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=== Service history === Over the years, the termini for the GG (relabeled G in 1985)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thejoekorner.com/brochures/index.html|title=The JoeKorNer Brochures|website=www.thejoekorner.com|access-date=May 1, 2016}}</ref> varied, including being extended to [[Jamaica–179th Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line)|Jamaica–179th Street]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.subwaynut.com/brochures/1990servicechanges.pdf|title=Service Changes September 30, 1990|date=September 30, 1990|website=subwaynut.com|publisher=New York City Transit Authority|access-date=May 1, 2016|archive-date=October 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026015324/http://www.subwaynut.com/brochures/1990servicechanges.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> or cut back to [[Queens Plaza (IND Queens Boulevard Line)|Queens Plaza]]. On December 16, 2001, a new weekdays-only {{NYCS|V}} train (replaced in 2010 by the {{NYCS|M}}) running local on the [[IND Queens Boulevard Line|Queens Boulevard Line]] required the truncation of the G to [[Court Square (New York City Subway)|Long Island City–Court Square]] during weekdays.<ref name="MTA-GLineReview-2013">{{cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/G_LineReview_7_10_13.pdf|title=Review of the G Line|date=July 10, 2013|website=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority|mta.info]]|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226002828/http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/G_LineReview_7_10_13.pdf|archive-date=February 26, 2015|url-status=live|access-date=August 2, 2015}}</ref><ref name="nyt 200105">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/25/nyregion/panel-approves-new-v-train-but-shortens-g-line-to-make-room.html|title=Panel Approves New V Train but Shortens G Line to Make Room|last=Kennedy|first=Randy|date=May 25, 2001|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=March 20, 2010}}</ref> G service was extended to Forest Hills–71st Avenue at all other times until April 19, 2010, when G service was permanently cut back from the Queens Boulevard Line due to budget cuts and closures for repair work.<ref>{{cite news|first=Heather |last=Haddon |url=http://www.amny.com/urbanite-1.812039/g-train-taking-a-hit-before-service-cuts-roll-out-1.1860885 |title=G train taking a hit before service cuts roll out |newspaper=[[AM New York]] |date=April 13, 2010 |access-date=April 16, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100424235757/http://www.amny.com/urbanite-1.812039/g-train-taking-a-hit-before-service-cuts-roll-out-1.1860885 |archive-date=April 24, 2010 }}</ref> Service was also extended to [[Church Avenue (IND Culver Line)|Church Avenue]] several times, the most recent extension being in 2009. During weekend service disruptions on the {{NYCS|F}} service between Jay and Bergen Streets, trains were extended beyond Church Avenue to [[Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (New York City Subway)|Coney Island]].
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