Dyckman Street 1 Station Rehab Continues
This past Wednesday, MTA New YorK City Transit sent out word that the next phase of the multi-million dollar Dyckman Street 
station would continue. Here are the details:
MTA New York City Transit announces that the first phase of the Dyckman Street rehabilitation project is scheduled to be complete when the uptown platform reopens for customer service on August 15. On that day, the second phase of the project will begin with the closure of the downtown platform for rehabilitation with a scheduled reopening in July 2012.
During this phase, 1 trains will bypass the southbound platform at Dyckman Street. Customers wishing to travel downtown from Dyckman Street are advised to take the uptown 1 train at Dyckman Street to 207th Street, use a free MetroCard transfer to the southbound platform at 207th Street and ride downtown. (This free transfer from uptown to downtown 1 service is available only at 207th Street.)
In September 2010, NYC Transit began a $75 million dollar capital improvement project to rehabilitate the Dyckman Street station and perform component work on the 207th, 215th, 225th, 238th and 242nd Street 1 stations. In addition to the platform closure at Dyckman Street, there will be at least eight weekend diversions that will affect service on the Broadway Line in order to perform necessary work.
On the weekend of August 13-15, 1 service will terminate at 168th Street (A C 1). Customers should use the A train where possible. There will be shuttle bus service on Broadway making stops between the 242nd Street 1 station and the 207th Street A station. Customers for 181st and 191st Street 1 stations may take the M3 or the free shuttle bus along St. Nicholas Avenue from 168th Street.
This weekend, workers will be removing track, chopping through concrete, demolishing the platform and canopy at Dyckman Street’s southbound platform and installing a new tactile warning strip on the northbound side. In addition, other workers will be demolishing the 242nd Street station canopy, erecting light poles at 238th Street and installing a new rubbing board at 225th Street.
Weekend suspensions are also scheduled to occur on August 27-29, September 3-5, September 24-26, October 8-10 and October 22-24. Additional weekend diversions will be scheduled as the project continues.
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9 LIRR Trains Cancelled Due To NJT Derailment
Just a few minutes ago, the MTA Long Island Rail Road announced that 9 trains (5 on the Babylon & 4 on the Port Washington) have been cancelled due to today’s earlier NJ Transit derailment. Here are complete details:
Five Babylon Branch trains and four Port Washington Branch trains will be canceled this PM Rush hour due to NJ Transit’s derailment in Penn Station this morning. NJ Transit and Amtrak are sharing tracks 15 and 16, which normally are used by the Long Island Rail Road. All customers should pay attention to announcements about track changes, as trains will not be leaving from their normal tracks.
The LIRR will provide regular servicefrom Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn and Hunterspoint Avenue in Queens. Here is the list of canceled trains and the next train that is scheduled to run on each branch:
Babylon Branch:
The 4:04 PM from NY due Babylon 5:05 PM is canceled. Customers accommodated by the 4:12 PM from NY to Massapequa Park at 5:10 PM, which will be extended to Babylon.The 4:34 PM from NY due Babylon 5:39 PM is canceled. Customers accommodated by the 4:37 PM from NY due Babylon 5:52 PM, making all local stops.
The 5:19 PM from NY to Wantagh (6:06 PM) is canceled; customers will be accommodated by the 5:24 PM from NY to Freeport, which will be extended to Wantagh.
The 5:40 PM train from NY to Seaford (6:30 PM) is canceled; customers will be accommodated by the 5:47 PM from NY to Freeport, which will be extended to Seaford.
The 6:05 PM train from NY to Wantagh (6:51 PM) is canceled; customers will be accommodated by the 6:10 PM from NY to Freeport, which will be extended to Wantagh.
Port Washington Branch:
The 4:22 PM from NY due Port Washington 4:58 is canceled. Customers accommodated by the 4:25 PM from NY normally due Great Neck 5:02 PM but will continue to Port Washington.
The 4:43 PM from NY due in Port Washington at 5:21 PM is canceled; customers will be accommodated by the 4:46 PM from NY to Great Neck, which will be extended to Port Washington.
The 5:26 PM train from NY to Port Washington (6:04 PM) is canceled; customers will be accommodated by the 5:29 PM from NY to Great Neck, which will be extended to Port Washington.
The 5:50 PM train from NY to Great Neck (6:19 PM) is canceled; customers will be accommodated by the 5:56 PM from NY to Great Neck.
I will post any further information as I receive it.
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Service Diversions 08-08-11
I have just updated the Service Diversions by removing all of the weekend work that wrapped up an hour ago. The planned work for this week & beyond in some cases has been moved to the forefront.
I suggest printing out a copy before heading to your destination. If you have an internet capable handheld device, you can use it to access the mobile version of this site.
The diversions will have minor updates as scheduled ones drop off. Any minor updates will take place on the page as it is updated daily but will not be noted in an entry. The next complete update will be sometime on Thursday after I received the planned weekend diversions from the MTA directly.
While out traveling, if I notice or hear any changes, I will update them on the twitter feed so don’t forget to follow @TransitBlogger today which you can do by clicking the button in the sidebar.
As always, stay safe & have a wonderful week.
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Service Diversions 08-05-11
I have just updated the Service Diversions with the latest planned work for the upcoming weekend, next week, & beyond (in some cases).
Riders on the 
, be aware that service will run in two sections including every 24 minutes between Broadway Junction & Rockaway Parkway due to a fencing upgrade at the Canarsie Yard. Click here for complete information.
LIRR riders remember that you will see less service along the main line every weekend this month due to a track modernization project. Click here for complete information.
I suggest printing out a copy before heading to your destination. If you have an internet capable handheld device, use it to access Transit Blogger’s mobile site.
While out traveling, if I notice or hear any changes, I will update them on the twitter feed so don’t forget to follow @TransitBlogger today which you can do by clicking the button in the sidebar.
The next full update will be at 5:01 AM Monday when all weekend work will be removed. Any minor updates will take place on the page as it is updated daily but will not be noted in an entry.
As always, stay safe & enjoy your weekend.
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MTA Opens New Fulton Transit Center Entrance
The inside of the newly opened 135 William Street entrance for the Fulton Transit Center. Photo courtesy of MTA New York City Transit.
Practically every weekend, you will notice a diversion involving MTA NYC Transit’s continued work at finishing the Fulton Transit Center. While the project is scheduled to be completed in 2014, the agency has opened a new entrance within it which is located at 135 William Street. Here is more via a press release:
The Fulton Street Transit Center continues to take shape as MTA Capital Construction reached an important milestone today with the opening of a new entrance at 135 William Street in Lower Manhattan. The Fulton Street Transit Center is more than 50 percent complete and on track for its scheduled June 2014 completion.
The new entrance will provide customers with improved access to the 2/3/4/5/a/c/j/z lines and will ease congestion between the Fulton Street 2/3 and a/c stations. Additional entrances at 150 William Street and 129 Fulton Street are also set to open in 2012.
“We have reached yet another significant milestone as we move forward to complete what will become a landmark transportation facility,” said MTA Chairman and CEO Jay H. Walder. “Once complete, this complex will provide our customers with a more seamless experience at this major downtown hub. The Transit Center will improve travel for hundreds of thousands of daily commuters and Lower Manhattan residents and visitors while providing a modern and convenient retail location.”
Completion of the station entrance at 135 William Street is part of a larger contract which reconfigures the Fulton Street a/c mezzanine. All structural work has been completed on the a/c mezzanine and final finishes are going up including glass tiles and LCD-lit advertising panels on corridor walls. Improvements will include two additional staircases from the platform to the mezzanine (for a total of ten new staircases), along with five new elevators and two new escalators. Center columns on the mezzanine have also been removed to improve pedestrian flow. The a/c mezzanine is schedule to open in 2013.
The 135 William Street entrance includes a restored mural and gate from the McAlpin Hotel, which were previously installed in the Fulton Street a/c station in 2000. They were removed in 2009 and stored in preparation for their eventual display in the new complex. The Marine Grill mural is one of six murals that are being refinished and re-installed throughout the Fulton Street Transit Center.
When fully complete, the $1.4 billion Fulton Street Transit Center will connect five subway stations and eleven subway lines, improving access for over 300,000 daily customers that pass through this major transit hub in Lower Manhattan. The new transit center complex will also provide over 25,000 square feet of new modern retail space, and will upgrade the complex to full ADA compliance. The project also includes the restoration of the historic Corbin Building which will connect passengers to the complex.
Other elements of the complex continue to progress. Superstructure steel for the transit center building is slated for completion this fall. The southbound Cortlandt Street platform on the r line will reopen on or before September 11. Station rehabilitation on the 4/5 continues and the Dey Street Concourse is structurally complete. Restoration of the historic Corbin Building is continuing inside the 1888 landmark and is expected to be complete in late 2012.
Some components of the Transit Center have already been completed and opened for customer use, including the rehabilitated 2/3 Fulton Street Station, new 4/5 Fulton Street Station southern entrances, and the northbound Cortlandt Street platform on the r line.
“Today, customers benefit from the added convenience of the 135 William Street entrance, which captures the historic feel of Lower Manhattan and improves access to the subway lines at Fulton Street. The opening of the entrance also marks another step towards the completion of the Fulton Street Transit Center which will integrate mass transit and retail space within a state of the art facility poised to become Lower Manhattan’s next great public space,” said Michael Horodniceanu, President of MTA Capital Construction.
For continued updates on the project, click here.
The new entrance looks good & will hopefully remain in good condition for the remaining future. This actually is one of my favorite capital projects which I can’t wait to see in its full glory.
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