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The New York Mets will be taking on the Kansas City Royals in the 2015 World Series and MTA trains and buses will be ready to serve fans headed to Citi Field starting Friday, October ...

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New York, NY - October 28, 2015 - The New York Mets will be taking on the Kansas City Royals in the 2015 World Series and MTA trains and buses will be ready to serve fans headed to Citi Field starting Friday, October 30 for Games 3, 4, and 5 (if necessary). If you’re not into the Fall Classic, there’s plenty more going on this weekend with Saturday’s annual Village Halloween Parade and Sunday’s TSC New York City Marathon. Wherever you are going, the MTA will get you there!

World Series at Citi Field
Fans can take the 7 train right to Mets-Willets Point for the World Series games that start at 8:07 p.m. each evening. The station is right in front of Citi Field on Roosevelt Avenue near 126th Street. After the games, MTA New York City Transit will provide special super-express 7 trains timed to depart after the last out. After leaving the game, these trains stop at 61 St-Woodside, Queensboro Plaza, Court Square, and all stops in Manhattan.

Before the game on Saturday and Sunday if Game 5 is necessary, New York City Transit’s “Train of Many Colors” will leave 34-Hudson Yards at 6:30 p.m., making express stops to Flushing-Main Street. The strictly old-school, 11-car Flushing Line train is made up of IRT cars manufactured between 1948 and 1964. The varying color schemes represent several different eras in subway history, including the redbirds and the striking two-tone robin’s egg blue and cream World’s Fair colors.

Three bus routes provide service to Citi Field.

  • The Q48 (East Elmhurst / Flushing) stops at 126th Street and Roosevelt Avenue, right in front of Citi Field.
  • The Q19 (Astoria / Flushing via Astoria Boulevard) and Q66 (Long Island City / Flushing via Northern Boulevard) both stop at 126th Place and Northern Boulevard, four blocks from Citi Field (eastbound) or 126th Street and Northern Boulevard, two blocks from Citi Field (westbound).

Real-time bus arrival estimates are available through MTA Bus Time. Click on the route links above for route maps and real-time bus locations. The Long Island Rail Road will provide convenient service right to and from Citi Field before, during, and after the games via the Port Washington Branch, and trains will run later if the games go into extra innings. The LIRR’s Mets-Willets Point station is just 19 minutes from Penn Station and 27 minutes from Port Washington. Fans traveling from Long Island on other branches can reach Citi Field by changing to Port Washington Branch trains at Woodside, just a five-minute ride.

For Friday night’s game, trains will depart Penn Station starting at 2:52 p.m. Ten trains will depart Penn Station during rush hour, between 4-8 p.m. Returning from the game, and going to and from games on Saturday and Sunday, trains will run every 30 minutes. The LIRR recommends customers buy round-trip tickets in advance to avoid waiting on lines after the game.

The full timetable for game service is available here

Village Halloween Parade and NYC Marathon

This upcoming weekend brings a pair of massive events with the Halloween Parade in Greenwich Village Saturday, October 31and the TSC New York Marathon, which will kick off from Staten Island Sunday morning, November 1. These two annual autumn events are extremely popular and attract tens of thousands of participants and revelers alike.

As always, MTA New York City Transit is the best way to get to both events, however customers should be aware of a major weekend service change that will affect 1 service to Lower Manhattan. Service on the 1 will be suspended south of 14 St between 11:30 p.m., Friday and 5 a.m., Monday. During that period, 2, 3 train service will operate local between 34 St and Chambers St and a bus shuttle will run between Chambers St and South Ferry.

The 2, 3 trains will make stops at 28 St, 23 St, 18 St, Christopher, Houston, Canal, Franklin and Chambers Streets. To avoid crowds at the Christopher St station after the parade, customers should use the 14 St station where 1, 2 and 3 service will be operating. Extra trains will be available on the 7Av, 6 Av and L lines if needed to accommodate parade goers.

Customers heading to the Staten Island Ferry to reach the start of the marathon who normally use the 1 to South Ferry are urged to use the 4, 5 to Bowling Green, or N or R service to Whitehall St-South Ferry. Service to Whitehall St-South Ferry station will be available via the N before 6:00 a.m. and the R after 6:00 a.m. Customers may transfer between the 1 and the N or R at Times Sq-42 St. Customers changing between the 2, 3 and 4, 5 may do so at Fulton St.

“This is going to be a great weekend to be in and around the City, but we want our customers to be mindful that we are still performing necessary construction work that will require the re-routing of trains,” said Joseph Leader, Senior Vice President of the Department of Subways. “Despite this project in Lower Manhattan, there is still adequate train and bus shuttle service to get everyone to their destinations.” The weekend work involves track and roadbed renewal project that is part of the reconstruction of the Cortlandt St 1 station. The work requires the removal of the old concrete roadbed, the installation of temporary track, the pouring of new concrete, followed by the installation of new track and associated hardware. This project is being accomplished over the course of several weekends.

Marathon revelers will also be able to use the MTA’s customized marathon subway map that will be posted online. It highlights pre-race, runner specific activities and events, as well as a number of great viewing locations throughout the city for the marathon. The map also lists a number of tools and tips to assist customers when traveling.

New York City Transit’s Operations Planning Division and Bus Road Operations team will stay in contact with the New York Road Runners Club, sharing information regarding any street closures and/or subway diversions that may arise. The Central Park Transverses at 65, 79 and 96 Streets will be closed for most of the day. Buses will not be permitted to cross 5 Av during the race.

Participants and spectators should check here for Current Service Status on any MTA mode of travel that they plan to use. Remember that TripPlanner+ provides travel information that takes weekend service diversions into account.

Customers are also reminded to set their clocks back an hour Saturday night. Let’s Go Mets L, G, M, Happy Halloween and good luck marathoners!