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MTA To Close 4 Manhattan Subway Stations

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on February 19th, 2018 at 9:18 pm

Earlier today, the MTA announced that it will be closing 3 stations along the B Train & C Train in the coming months for various repairs & upgrades. This is to go along with the previously announced closing of the 163rd Street C train line stop that is coming up next month. Tanay Warekar of Curbed has more:

Three Upper West Side subway stations and one Washington Heights station will close in the coming months for repairs as part of the MTA’s Enhanced Station Initiative, which was first announced two years ago. The West Side Rag first learned of the upcoming repair work at a Community Board 7 transportation committee meeting last week.

The stations in question are the 110th, 86th, and 72nd Street stations on the B and C lines, and the 163rd Street station on the C line. The first to shutter will be the Washington Heights one, which will close on March 12, 2018, and is expected to reopen sometime in September.

The 110th Street station will close on April 9, and reopen sometime in September as well; the 72nd Street station will close on May 7, and the 86th Street station on June 4, and both will reopen sometime in October.

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I for one am anxious to see what kind of improvements and addons we will see at these stations when the work is completed. I am glad to read that waterproofing is one of the parts of the rehab as far too often newly revamped stations suffer from water damage within months of completion. This is completely unacceptable considering the amount of money spent on these projects. Hopefully waterproofing will help solve those issues.

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Local Officals Push For Elmhurst LIRR Stop

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on February 15th, 2018 at 3:39 pm

The Elmhurst neighborhood in Queens is one of the fastest growing areas in all of New York City. Every time I turn around, I see buildings being renovated or new ones built. I am not the only one who has noticed as residents & local officials have as well which is why they are pushing for the MTA to build a station there. Christopher Barca of The Queens Chronicle has more:

As new residential buildings rise at a breakneck pace along Queens Boulevard — along with the population of Elmhurst as a whole — area leaders say the need for a Long Island Rail Road stop in the community is greater than ever.

But when rivets will actually meet the beams there isn’t so black and white.

The MTA originally earmarked $40 million in construction costs for a new Elmhurst LIRR stop in its 2015-19 capital plan, released four years ago. However, a budget amendment filed in 2017 slashed that to just $3 million for preliminary design and environmental review.

Meanwhile, a number of new, large-scale residential structures have either been built, are under construction or are planned for the neighborhood.

And according to Newtown Civic Association President Tom McKenzie, the M and R subway lines can no longer handle the area’s booming population.

“The trains are already so overcrowded by the time they get to Elmhurst. In the 1960s, the subways were crowded. And the population has doubled since then,” McKenzie told the Chronicle on Monday. “If you have the LIRR, maybe people will spend an extra dollar or two just to get a seat and have some comfort.”

Service on the Port Washington branch of the LIRR is something the neighborhood hasn’t seen since 1985, when the station on Broadway at Cornish Avenue was closed and razed.

And in the decades since, state Sen. Toby Stavisky (D-Flushing) said, residents have been left cramming onto packed subway cars or praying their bus arrives on time.

Given Elmhurst’s location at the western end of the line, Armaghan said, any work would need to be done specifically in conjunction with the East Side Access project — connecting the LIRR to Grand Central Terminal — Amtrak’s rebuilding of its East River tunnels and the Port Washington Yard Track extension plan, among others.

However, a government source said that planning and development of an Elmhurst station could begin as early as next year.

Meanwhile, Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) said Monday he is holding out hope that design will get underway relatively soon.

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The area is definitely on the upswing & it would make sense to consider adding a reasonably cost effective station there. Hopefully the agency can get the ball rolling on the project as soon as possible.

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NYCT President’s Day 2018 Service Plan

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on February 14th, 2018 at 2:23 pm

Here is the MTA NYC Transit’s service plan for the upcoming President’s Day holiday:

On Presidents’ Day, Monday, Feb. 19, MTA New York City Transit buses and subways will operate on a Saturday schedule with some planned subway service changes. These changes are part of the MTA Subway Action Plan, Fix&Fortify Sandy Recovery Work in the Clark St Tunnel, the Enhanced Station Initiative in Queens and ongoing capital construction projects to repair, maintain and improve the subway system. Details about these changes are available on the Weekender app and website.

As a reminder some subway lines do not run on weekends: there will be no 6 Train & 7 Train express service. B Train trains will not run, and customers are reminded to use the J Train instead of the Z train.

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LIRR President’s Day 2018 Service Plan

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on February 14th, 2018 at 2:19 pm

Here is the MTA Long Island Rail Road’s service plan for the upcoming President’s Day holiday:

On Presidents’ Day, Monday, February 19, the Long Island Rail Road will operate on a Holiday schedule with an extra train as shown in Ronkonkoma Branch timetables. The train, which will be included in the LIRR Train Time™ app, will depart Ronkonkoma at 7:07 a.m. and stop at Central Islip (7:14 a.m.), Brentwood (7:18 a.m.), Deer Park (7:22 a.m.), Wyandanch (7:27 a.m.), Farmingdale (7:33 a.m.), Bethpage (7:39 a.m.), Hicksville (7:46 a.m.), Jamaica (8:09 a.m.), and Woodside (8:19 a.m.), before arriving at Penn Station at 8:30 a.m.

Off peak fares will be in effect all day.

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Metro North President’s Day 2018 Service Plan

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on February 14th, 2018 at 2:16 pm

Here is the MTA Metro-North Railroad’s service plan for the upcoming President’s Day holiday:

On Presidents’ Day, Monday, February 19, Metro-North Railroad will operate on a Saturday schedule.

The Hudson Rail Link, Newburgh-Beacon Ferry and Haverstraw-Ossining Ferry will not operate.

The north end exits to Grand Central at 46th-47th-48th Streets will be closed.

Off-peak fares are in effect all day.

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