Service Diversions 01-10-14
Get a head start on your weekend plans as I have just updated the Service Diversions.
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FASTRACK Comes To The 1
Next week will mark the first time the MTA brings its FASTRACK to the 
. Here are the complete details via press release:
On Monday, January 13, for the first time, MTA New York City Transit brings FASTRACK to the 1 line in Upper Manhattan. 1 service will be suspended between 96 St and Dyckman St from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. for four consecutive weeknights from Monday, January 13 to early Friday morning, January 17. 1 train service will operate in two sections:
1. Between 242 St and Dyckman St. (Dyckman St-bound 1 trains skip 207 St.)
2. Between South Ferry and the 148 St station on the 3 line. (1 trains are rerouted via the 3 line between 96 St and 148 St.)
Travel alternatives: Take A trains and free shuttle buses
1. To/From the Bronx, transfer between the 1 and the A at Dyckman St.
2. To/From South Ferry, transfer between the 1 and the A at 59 St-Columbus Circle.
3. For 1 stations in Washington Heights, Harlem, and the Upper West Side, use nearby A stations along Ft Washington Av, St Nicholas Av, and Central Park West, and/or take free shuttle buses at 1 stations.
4. Transfer between free shuttle buses and trains at Dyckman St 1 A, 168 St (A only), and 96 St 1.
Free shuttle buses operate on three routes:
1. Along Broadway between the 96 St 1 and 168 St A stations, making stops at 103 St, 110 St, 116 St, 125 St, 137 St, 145 St, and 157 St.
2. Along St Nicholas Av between the 168 St A and the 191 St 1 stations, making stops at 181 St and 191 St.
3. Dyckman St loop between A and 1 stations.
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Service Diversions 01-03-14
Even with Hercules done in terms of accumulation, MTA NYC Transit has cancelled all scheduled diversions for the weekend. The only ones in place are the temporary closures of the Castle Hill Ave & Middletown Road Stations on the 
& the Montague Tubes closed for the 
& 
.
However as of this moment, all work scheduled for next week is still a go including FASTRACK on the 
. All details are posted on the Service Diversions page. Have a wonderful weekend!
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FASTRACK Comes To The G
The highly successful MTA NYC Transit FASTRACK program will be making its 2014 debut on Monday as it comes to the which will have no service between Bedford-Nostrand Avs & Church Av. Here are the complete details via press release:
On Monday, January 6, for the first time, MTA New York City Transit brings FASTRACK to the G line in Brooklyn. G service will be suspended between Bedford-Nostrand Avs and Church Av from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. for four consecutive weeknights from Monday, January 6 to early Friday morning, January 10. Free shuttle buses, and F trains provide alternate service via Jay St-MetroTech.
Travel Alternatives:
• Free shuttle buses operate between Bedford-Nostrand Avs and the Jay St-MetroTech F station making station stops at Classon Av, Clinton-Washington Avs, Fulton St, and Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts.
• Transfer between G trains and free shuttle buses at Bedford-Nostrand Avs.
• Take the F for service between Jay St-MetroTech and Church Av.
• Transfer between free shuttle buses and F trains at Jay St-MetroTech.
• A service is also available between Hoyt-Schermerhorn and Jay St-MetroTech.
FASTRACK has been designed around the careful determination that there is adequate alternate means of transportation, including enhanced services along some bus lines during work periods. Alternative transportation options will be detailed in announcements and posters on trains, in stations and on selected buses; brochures will be available in both English and Spanish. Information on this FASTRACK is available on the web at http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/fastrack_G.htm
FASTRACK was introduced in January 2012, devoting four straight weeknights to perform maintenance work in tunnels, stations and on tracks, completely suspending service within a given line segment for a seven-hour period between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m., allowing an army of maintenance workers to perform dozens of tasks.
Our next FASTRACK overnight closure will be on the 1 line between 96 St and Dyckman St beginning Monday night, January 13 and ending early Friday morning, January 17.
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LIRR & Metro-North Service Plan Info
I just got word from the MTA in regards to the service plans for the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) & Metro-North Railroad tomorrow:
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad will operate on reduced schedules tomorrow in anticipation of limited ridership during the winter blizzard and dangerous blizzard-like conditions overnight. The Long Island Rail Road will operate on a weekend schedule. Metro-North Railroad will operate on a Saturday schedule (without the trains marked as Shoppers’ Specials).
“The safety of MTA riders and employees is the top priority of the MTA,” said Governor Cuomo. “MTA employees have been out sanding and salting platforms and walkways, but conditions can become difficult quickly during a winter storm. We encourage all who must travel tomorrow to step carefully on platforms and walkways and hold handrails when walking on steps.”
Depending on the time of day, these schedules provide about 60 percent of normal weekday trains.
Tomorrow, as on weekends, the LIRR will not provide train service on the West Hempstead Branch or east of Ronkonkoma on the Ronkonkoma Branch. Substitute bus service between Ronkonkoma and Greenport will be provided.
Two ferry services operated under contract to Metro-North, the Haverstraw-Ossining Ferry and the Newburgh-Beacon Ferry, will not operate tomorrow. Hudson RailLink at Spuyten Duyvil and Riverdale will operate on a special schedule.
Customers looking for specific train schedules should look to mta.info or their printed weekend timetables for the LIRR or Saturday timetables for Metro-North. This information also is available via Metro-North Train Time and LIRR Train Time apps for iOS and Android. The MTA’s homepage at mta.info, has been reconfigured so that it is completely devoted to weather-related information.
We urge customers to consider staying home tomorrow. Those looking to travel tomorrow should visit mta.info or our mobile apps for the latest service status before heading out and sign up for the latest service alerts via email and text message. To sign up for service alerts, visit mymtaalerts.com.
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