E Train Replacing F Train For Roosevelt Island Subway Service To And From Manhattan This Weekend - NYC Transit Authority President Describes Fast Forward Plan To Modernize Subways & Buses

The E Train replaces the F Train for Roosevelt Island service to and from Manhattan this weekend. According to the MTA:

SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS | 10:30 PM Fri, Jul 20 to 6 AM Mon, Jul 23 Jamaica-bound F trains are rerouted via E the after 47-50 Sts, Manhattan to Roosevelt Av, Queens

No Jamaica-bound service at Lexington Av/63 St, Roosevelt Island and 21 St-Queensbridge.

E trains run via the F between 21 St-Queensbridge and Lexington Av/63 St and via the R between 57 St-7 Av and Whitehall St from 9:45 PM Fri to 5 AM Mon.

And

SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS | 9:45 PM Fri, Jul 20 to 5:30 AM Mon, Jul 23 Coney Island-bound F trains run via the E from Roosevelt Av, Queens to 50 St, Manhattan, then via the A express to Jay St-MetroTech, Brooklyn

No Coney Island-bound service at 21 St-Queensbridge, Roosevelt Island, Lexington Av/63, 47-50 Sts, 42 St-Bryant Pk, 34 St-Herald Sq, 23, 14, B'way-Lafayette Sts, 2 Av, Delancey St, East Broadway and York St.

E trains run via the F in both directions between 21 St-Queensbridge and Lexington Av/63 St and via the R between 57 St-7 Av and Whitehall St from 9:45 PM Fri to 5 AM Mon

 Also:

STATION ENHANCEMENTS | Until December 2018 57 St F Station is closed

 New NYC Transit Authority President Andy Byford describes the Fast Forward Plan to modernize NYC subways and buses.



Read the Fast Forward Plan here.

Both Roosevelt Island Tram Cabins are in operation and the MTA Vending machine at Roosevelt Island Tram station is working.

There is Roosevelt Island ferry service on the Astoria Route. Here's the new summer schedule for Roosevelt Island ferry service.