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Bus To Run For Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival

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on August 12th, 2011 at 4:49 am

Once again, MTA New York City Transit will be running a special bus for those wishing to attend to the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in Queens. Here are the details via press release:

The annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival will be held in Flushing Meadows Park in Queens on Saturday, August 13 and Sunday, August 14. And, similar to last year, MTA New York City Transit will operate a fare paid special event shuttle bus between Mets-Willets Point 7 subway station and the festival site in the park. Customers may also use the Q48 bus to Flushing Meadows Park and transfer to the special shuttle bus on Roosevelt Avenue.

Riders pay the regular fare ($2.25) with exact change or their MetroCard or may use their subway-to-bus or bus-to-bus MetroCard transfer option to board this special event bus. As the festival site is some distance from local bus and subway routes, these shuttle buses will operate non-stop between the Mets-Willets Point 7 subway station and the event site in Flushing Meadows Park about every 5 minutes from 8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. (Customers should note that Flushing-bound 7 service is express from Queensboro Plaza to Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Avenue, stopping only at Woodside-61st Street this weekend.)

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Dyckman Street 1 Station Rehab Continues

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on August 12th, 2011 at 4:48 am

This past Wednesday, MTA New YorK City Transit sent out word that the next phase of the multi-million dollar Dyckman Street 1 Train station would continue. Here are the details:

MTA New York City Transit announces that the first phase of the Dyckman Street rehabilitation project is scheduled to be complete when the uptown platform reopens for customer service on August 15. On that day, the second phase of the project will begin with the closure of the downtown platform for rehabilitation with a scheduled reopening in July 2012.

During this phase, 1 trains will bypass the southbound platform at Dyckman Street. Customers wishing to travel downtown from Dyckman Street are advised to take the uptown 1 train at Dyckman Street to 207th Street, use a free MetroCard transfer to the southbound platform at 207th Street and ride downtown. (This free transfer from uptown to downtown 1 service is available only at 207th Street.)

In September 2010, NYC Transit began a $75 million dollar capital improvement project to rehabilitate the Dyckman Street station and perform component work on the 207th, 215th, 225th, 238th and 242nd Street 1 stations. In addition to the platform closure at Dyckman Street, there will be at least eight weekend diversions that will affect service on the Broadway Line in order to perform necessary work.

On the weekend of August 13-15, 1 service will terminate at 168th Street (A C 1). Customers should use the A train where possible. There will be shuttle bus service on Broadway making stops between the 242nd Street 1 station and the 207th Street A station. Customers for 181st and 191st Street 1 stations may take the M3 or the free shuttle bus along St. Nicholas Avenue from 168th Street.

This weekend, workers will be removing track, chopping through concrete, demolishing the platform and canopy at Dyckman Street’s southbound platform and installing a new tactile warning strip on the northbound side. In addition, other workers will be demolishing the 242nd Street station canopy, erecting light poles at 238th Street and installing a new rubbing board at 225th Street.

Weekend suspensions are also scheduled to occur on August 27-29, September 3-5, September 24-26, October 8-10 and October 22-24. Additional weekend diversions will be scheduled as the project continues.

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9 LIRR Trains Cancelled Due To NJT Derailment

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on August 9th, 2011 at 3:27 pm

Just a few minutes ago, the MTA Long Island Rail Road announced that 9 trains (5 on the Babylon & 4 on the Port Washington) have been cancelled due to today’s earlier NJ Transit derailment. Here are complete details:

Five Babylon Branch trains and four Port Washington Branch trains will be canceled this PM Rush hour due to NJ Transit’s derailment in Penn Station this morning. NJ Transit and Amtrak are sharing tracks 15 and 16, which normally are used by the Long Island Rail Road. All customers should pay attention to announcements about track changes, as trains will not be leaving from their normal tracks.

The LIRR will provide regular servicefrom Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn and Hunterspoint Avenue in Queens. Here is the list of canceled trains and the next train that is scheduled to run on each branch:

Babylon Branch:
The 4:04 PM from NY due Babylon 5:05 PM is canceled. Customers accommodated by the 4:12 PM from NY to Massapequa Park at 5:10 PM, which will be extended to Babylon.

The 4:34 PM from NY due Babylon 5:39 PM is canceled. Customers accommodated by the 4:37 PM from NY due Babylon 5:52 PM, making all local stops.

The 5:19 PM from NY to Wantagh (6:06 PM) is canceled; customers will be accommodated by the 5:24 PM from NY to Freeport, which will be extended to Wantagh.

The 5:40 PM train from NY to Seaford (6:30 PM) is canceled; customers will be accommodated by the 5:47 PM from NY to Freeport, which will be extended to Seaford.

The 6:05 PM train from NY to Wantagh (6:51 PM) is canceled; customers will be accommodated by the 6:10 PM from NY to Freeport, which will be extended to Wantagh.

Port Washington Branch:

The 4:22 PM from NY due Port Washington 4:58 is canceled. Customers accommodated by the 4:25 PM from NY normally due Great Neck 5:02 PM but will continue to Port Washington.

The 4:43 PM from NY due in Port Washington at 5:21 PM is canceled; customers will be accommodated by the 4:46 PM from NY to Great Neck, which will be extended to Port Washington.

The 5:26 PM train from NY to Port Washington (6:04 PM) is canceled; customers will be accommodated by the 5:29 PM from NY to Great Neck, which will be extended to Port Washington.

The 5:50 PM train from NY to Great Neck (6:19 PM) is canceled; customers will be accommodated by the 5:56 PM from NY to Great Neck.

I will post any further information as I receive it.

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Service Diversions 08-08-11

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on August 8th, 2011 at 6:05 am

I have just updated the Service Diversions by removing all of the weekend work that wrapped up an hour ago. The planned work for this week & beyond in some cases has been moved to the forefront.

I suggest printing out a copy before heading to your destination. If you have an internet capable handheld device, you can use it to access the mobile version of this site.

The diversions will have minor updates as scheduled ones drop off. Any minor updates will take place on the page as it is updated daily but will not be noted in an entry. The next complete update will be sometime on Thursday after I received the planned weekend diversions from the MTA directly.

While out traveling, if I notice or hear any changes, I will update them on the twitter feed so don’t forget to follow @TransitBlogger today which you can do by clicking the button in the sidebar.

As always, stay safe & have a wonderful week.

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Service Diversions 08-05-11

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on August 5th, 2011 at 2:21 am

I have just updated the Service Diversions with the latest planned work for the upcoming weekend, next week, & beyond (in some cases).

Riders on the L Train, be aware that service will run in two sections including every 24 minutes between Broadway Junction & Rockaway Parkway due to a fencing upgrade at the Canarsie Yard. Click here for complete information.

LIRR riders remember that you will see less service along the main line every weekend this month due to a track modernization project. Click here for complete information.

I suggest printing out a copy before heading to your destination. If you have an internet capable handheld device, use it to access Transit Blogger’s mobile site.

While out traveling, if I notice or hear any changes, I will update them on the twitter feed so don’t forget to follow @TransitBlogger today which you can do by clicking the button in the sidebar.

The next full update will be at 5:01 AM Monday when all weekend work will be removed. Any minor updates will take place on the page as it is updated daily but will not be noted in an entry.

As always, stay safe & enjoy your weekend.

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