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President’s Day 2013 Service Info

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on February 13th, 2013 at 6:35 pm

Here is the service information for President’s Day:

Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) trains and buses will operate on special schedules in observance of Presidents’ Day on Monday.

New York City Subways and Buses:

On Monday, February 18, President’s Day, the New York City Subway and buses operated by MTA New York City Transit and the MTA Bus Company will operate on a Saturday schedule.

Planned Service changes for Monday, February 18:

• The 5 train will operate only as a shuttle in the Bronx, between Dyre Avenue and East 180th Street.

• 7 weekend work is extended through Monday; 7 trains operate only between Flushing-Main Street and Queensboro Plaza.

• Q service will be extended to Astoria due to the 7 shutdown. (From 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday, February 16, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, February 17, and from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday, February 18, Q trains are extended to Ditmars Blvd. in order to augment service between Manhattan and Queens.)

• Other weekend track work diversions will extend through Monday. Details will be posted at www.mta.info.

As a reminder, on a Saturday schedule, these subway changes are in place:

• There is no express service on the 6 or 7.

• The B train does not operate; use the A, C, D or Q instead.

• M trains operate only between Myrtle Avenue (Broadway), Brooklyn, and Metropolitan Avenue, Queens.

• The Z train does not operate; use the J, which runs between Jamaica Center and Chambers Street.

To stay informed, refer to the Weekday and Weekend Service Change Directories posted in all subway stations. Visit our website at www.mta.info and click on “Planned Service Changes” and/or “Current Service Status.”

Long Island Rail Road:

On Presidents’ Day, Monday, February 18, MTA Long Island Rail Road will operate on a holiday schedule with three extra westbound trains and three extra eastbound trains on the Port Washington Branch and one extra westbound train on the Ronkonkoma Branch. In addition, selected trains will make additional stops. Off-peak fares will be in effect all day.

Click here for complete details.

Metro-North Railroad:

On Presidents Day, Monday, February 18, MTA Metro-North Railroad will operate on a Saturday schedule. Hudson Rail Link, the Newburgh-Beacon Ferry and the Haverstraw-Ossining Ferry, will not operate.

Staten Island Railway:

On President’s Day, Monday, February 18, MTA Staten Island Railway will operate on a Sunday schedule. There will be no early Get Away schedule for the Friday before the holiday weekend.

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LIRR President’s Day 2013 Service Plan Info

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on February 13th, 2013 at 6:31 pm

Here is the service plan information for the LIRR on President’s Day:

The MTA Long Island Rail Road will operate on a holiday schedule on Presidents’ Day, Monday, February 18. Three extra westbound trains and three extra eastbound trains will operate
on the Port Washington Branch and one extra westbound train will operate on the Ronkonkoma Branch.

Three regular eastbound Ronkonkoma trains will operate with added stops and selected eastbound and westbound trains will operate with added cars.

Off-peak fares will be in effect all day.

Since the LIRR will be operating on a holiday schedule there will be no train service on the West Hempstead Branch and East of Ronkonkoma.

Extra Westbound Trains

Ronkonkoma Branch:

• Departs Ronkonkoma at 7:10 AM, making stops all stops to Hicksville (except Pinelawn), then Jamaica, Woodside and arrives Penn Station at 8:28 AM.

Port Washington Branch:

• Departs Port Washington at 7:10 AM, making all stops to Flushing Main St. (except Mets-Willets Point), then Woodside and arrives Penn Station at 7:55 AM.

• Departs Port Washington at 8:10 AM, making all stops to Flushing Main St. (except Mets-Willets Point), then Woodside and arrives Penn Station at 8:55 AM.

• Departs Port Washington at 9:10 AM, making all stops to Flushing Main St. (except Mets-Willets Point), then Woodside and arrives Penn Station at 9:55 AM.

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Extra Eastbound Trains

Port Washington Branch:

• Departs Penn Station at 3:48 PM, making stops at Woodside, Flushing Main St., then all stops to Port Washington.

• Departs Penn Station at 4:48 PM, making stops at Woodside, Flushing Main St., then all stops to Port Washington.• Departs Penn Station at 5:48 PM, making stops at Woodside, Flushing Main St., then all stops to Port Washington.

Eastbound Trains Making Added Stops

Ronkonkoma Branch:

• Departs Penn Station at 4:35 PM, making stops at Woodside, Jamaica, New Hyde Park, Mineola, Westbury, Hicksville, Bethpage, then all stops to Ronkonkoma (except Pinelawn).

• Departs Penn Station at 5:35 PM, making stops at Woodside, Jamaica, New Hyde Park, Mineola, Westbury, Hicksville, Bethpage, then all stops to Ronkonkoma (except Pinelawn).

• Departs Penn Station at 6:35 PM, making stops at Woodside, Jamaica, New Hyde Park, Mineola, Westbury, Hicksville and Bethpage, then all stops to Ronkonkoma (except Pinelawn).

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LIRR To Offer Extra Eastbound Service Ahead Of Storm

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on February 13th, 2013 at 11:24 am

Residents of Long Island are not looking forward to anymore snow coming down. Even though it will be nothing like last weekend’s storm, it is an unwelcome site. The LIRR will be trying to aid residents get home ahead of the storm by providing extra eastbound service this afternoon. Here are the details via the release I just received:

MTA Long Island Rail Road will operate eight additional afternoon eastbound trains today (Wednesday, February 13) to accommodate customers who may wish to head home early in anticipation of the coming winter storm.

The extra trains will supplement the LIRR regular off-peak service. The eight additional trains will depart from Penn Station between 2:09 PM and 3:48 PM on the Babylon, Port Jefferson, Port Washington and Far Rockaway Branches. Also, a regularly scheduled train from Huntington destined for Port Jefferson will originate instead from Jamaica at 1:46 PM.

Here is a list of the trains being added to the schedule.

Babylon Branch:

• A 2:32 PM departure from Penn Station due in Babylon at 3:45 PM, running express to Lynbrook and then all local stops to Babylon.

• A 3:00 PM departure from Penn Station due in Babylon at 4:12 PM with stops at Jamaica and Rockville Centre and then all local stops to Babylon.

• A 3:31 PM departure from Penn Station due in Babylon at 4:39 PM, running express to Rockville Centre and then all local stops to Babylon

Port Jefferson Branch:

• The train that normally originates at Huntington at 2:50 PM bound for Port Jefferson, will instead originate at 1:46 PM from Jamaica, making the Huntington stop at 2;50 PM and all stops to Port Jefferson, arriving at 3:37 PM.

• A 2:08 PM departure from Penn Station due in Huntington at 3:09 PM with stops at Jamaica and Carle Place and then all local stops to Huntington

• A 2:29 PM departure from Penn Station due in Huntington at 3:35 PM with stops at Forest Hills, Kew Gardens, Jamaica, New Hyde Park and then all local stops to Huntington.

• A 3:24 PM departure from Penn Station due in Hicksville at 4:05 PM with stops at Jamaica, Mineola Westbury and Hicksville.

Port Washington Branch:

• A 3:40 PM departure from Penn Station due in Great Neck at 4:15 PM with stops at Woodside, Flushing Main St. and then all stops to Great Neck.

Far Rockaway Branch:

• A 3:48 PM departure from Penn Station due in Far Rockaway at 4:43 PM running express to Locust Manor and then all stops to Far Rockaway

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Metro-North PM & AM Update

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on February 12th, 2013 at 2:21 pm

Here is the latest update I received from the Metro-North just now:

In the aftermath of the Blizzard of 2013, restoration of service on MTA Metro-North Railroad is nearly complete with afternoon peak service today near normal and a full complement of trains on all lines with the exception of the Waterbury branch and three combined trains on the New Haven Line.

Beginning Wednesday morning, Metro-North will provide a regular weekday schedule, including resumption of all Waterbury Branch and Shore Line East trains.

This afternoon, the 5:17 PM to Harrison and the 5:20 PM to New Rochelle are combined, departing Grand Central at 5:20 PM and making all stops from Mount Vernon East to Harrison.

The 4:07 to New Haven and the 4:15 to New Haven are combined, departing Grand Central at 4:15, and making New Rochelle, Rye, and all stops from Rye to New Haven except Rowayton.

The 7:11 PM to Harrison is canceled. Customers may use the 6:45 PM train to Stamford or the 7:16 PM to Stamford instead. It is anticipated that the 7:16 PM to Stamford will be very crowded and customers should try to use the 6:45 PM train.

These changes were necessitated by a shortage of New Haven Line train cars, due to weather-related failures and an ongoing effort to dig out cars from yards that were buried under mounds of snow. These three trains were selected to affect the fewest number of customers.

Hudson and Harlem Line trains have been operating without car shortages, but most trains on the New Haven will continue be short one to two cars, which probably will cause standees.

About half the 50% of the New Haven Line fleet is brand-new M-8 cars, which are functioning very well in the snow. The oldest cars, the M-2s, also are functioning well because they have been through the Critical System Replacement program, which was intended to extend their useful lives until all 405 M-8 cars on order are delivered. The M-4 and M-6 cars have not been upgraded and about two-thirds of them are shopped due to high voltage electrical failures.

Customers should take care when traveling and allow for additional travel time and should use caution when entering and exiting trains, and on platforms and staircases.

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Buses To Serve Metro-North Waterbury Branch

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on February 10th, 2013 at 10:26 pm

Just now the MTA sent word that buses will serve the Waterbury Branch. Here is what was sent out which basically repeated the previous post but with the addition of bus service:

On Monday morning, February 11, normal weekday train schedules will remain in effect on Metro-North Railroad’s Hudson and Harlem lines, as well as on the New Haven Line between Stamford and Grand Central Terminal.

And for the first time since the blizzard of 2013 hit, trains also will operate between New Haven and Stamford, but at about half of the normal weekday rush hour service level. Train service also will resume on the Danbury and New Canaan branches. Buses will serve the Waterbury branch.

On the Danbury Branch, four of the five regular trains will operate. The 6:18 a.m. departure from Danbury will not operate.

In addition, there are several minor changes in service between Stamford and New York. The 6:11 a.m. from Stamford is cancelled and customers who usually catch the 7:35 a.m. out of Port Chester (that also stops at Rye at 7:39 a.m.) will be accommodated on the local that leaves Stamford at 6:59 a.m. – within five minutes of their regular time.

Also, some of the east end trains that ordinarily stop at Greenwich are not running tomorrow.

Both the Haverstraw and Newburgh ferries and the Hudson Rail Link buses are running tomorrow.

All customers should use caution when entering/existing trains and on the platforms and stairs. New Haven Line customers should anticipate crowded trains.

A regular off-peak/midday schedule will be operated on all lines. The PM peak schedule for the outer New Haven Line is being developed.

Many Connecticut residents in the New Haven area, including Metro-North employees, may have trouble reaching their train stations and work locations because many local roads remain impassable.

Crews continued working all day and overnight to remove deep snow from yards in New Haven and Bridgeport and to clear the track switches that allow trains to change from one track to another. In addition to Metro-North forces, about 45 maintenance of way workers from New York City Transit rode a diesel train to Bridgeport and New Haven yards to assist in the clean up effort. Another crew of 45 workers were to arrive at about 9:30 pm to continue working in the yards.

There are two jet engine snow blowers at work and CDOT has sent two frontend loaders and several triple axle trucks to remove snow from the yards.

In addition, deep snow has to be removed manually from the roof of each train car so that the pantographs can go up and down. (The pantographs are the mechanical arms that capture electricity from the overhead catenary wires.)

Metro-North has been running empty trains up and down the line this evening to help clear switches, overhead wires and train roofs to ensure that the infrastructure and trains are operating safely and reliably after the three-day hiatus.

For specific schedules, please check http://mta.info/mnr or in New York City call 511. In Connecticut, call toll-free 877-690-5114

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