7 train service will be suspended between Queensboro Plaza and Times Square-42nd Street for five weekends this fall. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Jeanmarie Evelly

LONG ISLAND CITY — More service disruptions are in store for 7 train riders, with the MTA planning track work that will shut down part of the line for five weekends this fall.

Service will be suspended between Times Square and Queensboro Plaza this weekend as well as next weekend (Oct. 25-27), with no trains in both directions from 2 a.m. on Saturday to 5 a.m. on Monday, according to the MTA.

Trains also won't run between Times Square and Queensboro Plaza during the weekends of Nov. 8-10, Nov. 15-17 and Nov. 22-24, starting at 11:30 p.m. on Fridays until 5 a.m. on Mondays.

Free shuttle buses will be making stops between Vernon Boulevard-Jackson Avenue and Queensboro Plaza during the shutdowns.

Straphangers can take the E, F, N or Q trains for service between Queens and Manhattan, and can transfer between the 7 train and the E, F, and R trains at the 74th Street-Roosevelt Avenue station in Jackson Heights, according to the MTA.

Q trains will also be running to and from Astoria on Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. and on Sundays from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. during the shutdowns, and the 42nd Street Shuttle will run in Manhattan from 12:01 a.m. Saturday to 6 a.m. Monday.

Long Island Rail Road will also accept MetroCards from riders between Penn Station and Woodside, the MTA said.

The shutdowns are part of an ongoing $550 million project to replace the 7 line's signaling system, work that is expected to wrap up in 2017 and will make way for improvements like countdown clocks.

Other work includes replacing old track panels on the line and making repairs to the Steinway Tube, according to a press release.

"The ongoing work on the 7 remains absolutely critical to the line's reliability, safety and longevity," MTA NYC Transit President Carmen Bianco said in a statement. "We understand that these service disruptions are inconvenient to the customers who depend on the 7 train and we appreciate their patience."

For more information, visit the MTA's website here.