Archive for December, 2014
LIRR Christmas 2014 Service Plan
Here is the Christmas 2014 holiday service plan for the Long Island Rail Road: MTA Long Island Rail Road is adding 13 trains to its eastbound afternoon schedule from Penn Station on Christmas Eve, Wednesday, December 24, to accommodate the large number of customers leaving work early to begin their Christmas holiday. The additional service […]
Metro North Christmas 2014 Service Plan
Here is the Christmas 2014 holiday service plan info for the Metro-North Railroad: Whether you’re looking to visit family, sightsee or do some last-minute shopping, MTA Metro-North Railroad wants to help you celebrate the holidays with trains and schedules to suit your needs. Please note that drinking alcohol on Metro-North trains and at our stations […]
S.I. Railway Christmas 2014 Service Plan
Here is the Christmas 2014 service plan for the Staten Island Railway: Christmas Eve, Wednesday, December 24: The Staten Island Railway will operate additional express service beginning two hours earlier, from 2:30 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Christmas Day, Thursday, December 25: The Staten Island Railway will operate on a Saturday schedule. Friday, December 26: The […]
MTA Seeks Federal Funds For L Line
This past Friday, the MTA announced it is seeking approximately $300M in federal funds for the . The funds would go towards improvements such as adding a couple of trains per hour, installing new entrances at Bedford & 1st Avs respectively & more. Here is more via the official press release: The Metropolitan Transportation Authority […]
MTA Report Exposes F Train Derailment Cause
Back in the beginning of May, the biggest transit story was the Brooklyn-bound train that derailed in Queens. 7 months after the derailment, the MTA issued a report this past Friday exposing the cause of the derailment which turned out to be unrepaired track defaults. Here is the official press release I received which I […]
