Tunnel Boring Machine Reaches Grand Central Terminal
The MTA has issued a press release to highlight the first East Side Access tunnel boring machine reached Grand Central Terminal. Here is the press release: The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) today announced that after just eight months, the first of two 200-ton tunnel boring machines had completed its mile-long plus journey from the bedrock […]
Metro-North Increases Service For Independence Day
Metro-North train departing the Harlem-125th Street station. Resized photo courtesy of Eye On Transit The Metro-North has issued a press release about the planned service increase for the Independence Day holiday. Here are the details courtesy of the MTA: This year, Independence Day is more than just a day. It’s a holiday weekend, now that […]
Could Job Vacancies Stall Major Projects?
If you ask The Federal Transit Administration, they will tell you yes. This is according to what was writing in a report from April. Pete Donohue of the Daily News wrote an article about this report & here it is courtesy of the Daily News: The Federal Transit Administration is concerned that major MTA construction […]
Harmon Shop & Yard Earn The MTA Chairman’s Safety Award
6 days ago the Metro-North issued a press release to announce the recipient of the 2007 MTA Chairman’s Group Achievement In Safety Award. Here is the full release courtesy of the MTA: The 450 men and women who work in the Maintenance of Equipment Department at the Harmon Shop & Yard and in Poughkeepsie have […]
