“This from NY 1.

It could be a tough few weekends for A and C riders, as track work
that began Saturday is causing major service disruptions on both lines.

Crews will be installing new rails and roadbeds in downtown Brooklyn.

Service will be suspended in both directions between Jay
Street-Borough Hall and Utica Avenue. Free shuttle bus service will be
provided between both stations.

There will be no C service anywhere, and all A trains in Manhattan and Brooklyn will run local.

There will also be more service on the L line.

Transit officials say they are better prepared than they were a few
weeks ago, when number 7 train riders were left confused and angry by a
lack of information about service changes on that line.

"There’s a lot of lessons learned that have been employed here,”
said James Leonard of NYC Transit. “A lot of changes that we made,
enhancements we made to signage, our work with customer service,
customer outreach, and you are going to see the fruits of that labor
this weekend."

A and C commuters say their changes have been tough to sort out.

"Once I got to Utica Avenue I heard that it was going to happen,
but by the time I got onto the Rockaway Avenue I figured it’d be a
rumor,” said one passenger. “Until I got to Utica, and then you started
hearing all the warnings and what to do. After I learned what to do it
was pretty cool.”

Well there’s been a lot of interruptions lately, but that’s what
they’ve got to do to get things fixed,” said another A and C rider.
“That’s what they have to do on the weekends so people just have to
deal with it."

Normal A and C service will return next weekend for Easter.

But the disruptions return for four more weekends after that, through Monday, May 7th.

For more information go to www.mta.info.