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Metro-North Memorial Day Service Info

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on May 25th, 2011 at 2:57 pm

Here is the Metro-North’s Memorial Day service plan:

MTA Metro-North Railroad will offer 16 extra trains throughout the afternoon of Friday, May 27, to help you get an early start on the long Memorial Day weekend. On Saturday, May 28 and Sunday, May 29, Metro-North will operate a regular weekend schedule.

Then on Memorial Day itself, Metro-North will operate on a Sunday schedule, with five extra trains on the New Haven Line as detailed below. Most connecting services will not operate on Monday May 31, however, the Tappan Zee Express will operate on a Saturday schedule. Here are schedule details for Friday, May 27, and Memorial Day, Monday, May 30:

Special Schedule Details for Friday, May 27

Hudson Line

Four extra “getaway” trains will depart from Grand Central at:

• 1:47 PM, stopping only at Harlem-125th Street and Croton-Harmon.

• 2:40 PM, stopping at Harlem-125th Street, Beacon, New Hamburg and Poughkeepsie.

• 3:25 PM, stopping at Harlem-125th Street, Beacon, New Hamburg and Poughkeepsie.

• 4:05 PM, stopping at Harlem-125th Street, Beacon, New Hamburg and Poughkeepsie.

The Poughkeepsie-bound train that departs Grand Central at 5:31 PM, and the Beacon-bound train that departs Grand Central at 5:34 PM will be combined. The combined train will depart Grand Central at 5:34 PM and make all stops between Croton-Harmon and Poughkeepsie.

Two trains that usually depart Grand Central will not operate:

• The 5:57 PM departure to Croton-Harmon.

• The 6:20 PM departure to Croton-Harmon.

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Harlem Line:

Four extra “getaway” trains will depart from Grand Central at:

• 1:45 PM, stopping at Harlem-125th Street, then all stations between Chappaqua and Southeast.

• 3:12 PM, stopping at Harlem-125th Street, White Plains and North White Plains only.

• 3:37 PM, stopping at Harlem-125th Street, White Plains, then all stations between Goldens Bridge and Southeast.

• 4:07 PM, stopping at Harlem-125th Street, then all stations between Chappaqua and Southeast.

The Wassaic-bound train that departs Grand Central at 6:02 PM will make additional stops at Bedford Hills and Katonah.

Four trains that usually depart Grand Central will not operate:

• The 5:25 PM departure to Brewster.

• The 5:54 PM departure to Crestwood.

• The 6:09 PM departure to Brewster.

• The 7:04 PM departure to North White Plains.

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New Haven Line:

Eight extra “getaway” trains will depart from Grand Central at:

• 1:04 PM, stopping at Harlem-125th Street, Westport, and all stations between Fairfield and New Haven.

• 2:04 PM, stopping at Harlem-125th Street, Westport then all stations between Fairfield and New Haven.

• 2:31 PM, making all stops between New Rochelle and Harrison.

• 2:59 PM, stopping at Harlem-125th Street, then all stations between Stamford and South Norwalk.

• 3:02 PM, stopping at Harlem-125th Street, then all stations between New Rochelle and Harrison.

• 3:24 PM, stopping at Harlem-125th Street, Stamford, Westport and all stations between Fairfield and New Haven.

• 3:27 PM, stopping at Harlem-125th Street, then all stations between New Rochelle and Harrison.

• 3:50 PM, stopping at Harlem-125th Street, then all stations between Fairfield and New Haven.

The Harrison-bound train that departs Grand Central at 5:17 PM, and the New Rochelle-bound train that departs Grand Central at 5:20 PM will be combined. The combined train will depart Grand Central at 5:20 PM and will stop at Harlem-125th Street and all stations between Mount Vernon East and Harrison.

The Harrison-bound train that departs Grand Central at 5:59 PM, and the New Rochelle-bound train that departs Grand Central at 6:02 PM will be combined. The combined train will depart Grand Central at 6:02 PM, and will stop at Harlem-125th Street, and all stops between Mount Vernon East and Harrison.

Three trains that usually depart Grand Central will not operate:

• 5:36 PM GCT departure to Harrison.

• 7:11 PM GCT departure to Harrison.

• 8:04 PM GCT departure to New Haven.

Memorial Day Special Trains on the New Haven Line:

To supplement a regular Sunday schedule, Metro-North will operate three additional evening westbound trains toward Grand Central on Memorial Day, as well as two additional eastbound express trains to New Haven.

The express trains to Grand Central will depart from New Haven Union Station at 5:50 PM, 6:50 PM and 7:50 PM. They will make all local stops to Fairfield, then stop at Westport before running express to Grand Central.

Metro-North will operate two additional eastbound trains from Grand Central to New Haven Union Station as follows:

• A train will depart Grand Central at 4:04 PM making its first stop at South Norwalk before making all local stops to New Haven Union Station.

• A train will depart Grand Central at 7:57 PM, making its first stop at Westport, before making all local stops to New Haven Union Station.

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SIR Memorial Day Service Plan Info

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on May 25th, 2011 at 2:46 pm

Here is the Memorial Day holiday service plan for the Staten Island Railway:

Staten Island customers looking to get a head start on their holiday weekend will be able to catch earlier afternoon express train service on Friday, May 27 with Staten Island Railway’s Early Departure Get Away schedule. This schedule means extra SIR trains will be added earlier in the afternoon beginning at 2:30 p.m. from the St. George Ferry Terminal. There will be one express train and one local train awaiting every boat until 7:50 p.m.

On Memorial Day, SIR will operate a Sunday schedule. The Early Departure Get Away service plan on SIR is also available on the Friday leading into the Independence Day weekend, Labor Day weekend, Christmas and New Year’s. It will also operate on the day before Thanksgiving.

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Bridges & Tunnels Memorial Day Service Plan

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on May 25th, 2011 at 2:40 pm

Yesterday, the MTA’s agencies released their annual Memorial Day service plan information via press release. Here are the details starting with Bridges & Tunnels:

MTA Bridges and Tunnels will suspend all routine maintenance work beginning at Noon on Friday, May 27th through the end of the morning rush on Tuesday, May 31st to accommodate motorists traveling this Memorial Day weekend.

Memorial Day weekend is traditionally among the busiest travel times at the agency’s seven bridges and two tunnels. In 2010, Memorial Day weekend, including early Thursday getaway day through Monday, was the busiest of the three long summer weekends (others include July Fourth and Labor Day weekends) with some 4 million motorists using MTA bridges and tunnels.

“All routine maintenance and construction work will be suspended over the holiday weekend in an effort to make traveling easier for our customers,” said Bridges and Tunnels Vice President and Chief of Operations James Fortunato. “We wish all our customers a safe and happy Memorial Day weekend.”

The exception will be long-term construction closures at the Bronx-Whitestone and Henry Hudson bridges, which cannot be lifted. As a result, one of three lanes will be closed northbound to the Bronx at the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge, where the roadway decking across all six lanes at the bridge’s Bronx approach is being replaced, and one of three lanes will be closed on the northbound Henry Hudson Bridge to the Bronx, where a three-year, $33 million project to replace the original, 1930s steel curb stringers that support the roadway on either side of the bridge, has just begun. Motorists should take these closures into account and allow extra travel time.

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on May 24th, 2011 at 4:36 pm

I kept getting asked when I would create a Twitter account for the blog since I have had a personal one for a couple of years now. I made one for it recently but have yet to start using it. This all changes today as I am officially starting to use it today. So follow @TransitBlogger on Twitter today!

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Subway Delays Up From Last Year

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on May 23rd, 2011 at 11:39 pm

Earlier today at MTA committee hearings, it was revealed that subway delays for March 2011 where up 10% as compared to the same period last year. NY1 had more in this brief report:

Metropolitan Transit Authority officials said Monday that delays have gotten worse on nearly all subways in the past year.

The numbered lines were hit hardest. Late trains were up more than 10 percent in March compared to the same time last year.

MTA officials said track and signal work are the primary contributors to the increase. Some board members called the figures unacceptable.

“That service continues to be pretty bad,” said Charles Moerdler, an MTA board member. “It ain’t getting any better.”

“We’re still bound by the principle that evenness of service is by far the most important thing rather than just late, although we’d like to do both,” said Tom Prendergast, president of MTA NYC Transit. “But evenness of service is more important because that way you’re having less impact on customers.”

Prendergast pointed out that the numbers don’t say how late trains are. For example, a train that’s five seconds late was counted the same as one that’s five minutes late. He said the numbers need to be weighted to put them in perspective.

For starters this news comes as no surprise as the delays have been pretty evident across the system. With all of the signal & track issues seeming to plague the system in all 4 boroughs, it is to be expected that delays would be up. As far as statistics go, new metrics need to be put in place as a train that is 5 seconds late should never be counted the same as being 5 minutes late. Can we all say asinine!

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