Archive for November, 2011
MNR Service To Road Race In Southport
The Metro-North Railroad has announced that for the first time ever, it will provide service to the Pequot Runners’ annual Thanksgiving Day 5-Mile Road Race and Fitness Walk. Here are the details: Runners, work up your Thanksgiving appetites! For the first time ever, MTA Metro-North Railroad is offering train service to Pequot Runners’ annual Thanksgiving […]
Port Jervis Busing Thanksgiving Schedule
This is the last scheduled week for special bus service on the Port Jervis line due to the damage from Hurricane Irene a few months ago. The other day, the MTA Metro-North announced a special schedule will be in place due to the Thanksgiving holiday: Unique travel patterns and extra holiday travelers over the Thanksgiving […]
Service Diversions 11-21-11
I just updated the Service Diversions by removing all of the work that wrapped up a minute ago. The amount of work is light this week since Thanksgiving is a few days away. The next major update should be sometime on Wednesday as I assume the MTA will issue the press release with the scheduled […]
TWU President Samuelsen Talks Negotiations
Over the years, I have covered the never ending war between the MTA & Transport Workers Union. The latest round in that war is looming as negotiations for a new labor deal are right around the corner. A few days ago, TWU Local 100 President John Samuelsen went on The Brian Lehrer Show to discuss […]
NYCT Looking At Subway Line Shutdowns
One of the biggest complaints from riders (and there are many) is how it seems like construction is always occurring on their line which causes inconvenience. There is truth to that as the MTA always has some sort of work being done throughout the system. This should come as no surprise considering our system runs […]
