{"id":142124,"date":"2026-02-22T23:25:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T23:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/142124\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T23:25:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T23:25:07","slug":"winter-storm-mta-service-changes-february-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/142124\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter storm MTA service changes: February 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A winter storm will bring heavy snowfall to our area on Sunday, February 22, into the following Monday. Customers are strongly advised to avoid travel.<\/p>\n<p>Our crews have prepared by salting outdoor areas at stations, deploying snow-fighting equipment, and monitoring switches and tracks. But we&#8217;re also taking precautions to ensure trains and buses can operate safely, and there will be service changes on subways, buses, the Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North Railroad, and Access-A-Ride. Keep reading to see those changes.<\/p>\n<p>Our customers&#8217; safety is our top priority. If you must travel, keep these things in mind:<\/p>\n<p>Allow yourself extra travel time.<br \/>\nUse extra caution, especially on stairs, platforms, and when boarding or exiting trains and buses.<br \/>\nCheck service status on the MTA or TrainTime apps, or on our website.<br \/>\nChat with us in our apps if you have questions about service.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.info.mta.org\/create-mta-service-alerts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up for real-time email or SMS alerts<\/a> to get updates on service as they happen.<\/p>\n<p>Stay safe, and thanks for riding with us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A winter storm will bring heavy snowfall to our area on Sunday, February 22, into the following Monday.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":142125,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,24,55,54,56],"class_list":{"0":"post-142124","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-new-york-city-headlines","11":"tag-new-york-city-news","12":"tag-ny"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142124\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}