Archive for March, 2015
Service Diversions 03-27-15
Get an early start on your weekend travel plans as I have just updated the Service Diversions through all of next week. Make sure to follow @TransitBlogger on Twitter by clicking the button in the sidebar as I am using it more often. Also if you are into indie music make sure to follow @IndMusicReview […]
FASTRACK Returns To Queens Blvd
Starting this Monday. MTA NYC Transit’s FASTRACK program will be returning to the Queens Boulevard corridor. Here are the complete details: On Monday, March 30, MTA New York City Transit’s FASTRACK program returns to the EFMR lines in Manhattan and Queens for two consecutive weeks. Beginning Monday, March 30, from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m., […]
Minor Metro North Schedule Changes
On April 26th, the MTA Metro-North Railroad will undergo some minor schedule changes. Here are the official details: Metro-North Railroad’s new train schedules effective Sunday, April 26, improve reliability and put more trains in service, making travel more convenient for customers. The schedules also will temporarily lengthen weekend travel times by up to five minutes […]
Subway Clerk Saves Stabbing Victim
Richard Singleton will be waking up to his new role as a hero today after the 18 year MTA veteran saved a 30 year old man who had been stabbed at the 28th Street Station. Pete Donohue & Caitlin Nolan of the New York Daily News has more: Clerk Richard Singleton rushed out of his […]
No Plan To Help MTA $15B Gap
Fare hikes went into effect less then 24 hours ago & riders are once again bemoaning the agency. However the big elephant in the room is how no plan seems to be in the cards to help solve the $15 billion gap in the MTA’s Capital Program. Sadly it comes to no surprise that help […]