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MARTA makes mistake
The following images were seen on MARTA’s website today. See if you can spot the mistake. Considering how MARTA launched a completely new website at the beginning of this month, I wonder if the mistake has really been live for … Continue reading
NYCT releases photos of 181 Street station work on official service changes twitter account
The shock here is not that NYCT uses twitter – they’ve been using it for a long time – but rather that they are actually releasing photos of the interior of the station, from right after the ceiling collapse to … Continue reading
Posted in delays, railfanning, safety, subway
Tagged mta, new york city, New York City Transit, nyc, nyct, station, subway, train
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181 Street Subway Station Collapse – Stupid Person-on-the-Street Comment of the Day
Today’s Metro newspaper features a short(!) article on the subway ceiling collapse at the 181st Street subway station on the (1) line. As usual, the reporter asked some subway rider member of the public to offer an opinion. The genius … Continue reading
Posted in delays, safety, subway
Tagged mta, new york, new york city, New York City Transit, nyc, nyct, station, subway, train
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MTA too busy tailgating to notice Press Release screw up
MTA officials were too busy tailgating with NJ Transit officials at Penn Station New York today to notice the significant and glaring error in their all important press release. The press release, meant to announce the beginning of both LIRR/MNCR+NJT … Continue reading
Posted in commuter rail, delays
Tagged football, Giants, Jets, lirr, Long Island Rail Road, Long Island Railroad, meadowlands, Metro-North Railroad, MNCR, MNR, mta, new jersey transit, NJ Transit, njt, penn station, train
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Real-time departure boards for NJT Secaucus Junction available online
UPDATE: DepartureVision is actually online and working for possibly all stations in the system. Go here, click on a station, and then add “-mobile” after the “tid” part of the URL. Source: Railroad.net NJ Transit Rail forum —————————– New Jersey … Continue reading
Posted in commuter rail, delays, railfanning
Tagged football, Giants, Jets, meadowlands, new jersey transit, NJ Transit, njt, secaucus, Secaucus Junction, Secaucus Transfer, station, train
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LIRR to offer joint ticket to Meadowlands Sports Complex Rail Station
You can now buy and use a single train ticket to ride from stations on the Long Island Rail Road all the way to the Meadowlands Sports Complex in New Jersey, home of Giants Stadium, a new football stadium to … Continue reading
Posted in commuter rail, railfanning
Tagged football, Giants, Jets, lirr, Long Island Rail Road, Long Island Railroad, meadowlands, Metro-North Railroad, MNCR, MNR, mta, new jersey transit, new york city, NJ Transit, njt, penn station, train
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Metro-North brochure for Meadowlands Rail Service
Metro-North Railroad has created a new brochure to explain their part of the direct service that they are planning to run with New Jersey Transit this fall. It is admittedly a complicated task to convey all of the options and … Continue reading
Posted in commuter rail, railfanning
Tagged football, Giants, Jets, meadowlands, Metro-North Railroad, MNCR, MNR, new york, NJ Transit, njt, penn station, train
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That pesky switch at Dyckman Street (1)
So…. Why exactly does a switch problem at Dyckman Street cause the suspension of southbound (1) train service??
Posted in delays, service alert, subway
Tagged mta, new york city, New York City Transit, nyc, nyct, south ferry, subway, train
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Monday’s NYCT Service Alerts Roundup
Yesterday afternoon I caught two interesting/funny service alerts posted at mta.info. The first one mentions Bowling Green-bound (5) trains, when (5) trains go all the way to Flatbush Av. Oops. The second one describes a low power condition at Grand … Continue reading
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Tagged mta, new york city, New York City Transit, nyc, nyct, station, subway, train
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Power outage on the Brighton Line
There’s a temporary loss of power between the Prospect Park and Parkside Avenue stations on the Brighton Line. Those NYC Subway commuters are in for some delays… And this is after there were big problems out in the Rockaways this … Continue reading
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Tagged mta, new york city, New York City Transit, nyc, nyct, station, subway, train
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