Archive for November, 2018
LIRR Opens 3 Renewed Station Buildings
Earlier today, the MTA Long Island Rail Road announced that it will be opening 3 renewed station buildings. The buildings will be located at the Brentwood, Deer Park & Northport stations. Here are more details via the press release the agency sent me: Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Long Island Rail Road officials today announced the […]
MTA To Buy Grand Central Terminal
The other big news to come out of the MTA meetings on Tuesday was the agency announcing that it plans on purchasing Grand Central Terminal along with the Metro North’s Harlem & Hudson lines. The total cost for these purchases is $35M & was approved by the financial committee & will be put to the […]
Subway Delays Down By 10,000
At Tuesday’s monthly MTA transit committee meeting, NYC Transit was able to report that subway delays were down by 10,000 for the second month in a row. My good friend Greg Mocker of Pix11 has more: There was some good news Tuesday at the monthly transit committee at MTA Headquarters. Sally Librera, who heads the […]
7 Train Signal Project Nearing Completion
line riders are all too familiar with the service diversions that have plagued the line for nearly a decade due to a long term signal upgrade. Thankfully I can report that the project is nearing completion as the MTA announced it will be done by the end of this month. The upgrade will let the […]
Woman Beaten & Stabbed On Subway
Last Friday, 57 year old Ann Marie Washington was riding the Q train home after a long day at work. She departed the train at the Church Ave station & started to walk up the stairs when an unknown male came up from behind & attacked her while shouting racial slurs. He punched her multiple […]
