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Limited G Train Service Due To Derailment

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on September 11th, 2015 at 4:06 am

Shortly after 10:15 last night, the front two wheels on the first car of a Brooklyn-bound G Train derailed south of the Hoyt-Schemerhorn Streets station.

Due to this derailment, MTA NYC Transit has just literally announced that service will be limited on the G Train. Here are the complete details:

As a result of last night’s derailment north of the Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts station, the following service changes will be in effect beginning at 6 a.m:

• There will be limited G service between Bedford-Nostrand Avs and Court Sq.

• There will be extremely limited G service between Bedford-Nostrand Avs and Fulton St running in both directions on the Queens-bound track only. Customers can also use the B38 bus on DeKalb Av (southbound) and Lafayette Av (northbound) as an alternative.

• Free transfers will be available from Fulton St on the G Line to Lafayette Av on the C Line as well as from Broadway on the G to Lorimer St on the J/M/Z Lines.

• No G service between Fulton St and Church Av. From Church Av, customers should take the F. G Line customers between Bergen St and Church Av who normally transfer between the G and A or C at Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts should transfer between the F and A or C at Jay St-MetroTech instead.

At 10:34 p.m, the front axle (first two wheels) of the head car of a Church Av-bound G train derailed 700 feet north of the Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts station. Approximately 80 customers were safely walked through the 4-car train and the tunnel to the Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts station. FDNY reports that one customer complained of dizziness and two others were being evaluated at an area hospital for minor injuries. The cause of the derailment is under investigation.

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NYC Transit Labor Day 2015 Service Plan

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on September 2nd, 2015 at 5:05 pm

Here is the Labor Day 2015 service plan for NYC Transit:

MTA New York City Transit subways and buses and MTA Bus Company buses will operate on a Sunday schedule on Labor Day, Monday, September 7.

Because of the J’Ouvert Parade on Monday, September 7, from 2 a.m. to 8 a.m. in Brooklyn, the Church Av 2 station will be closed and bypassed from 2 a.m. to 4 a.m. on Monday, September 7. Buses in the area will be rerouted.

Because of the West Indian-American Day Parade on Monday, September 7, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. along Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn, certain subway entrances in the parade area may be affected and buses in the area will be rerouted. The Eastern Pkwy-Brooklyn Museum 234 station will be closed and bypassed from 12 noon to 7 p.m. Monday, September 7. At Crown Hts-Utica Av 34 station, certain staircases will be designated entrance/exit only. 4 trains will make local stops in Brooklyn.

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LIRR Labor Day 2015 Service Plan

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on September 2nd, 2015 at 5:02 pm

Here is the Labor Day 2015 service plan for the Long Island Railroad (LIRR):

MTA Long Island Rail Road will provide additional early-afternoon trains from Penn Station on Friday, September 4, for customers planning an early getaway for the Labor Day weekend. There will be four extra Babylon trains, three extra Port Jefferson Branch trains, and one extra train on
the Ronkonkoma, Port Washington and Far Rockaway branches.

Extra Train Service from Penn Station, Friday, September 4

Babylon Branch:

2:22 p.m. train from Penn Station, express to Rockville Centre, then all stops to Babylon.

2:32 p.m. train from Penn Station, express to Lynbrook, and then all stops to Babylon.

3:00 p.m. train from Penn stopping at Jamaica, Rockville Centre, then all stops to Babylon.

3:31 p.m. train from Penn Station express to Rockville Centre, and then all stops to Babylon.

Port Jefferson Branch (to Hicksville and Huntington):

2:08 p.m. from Penn Station stopping at Jamaica, Mineola, then all stops to Huntington.

2:26 p.m. from Penn Station stopping at Forest Hills, Kew Gardens, Jamaica, New Hyde Park, then all stops to Huntington.

3:24 p.m. from Penn Station stopping at Jamaica, Mineola, Westbury and Hicksville.

Ronkonkoma Branch:

1:40 p.m. from Penn Station stopping at Woodside, Jamaica, Mineola, Hicksville and all stops to Ronkonkoma.

Port Washington Branch (to Great Neck):

3:40 p.m. from Penn Station stopping at Woodside, Flushing-Main Street, and then all stops to Great Neck

Far Rockaway Branch:

3:48 p.m. express from Penn Station to Locust Manor, then all local stops to Far Rockaway

Weekend Schedule for Saturday & Sunday, September 5-6:

On Saturday, September 5 and Sunday, September 6 the Long Island Rail Road will be operating on a Weekend Schedule.

Holiday Schedule for Labor Day, Monday, September 7:

On Labor Day, Monday, September 1, the LIRR will operate on a regular Holiday Schedule.

Montauk Branch Travel Advisory for the Labor Day Weekend:

Montauk Branch customers should know that the LIRR’s four extra summer eastbound trains on the Friday before Labor Day. Those trains are the 1:43 p.m. from Penn Station connecting at Jamaica for the Montauk train, the 1:48 p.m. from Hunterspoint Ave. Station in Long Island City, the 4:06 p.m.
Cannonball from Penn Station and the 5:09 p.m. from Penn Station

On Labor, Monday, September 7, westbound afternoon Montauk trains that usually operate on summer Sundays will instead run on Monday only. Those trains are: 1:31 p.m. departure from Montauk, the 3:08 p.m. departure from Bridgehampton, the 4 p.m. departure from Montauk, the 6:37 p.m. (Cannonball West) departure from Montauk and the 8:36 p.m. from Montauk The regular Monday only westbound train leaving Montauk at 7:01 a.m. will instead operate on Tuesday morning, September 8.

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Metro North Labor Day 2015 Service Plan

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on September 2nd, 2015 at 4:49 pm

Here is the Labor Day 2015 service plan for the Metro-North Railroad:

MTA Metro-North Railroad doesn’t want you to work hard to celebrate Labor Day! Metro-North has plenty of train service to get you where you need to go for the entire holiday weekend starting Friday, September 4, and continuing through Labor Day, Monday, September 7.

On Friday, September 4, Metro-North will offer 17 early-afternoon “getaway” trains departing Grand Central Terminal between 12:58 p.m. and 4:11 p.m., and one extra departure from Hoboken on the Port Jervis Line, with connecting service from Penn Station-NY.

To allow the railroad to operate this service, 10 trains that usually depart Grand Central between 5:27 p.m. and 7:28 p.m. will not operate, and three pairs of New Haven Line trains will be combined. Two trains serving the Port Jervis Line or the Pascack Valley Line during this time will not operate.

On Saturday, September 5, and Sunday, September 6, Metro-North will operate on regular weekend schedules.

On Labor Day, Monday, September 7, Sunday service will be in effect on the Hudson, Harlem and New Haven Lines, and weekend service will be in effect on the Port Jervis Line and Pascack Valley Line. On the Port Jervis Line, Metro-North will add an extra inbound train departing Port Jervis at 4:09 p.m. for those heading back to Hoboken or Manhattan.

Getaway Service on Friday, September 4

New Haven Line

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

12:58 p.m., stopping at Harlem-125th Street, Westport, and all stations between Fairfield and New Haven.

2:01 p.m., stopping at Harlem-125th Street, Westport, and all stations between Fairfield and New Haven.

2:28 p.m., stopping at Harlem-125th Street, Westport, and all stations between Fairfield and New Haven.

2:31 p.m., stopping at Harlem-125th Street, New Rochelle, Larchmont, Mamaroneck and Harrison.

2:56 p.m., stopping at Harlem-125th Street, Stamford then all stations between Noroton Heights and South Norwalk.

2:59 p.m., stopping at Harlem-125th Street, New Rochelle, Larchmont, Mamaroneck and Harrison.

3:26 p.m., stopping at Harlem-125th Street, then all stations between New Rochelle and Harrison.

3:29 p.m., stopping at Harlem-125th Street, Westport and all stations between Fairfield and New Haven.

4:00 p.m., stopping at Harlem-125th Street, Stamford, and all stations between Bridgeport and New Haven.

The following trains usually departing Grand Central will not operate or are combined:

The 5:18 p.m. train to Harrison and the 5:21 p.m. train to New Rochelle are combined, departing Grand Central at 5:21 p.m., stopping at Harlem-125th Street and all stations between Mount Vernon East and Harrison.

The 5:41 p.m. train to New Haven will not operate.

The 5:57 p.m. train to Harrison and the 6:02 p.m. train to New Rochelle are combined, departing Grand Central at 6:02 p.m., making all stops between Mount Vernon East and Harrison.

The 6:07 p.m. train to New Haven and the 6:11 p.m. train to Bridgeport are combined, departing Grand Central at 6:11 p.m., stopping at Harlem-125th Street and all stations between South Norwalk and New Haven.

The 7:09 p.m. train to Harrison will not operate.

Harlem Line

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

2:18 p.m., stopping at Harlem-125th Street, then all stations between Scarsdale and North White Plains.

3:13 p.m., stopping at Harlem-125th Street, then White Plains and North White Plains only.

3:34 p.m., stopping at Harlem-125th Street, White Plains, North White Plains, then all stations between Goldens Bridge through Southeast.

The following trains usually departing Grand Central will not operate:

The 5:27 p.m. train to Southeast

The 5:38 p.m. train to Crestwood

The 5:58 p.m. train to Crestwood

The 7:03 p.m. train to North White Plains

The 7:28 p.m. train to North White Plains

Hudson Line

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

1:38 p.m., stopping at Harlem-125th Street, Peekskill, Beacon, New Hamburg and Poughkeepsie.

2:38 p.m., stopping at Harlem-125th Street, Peekskill, Beacon, New Hamburg and Poughkeepsie.

3:11 p.m., stopping at Harlem-125th Street, then all stops between Tarrytown and Croton-Harmon.

3:45 p.m., stopping at Harlem-125th Street, Peekskill, Beacon, New Hamburg and Poughkeepsie.

4:11 p.m., stopping at Harlem-125th Street, Peekskill, Beacon, New Hamburg and Poughkeepsie.

The following trains usually departing Grand Central will not operate:

The 5:29 p.m. train to Poughkeepsie

The 5:57 p.m. train to Croton-Harmon

The 6:12 p.m. train to Poughkeepsie

Hudson Line Connecting Services:

The Hudson Rail Link will begin a peak level of buses at Spuyten Duyvil starting with the 2:20 p.m. train from Grand Central and at Riverdale starting with the 3:21 p.m. train from Grand Central.

The Haverstraw-Ossining Ferry will have an early ferry trip that will meet the 3:11 p.m. train from Grand Central, which arrives in Ossining at 3:56 p.m. Since the 5:57 p.m. train will not operate, a 6:00 p.m. train from Grand Central, which arrives in Ossining at 6:53 p.m., will be met
by the ferry. To accommodate this trip, the ferry will not meet the regular 6:22 p.m. train from
Grand Central.

The Newburgh-Beacon Ferry will have three early trips meeting the 2:43 p.m., 3:18 p.m. and 3:48 p.m. trains from Grand Central.

Port Jervis Line:

An early Port Jervis Line getaway train will depart Hoboken at 2:40 p.m., stopping at Secaucus Junction, and all stops between Suffern and Port Jervis. Customers from Manhattan who are wishing to connect to this train should be on the 2:33 p.m. departure from Penn Station-NY to connect at Secaucus Junction. To accommodate the early getaway train, the 6:13 p.m. departure from Hoboken to Port Jervis will not operate.

Pascack Valley Line:

The regularly scheduled Pascack Valley Friday-only train will depart Hoboken at 2:58 p.m., and stop at Secaucus Junction, select stations in New Jersey, and Pearl River, Nanuet and Spring Valley. Customers from Manhattan who are wishing to connect to this train should be on the 2:51 p.m. departure from Penn Station-NY to connect at Secaucus Junction. To accommodate this train, the 7:20 p.m. departure from Hoboken to Port Jervis will not operate.

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SI Railway Labor Day 2015 Service Plan

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on September 2nd, 2015 at 4:35 pm

Here is the Labor Day 2015 service plan for the Staten Island Railway:

Staten Island Railway (SIR) customers looking to get a head start on their three-day weekend will be able to catch earlier afternoon express train service on Friday, September 4, with Staten Island Railway’s Early Departure Getaway 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. SIR will operate on a Sunday Schedule on Labor Day, Monday, September 7. The Early Departure Getaway service plan on SIR is also available on the Friday leading into the President’s Day and Memorial Day weekends, the day before Independence Day, the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, and the day before the Christmas and New Year’s.

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