase reliability, reduce delays and create a more comfortable ride for everyone.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

How the F and M subway switch will work<\/p>\n

The new service pattern between the Queens Boulevard corridor and Manhattan will be in effect weekdays from 6 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. During this time, the F will run via the 53rd Street line and Queens Plaza, alongside the E train. It will make stops at Queens Plaza, Court Square, Lexington Avenue-53rd Street and Fifth Avenue-53rd Street.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"FAn F train stopping at Roosevelt Island in October 2024. Effective on Dec. 8, 2025, M trains will replace F train service to this subway station.Marc A. Hermann \/ MTA<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the M train will run via the 63rd Street line and Roosevelt Island on weekdays from 6 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. It will now make stops at 21st Street-Queensbridge, Roosevelt Island, Lexington Avenue-63rd Street and 57th Street.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There will be no changes for late evenings, nights and weekends \u2014 periods in which the M train usually runs between Middle Village-Metropolitan Avenue and either Myrtle Avenue-Broadway or Delancey-Essex Streets. The F train will continue to serve the 21st Street-Queensbridge, Roosevelt Island, Lexington Avenue-63rd Street and 57th Street at these times.<\/p>\n

MTA officials said the changes, which are concentrated in an east-west rectangle connecting Queens to Manhattan, are needed to make trains run faster and more reliably.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Service will improve, transit officials said, because the changes reduce the number of trains sharing tracks at points along their routes.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

For example, by eliminating the merges at Queens Plaza, any delays to local M or R trains would now be isolated from E and F express service, and vice versa. According to the MTA, approximately 15% to 20% of rush-hour trains are delayed at Queens Plaza.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The swap is the first redesign of the subway network since 2017, when the Second Avenue Subway opened and the Q train was rerouted and extended to serve the new Upper East Side line.\n<\/p>\n

The changes were presented to the MTA board, transit representatives said, and will take effect on Monday, Dec. 8.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MTA riders rallied against proposed fare hikes at the MTA hearing. Photo via Getty Images The MTA is…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":264604,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,138228,5249,138229,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,4413,11900,138230,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-264603","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-f-and-m-subways","10":"tag-manhattan","11":"tag-mta-service-changes","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkcity","16":"tag-ny","17":"tag-nyc","18":"tag-queens","19":"tag-transit","20":"tag-transit-changes","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-united-states-of-america","23":"tag-unitedstates","24":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","25":"tag-us","26":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115289284273067733","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}