Weekend trips out of town are a great time to remind yourself that the NYC subway system is the best in the country. The DC metro, after all, is eternally single-tracking; the Chicago El is always freezing, and Boston is a city full of evil sports teams so who even cares where the T can take you? Anyway, I'm Boston-bound. Those of you who are stuck here this weekend, feel free to curse the MTA until you're next able to experience the public transportation horrors offered up by Real America. It is one's right as a Strand tote bag-carrying New Yorker to complain incessantly until G train derailment do us part.

Here are the subway changes to expect this weekend:

1 trains won't run in either direction between 14 St and South Ferry from 11:30 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday.

2 trains will run local in both directions between Chambers St and 34 St-Penn Station from 11:30 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday.

3 trains will skip Rockaway Av and Van Siclen Av stations in both directions at all times until late October. 3 trains will also run local in both directions between Chambers St and 34 St-Penn Station from 6:30 a.m. to 12 a.m. Saturday and Sunday

4 trains will skip Rockaway Av and Van Siclen Av stations in both directions at all times until late October.

Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall bound 6 trains will run express from Pelham Bay Park to Hunts Point Av from 3:45 a.m. Saturday to 10 p.m. Sunday. 6 trains will also run every 16 minutes between 3 Av-138 St. and Pelham Bay Park from 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday and from 11 a.m. to 8 p..m. on Sunday. And, because the MTA hates all of us, the last stop for "some" Pelham Bay Park trains is 3 Av-138 St.

Far Rockaway/Lefferts Blvd-bound A trains will skip 80 St and 111 St at all times until Winter 2016. A trains will also be rerouted via the F line in both directions between W 4 St-Wash Sq and Jay St-MetroTech from 11:45 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday. During that time, trains will also run local in both directions between W 4 St-Wash Sq and 59 St-Columbus Circle. Brooklyn-bound A trains will run express from 125 St to 59 St-Columbus Circle from 11:45 p.m. on Friday to 6:30 a.m. Sunday and from 11:45 p.m. Sunday to 5 a.m. Monday.

C trains will be rerouted via the F line in both directions between Jay St-MetroTech and W 4 St-Wash Sq from 6:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. During that time Brooklyn-bound C trains will run express from 125 St to 59 St-Columbus Circle.

Norwood-205 St bound D trains will be rerouted via the N line from Coney Island-Stillwell Av to 36 St from 11:45 p.m. on Friday to 5 a.m. on Monday.

E trains will be rerouted via the F in both directions between Roosevelt Av and W 4 St-Wash Sq from 11:45 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday. E trains will run local in both directions in Queens from 12:01 a.m. Saturday to 5 a.m. Monday.

Jamaica-179 St bound F trains will skip Ditmas Av at all times until Fall 2015, which, who knows what that means because it's already fall??? Jamaica-179 St bound F trains will also skip Avenue X at all times until Winter 2015. In the near future, Jamaica-179 bound F trains will run express from Neptune Av to Smith-9 Sts from 11:45 p.m. on Friday to 5 a.m. on Monday. F trains will run local in both directions in Queens from 12:01 a.m. Saturday to 5 a.m. Monday.

L trains will skip Atlantic Av in both directions at all times until Winter 2016. L trains will also be suspended in both directions between Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy and Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs from 11:30 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday.

R train service will be extended to the Jamaica-179 St F station from 6:30 a.m. to 12 a.m. Saturday and Sunday.

The Rockaway Park S train will be suspended from 11:45 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday. The 42 Street shuttle will also be suspended from 6:30 a.m. to 12 a.m. Saturday and Sunday.

With Marie Solis