Happy New Year 2012!
I would like to take this time & wish everyone around the world a Happy New Year 2012!
This was a great year in many ways for TransitBlogger.com including record traffic (especially during Hurricane Irene). I thank you all for being dedicated readers & for those e-mails of encouragement sent my way. I promise to do even more to bring you the best in mass transit coverage in 2012 & beyond!
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Well I have just updated the Service Diversions for the last time in 2011 with the light work planned for this weekend, next week & beyond in some cases. With Times Square being the center of attention as always on New Year’s Eve, please note that service in & around the area will be altered.
Here are the links to entries with specific service plan information for the respective branches of the MTA:
Metro-North Railroad (Note: For those riding the railroad along the Pascack Valley or Port Jervis lines, click here for specific information.)
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The next entry update will be next year (specifically Tuesday at 5:01 AM).
Have a wonderful end of 2011 & here’s to a Happy New Year!
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LIRR New Year’s Eve Service Plan Info
Here is the rundown for the rest of the MTA Long Island Railroad (LIRR) service plan for New Year’s Eve & Day:
The MTA Long Island Rail Road will provide additional trains to and from Penn Station for the New Year’s holiday. The extra service includes 14 additional eastbound afternoon trains on Friday, Dec. 30; ten additional westbound evening trains on New Year’s Eve, Saturday, Dec. 31; and 14 additional eastbound trains from Penn Station during the early-morning hours for New Year’s revelers returning from the City on New Year’s Day, Sunday, Jan. 1.
The LIRR advises customers to purchase round trip tickets, including MetroCards for connecting subway and bus service, in advance in order to save time and avoid lines at LIRR ticket windows and New York City Transit MetroCard windows and ticket machines.
As in prior years, open alcoholic beverage containers will not be allowed on LIRR trains, platforms and at stations from 12 Noon on New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31, 2011 through 12 Noon on New Year’s Day, Jan. 1, 2012. MTA Police will enforce this restriction.
Extra Service to Manhattan – Sat., Dec. 31 (New Year’s Eve)
The ten additional evening westbound trains (to Penn Station) on New Year’s Eve between 5:09 PM and 8:09 PM include:
Port Jefferson Branch:
Leave Huntington at 7:08 PM, making all stops to Jamaica, then Penn Station.
Leave Port Jefferson at 6:45 PM, making all stops to Huntington, then Hicksville, Jamaica and Penn Station
Babylon Branch:
Leave Babylon at 6:19 PM, making all stops to Lynbrook, then Jamaica and Penn Station.
Leave Babylon at 7:19 PM, making all stops to Lynbrook, then Jamaica and Penn Station.
Montauk Branch:
Leave Speonk at 7:11 PM, making all stops to Babylon, then Jamaica and Penn Station.
Port Washington Branch:
Leave Port Washington at 6:09 PM, making all stops to Woodside, then Penn Station.
Leave Port Washington at 7:09 PM, making all stops to Woodside, then Penn Station.
Leave Port Washington at 8:09 PM, making all stops to Woodside, then Penn Station.
Ronkonkoma Branch:
Leave Ronkonkoma at 5:09 PM, making all stops (with the exception of Pinelawn) to Hicksville, then Mineola, Jamaica, and Penn Station.
Leave Ronkonkoma at 7:21 PM, making all stops (with the exception of Pinelawn) to Hicksville, then Mineola, Jamaica, and Penn Station.
Extra Service returning from Manhattan – Sun., Jan. 1 (New Year’s Day)
The LIRR will be operating on a weekend/holiday scheduled on Sunday, Jan. 1. The December monthly pass will be valid for travel on New Year’s Day morning. Fourteen additional eastbound trains (from Penn Station) will be provided in the early-morning hours between 12:29 AM-4:19 AM on Sunday, Jan., 1, New Year’s Day. They are detailed below:
Port Washington Branch:
12:35 AM stopping at Woodside, Flushing-Main St., then all stops to Port Washington.
2:19 AM stopping at Woodside, Flushing-Main St., then all stops to Port Washington.
4:19 AM stopping at Woodside, Flushing-Main St., then all stops to Port Washington.
Long Beach Branch:
2:44 AM stopping at Jamaica, Valley Stream, Lynbrook, then all stops to Long Beach.
Ronkonkoma Branch:
12:29 AM stopping at Jamaica, Mineola, Hicksville, then all stops to Ronkonkoma (with the exception of Pinelawn).
2:03 AM stopping at Jamaica, Mineola, Hicksville, then all stops to Ronkonkoma (with the exception of Pinelawn).
3:53 AM stopping at Jamaica, Mineola, Hicksville, then all stops to Ronkonkoma (with the exception of Pinelawn).
Port Jefferson Branch:
2:14 AM stopping at Jamaica, New Hyde Park, then all stops to Huntington.
3:12 AM stopping at Jamaica, New Hyde Park, then all stops to Port Jefferson.
Babylon Branch:
1:11 AM stopping at Jamaica, Lynbrook, then all stops to Babylon.
2:11 AM stopping at Jamaica, Lynbrook, then all stops to Babylon.
2:59 AM stopping at Jamaica, Lynbrook, then all stops to Babylon.
3:29 AM stopping at Jamaica, Lynbrook, then all stops to Babylon.
Montauk Branch:
1:29 AM stopping at Jamaica, Rockville Centre, then all stops to Speonk.
Monday, Jan. 2:
The LIRR will operate on a regular weekday schedule on Monday, Jan. 2, 2012.
December Monthly Passes:
The December monthly commutation pass will be accepted for one courtesy ride only after midnight on December 31 and up until 10:00 AM on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012.
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Metro-North New Year’s Eve Service Plan Info
Here is the rundown for the MTA Metro-North Railroad in terms of their New Year’s Eve service plan information:
Metro-North offers fast, frequent service to and from Grand Central Terminal all day long and into the early morning hours of New Year’s Eve for celebrants travelling to Times Square and elsewhere in the Big Apple.
On New Year’s Eve Day, Metro-North will operate on a special Saturday schedule; for New Year’s Eve revelers, extra inbound afternoon/evening service and all-night outbound service will be provided on all three lines, the Hudson, Harlem and New Haven. Ridership during these periods is projected to be higher than last year, but is weather dependent.
On New Year’s morning 2012, only half of those people who came into the city for the festivities will be gone by 2 AM, when outbound service usually ends. So, outbound trains, both outer end express service and inner local service, will be provided all night. Overnight service also includes branch line service to Wassaic and New Canaan.
A regular Sunday schedule resumes at 5:35AM.
Advice to customers:
Buy an off-peak, round-trip ticket at your home station and avoid long lines in Grand Central, where there will be ticket collection at the train gate before boarding between midnight and 4:40AM. Each customer must have a ticket to board the train and will be sent back to the ticket windows or to the TVMs to purchase a ticket if they do not. (Elderly/disabled customers and families with small children will not be sent back to purchase a ticket. Conductor issued tickets will be sold at the gate or arrangements made on-board the train to issue the tickets.) In addition, there will be gate collection on inbound trains departing New Haven Station between noon and 8 PM.
When traveling with friends, buy a 10-trip, off-peak ticket and save.
Free parking available at most stations.
Alcohol is not allowed on board Metro-North trains, Grand Central and all railroad stations and is subject to confiscation by MTA Police.
Grand Central North exits will be closed on December 31, January 1 and January 2.
Grand Central Ticket Office will be open all night on NY’s Eve. There also are two dozen ticket vending machines in Grand Central, in five locations.
Special timetables for the New Year’s Weekend are available at Grand Central and outlying ticket offices and on the web at mta.info/mnr.
December monthly commutation tickets will be valid for travel on New Year’s morning between 12:00 Midnight and 6:30AM, without having the ticket cancelled or collected. It also will be accepted for one courtesy ride through 10 AM, Tuesday, January 3, 2012.
All tickets sold on trains will be at the higher on-board price.
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Extra Port Jervis & Pascack Valley Trains For NYE
Don’t forget that riders of the Metro-North will have extra service on the Port Jervis & Pascack Valley lines for New Year’s Eve:
MTA Metro-North Railroad is making it easy for News Year’s Eve revelers to get to and from the festivities in Manhattan with extra service on the Port Jervis and Pascack Valley lines.
MTA Metro-North Railroad is making it easy for News Year’s Eve revelers to get to and from the festivities in Manhattan with extra service on the Port Jervis and Pascack Valley lines.
On the Port Jervis Line, there will be two additional, late night/early morning homebound trains.
To catch the 1:25 AM out of Hoboken, customers must leave Penn Station NY on the 1:19AM train. The train (#95) will operate express to Suffern, then make all stops to Port Jervis and arrive there at 3:38AM.
Also on the Port Jervis line, there is 3 AM departure from Hoboken. To catch this train, (#97) customers must leave Penn Station NY at 2:50AM. This train makes all Main line stops from Kingsland, NJ, to Port Jervis and will arrive in Port Jervis at 5:37AM.
Note: The 12:40 AM train from Hoboken to Port Jervis (#69) will not operate on New Year’s morning.
On the Pascack Valley Line, one additional train will operate to accommodate New Year’s revelers. The train (#9603) will depart Hoboken at 3:25AM. To catch this train from Manhattan, take the 3:15 AM from Penn Station, which stops at Secaucus at 3:24AM and connects to the 3:25 AM, which will then make all local stops to Spring Valley, arriving at 4:36AM.
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