Coming To NYC Subways In 2023: Reduced Service On These 7 Lines

NEW YORK CITY ? A new year could bring new subway headaches for New Yorkers.

Seven MTA subway lines ? the 1, 6, 7, E, F, L and Q lines ? will see what officials called ?strategic reductions? to scheduled Monday and Friday trips.

The upcoming reduced stops announced Monday stem in part from lower ridership on those days, which New York City Transit President Richard Davey pinned on pandemic changes to work patterns.

?These adjustments reflect higher ridership recovery on the weekends, and lower relative ridership on Mondays and Fridays in the post-COVID hybrid work era,? Davey said in a statement.

The so-called ?reductions? received a profoundly negative review from Richard Davis, the president of Transport Workers Union Local 100.

?I don?t care what the MTA calls this,? Davis said in a statement. ?This is a service cut for everyone who rides the subway on Mondays and Fridays.

?There will be fewer trains making fewer trips. Riders will wait longer on platforms. It will take longer for them to reach their destinations. No amount of spin will change that.?

Changes to the unlucky seven lines are expected to go into effect in June 2023, MTA officials said.

But not all subway lines will see reductions in 2023.

Straphangers in Brooklyn and Queens along the G, J and M lines will see additional scheduled trips on weekends, officials said. Those changes will improve headways by about two minutes, according to an MTA release.

A and C lines could see an earlier start to weekday express and local rush hour service, officials said. Manhattan-bound A express service will start one trip earlier during the early morning rush hour eastern Queens and Rockaways riders, a release states. One rush hour C trip will shift to earlier in the morning to accommodate A riders, officials said.