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Buses Replace Trains On Port Washington Branch

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on July 7th, 2011 at 7:46 pm

A short time ago, the MTA Long Island Rail Road announced that buses will replace trains this weekend on the Port Washington branch. The replacement will happen between Great Neck & Port Washington due to track maintenance programs. Here are the details courtesy of the press release I received:

Buses and vans will replace MTA Long Island Rail Road train service between Port Washington and Great Neck this weekend, July 9-10, as the LIRR carries out track maintenance programs along a heavily used, single track section of the Port Washington Branch.

Eastbound customers traveling to Manhasset, Plandome and Port Washington between 12:50 AM on Saturday, July 9 and 12:30 AM Monday, July 11 will travel by train to Great Neck and then board a bus or van to complete their journey. Westbound customers traveling during the same period will board a bus or van at Port Washington, Plandome or Manhasset for the trip to Great Neck and a train to Penn Station.

The last eastbound train making the entire trip to Port Washington will depart Penn Station at 11:48 PM on Friday. The last westbound train before the outage will depart Port Washington at 12:40 AM on Saturday morning. Westbound buses from Port Washington, Plandome and Manhasset will be leaving for Great Neck up to 25 minutes earlier than the regularly scheduled train departure time.

Customers traveling in either direction should allow up to 25 minutes additional travel time to reach their destination. About 2,500 customers ride the LIRR to and from those stations on a typical Saturday and Sunday.

On Monday, July 11, regular eastbound service will resume with the departure of the 12:19 AM from Penn Station. Regular westbound service will resume with the departure of the 12:40 AM train from Port Washington.

The service outage is necessary to give LIRR crews time to perform routine track maintenance, including resurfacing, welding and insulated joint replacement. The LIRR will take advantage of the track time to carry out drainage maintenance and repairs along flood-prone sections of track in Great Neck and Manhasset. Such work cannot be done on weekdays when 43,000 customers are traveling along the Port Washington Branch daily, with two-thirds of those customers beginning and ending their day at Great Neck, Manhasset, Plandome or Port Washington Stations.

While some of the work is in the vicinity of a proposed Colonial Road pocket track extension project, it is not part of the bridge replacement and pocket track extension which is currently the subject of an environmental review process. The Colonial Road project would install brand new drainage systems in the area.

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Service Diversions 07-07-11

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on July 7th, 2011 at 4:32 pm

I have just updated the Service Diversions with the latest planned work for the upcoming weekend, next week, & beyond (in some cases).

For those who plan on riding the 2 Train or the 5 Train in the Bronx, please be aware that service is suspended between between 149th Street-Grand Concourse & East 180th Street starting this & every following weekend in July. Click here for complete information.

Riders on the L Train, be aware that service will run in two sections for a few weekends starting with the upcoming one due to a fencing upgrade at the Canarsie Yard. 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 & wonderful weekend!

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L Line Service Diversion Due To Fencing Upgrade

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on July 7th, 2011 at 3:00 pm

Earlier today, MTA New York City Transit announced that the L Train will run in two sections for a few weekends due to a fencing upgrade at its Canarsie Yard. Here are the complete details via press release:

MTA New York City Transit announced that there will be several weekend diversions on the L line due to the Canarsie Yard Fencing Upgrade. The existing fence is being replaced with new security perimeter fencing. This new fencing is designed to be more difficult to cut or climb, thus providing increased protection against vandalism and other unauthorized activities.

The weekend work will take place from 6 a.m. on Saturdays to 6 p.m. on Sundays. During that time, the L will operate in two sections:

• Between 8th Avenue and Broadway Junction

• Between Broadway Junction and Rockaway Parkway (every 24 minutes).

The weekend dates are: July 9-10, July 23-24, July 30-31, August 6-7, August 13-14 and *September 24-25. Security during the project will be maintained through the use of Jersey barriers with security fencing above it.

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Service Diversions 07-04-11

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on July 4th, 2011 at 5:01 am

I just updated the service diversions page by removing the work that wrapped up a minute ago. However note that some diversions are scheduled to last until later this evening or 5:00 AM tomorrow. As a reminder, here is the complete rundown of service plan information for today:

NYC Subway: Saturday schedule with increased service following the Macy’s fireworks celebration.

Buses: New York City Transit, the MTA Bus Company and MTA Long Island Bus will operate on a Saturday schedule.

Staten Island Railway: The SIR will operate on a Sunday schedule.

Metro-North: Trains will operate on a Sunday schedule with extra service on the New Haven and Harlem Lines.

Long Island Rail Road: The LIRR will be operating on a Sunday/holiday schedule on July 4th. Please note that the additional Sunday afternoon Montauk Branch westbound trains from Montauk will instead operate today. The regular Monday-only return train from Montauk and the Hamptons will not run today, but instead will operate on Tuesday, July 5.

The next update will be in a few days when I receive the scheduled diversions from the MTA. In the meantime, the page will be updated daily with any changes or removal of diversions however with no noted entry detailing as such.

As always, stay safe & have a wonderful 4th of July / Independence Day!

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X22 Rerouted In Staten Island

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on July 1st, 2011 at 5:41 pm

Earlier this afternoon, MTA New York City Transit announced that effective this Tuesday, some X22 buses will be rerouted in Staten Island. Here are the details courtesy of the press release sent out:

MTA New York City Transit announced that effective Tuesday, July 5th, some X22 express bus trips will serve the Outerbridge Park and Ride Lot in Pleasant Plains formerly served by the discontinued Atlantic Express AE7.

Some morning X22 trips will begin at the Park and Ride Lot, while the rest will originate in Tottenville (skipping the Park and Ride Lot). In the afternoon, some X22 trips will terminate at the Park and Ride; others will skip the Park and Ride, going directly to Tottenville and rest will go to the Park and Ride and then continue on to Tottenville. All X22 trips will continue to serve all stops north of Bloomingdale and Drumgoogle Roads.

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