All three Downtown subway stations will be closed this weekend, and the Gateway station will stay closed for the next two years while work continues to connect the system to the North Side.

The Wood Street T station is the closest weekday alternative for light-rail riders.

Riders should board at Wood Street on the following platforms:

42C, 42S and 52: Board and discharge on the outbound platform.

47L and 47S: Board and discharge on the inbound platform.

Weekend closings will continue in the Downtown stations on the following schedule:

Oct. 31-Nov. 1: Gateway, Wood Street and Steel Plaza stations will close. Bus shuttles will serve street-level stops outside Gateway, Wood Street and Steel Plaza to First Avenue station.

Nov. 7-8: Gateway, Wood Street and Steel Plaza will close. Bus shuttles will serve Wood Street and Steel Plaza to First Avenue.

Nov. 14-15: Gateway and Wood Street closed.

Nov. 21-22: Gateway and Wood Street closed.

Nov. 28-29: Gateway closed. All other Downtown stations will be open.

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