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Shuttle Bus For Hong Kong Boat Festival

Posted by
on August 5th, 2010 at 10:33 pm

As was the case last year, MTA NYC Transit will be operating a shuttle bus for those attending the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in Flushing Meadow Park. Here are the complete details courtesy of a press release I received:

The annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival will be held in Queens’ Flushing Meadow Park on Saturday, August 6 and Sunday, August 7. And, similar to last year, MTA New York City Transit will operate a fare paid shuttle bus from Mets-Willets Point 7 subway station to the festival site in the park.

Customers pay the regular fare or use their subway-to-bus or bus-to-bus MetroCard transfer option to board this special event shuttle bus. As the festival site is some distance from local bus and subway routes, these shuttle buses will operate directly, non-stop, between the Mets-Willets Point 7 subway station and the festival site in Flushing Meadow Park about every 5 minutes from 8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. A new route will be in place this year that eliminates the need to operate the bus on College Point Blvd. or the Van Wyck Expressway.

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Service Diverions 08-03-10

Posted by
on August 3rd, 2010 at 5:14 am

I apologize for not getting to this sooner. I normally have the page updated after 5:01 AM Monday but I forgot to do it. The correct info was posted but I like to have the weekend diversions removed so the latest information for the upcoming week & beyond in some cases is at the forefront.

As always, I suggest you print out a copy of the diversions to have with you while riding. You may also use any phone or electronic device to access the mobile friendly version of Transit Blogger. Have a safe week & do your best to keep cool!

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Service Diversions 07-31-10

Posted by
on July 31st, 2010 at 6:50 pm

Sorry for not posting this sooner but, I just updated the “Service Diversions” page by removing all of the scheduled work that wrapped up by 11:59 PM last night. The weekend diversions which I posted on Thursday have now moved to the top followed by the subsequent work during the week.

Don’t forget to read this entry if you plan on using any service that goes through the Broadway/Nassau-Fulton St stations.

Lastly, if you are going to be riding either the Babylon or Montauk lines during the overnight hours, click here to find out how service will be affected by overnight track work. I suggest you print out a copy of the page to carry with you or use any mobile device to access the phone-friendly version of Transit Blogger.

The next update will be sometime after 5:01 AM Monday when all of the weekend diversions are removed & the ones for the week move up the list. As always, have safe travels!

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Service Diversions 07-29-10

Posted by
on July 29th, 2010 at 11:27 pm

I have just updated the “Service Diversions” page with the latest weekend diversions. The remaining diversions scheduled to end by 11:59 PM Friday are still listed. The next update will be sometime after 12:01 AM Saturday when those diversions are officially over.

Don’t forget to read this entry if you plan on using any service that goes through the Broadway/Nassau-Fulton St stations.

Lastly, if you are going to be riding either the Babylon or Montauk lines during the overnight hours, click here to find out how service will be affected by overnight track work. I suggest you print out a copy of the page to carry with you or use any mobile device to access the phone-friendly version of Transit Blogger. As always, have safe travels!

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Track Work Affects Babylon & Montauk Service

Posted by
on July 29th, 2010 at 11:24 pm

Earlier this afternoon, the MTA Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) announced that track work would affect overnight service on the Babylon & Montauk lines this weekend. Here are the complete details courtesy of the press release I received:

Several trains canceled; customers on other trains

A track work program in the Amityville area will affect some Babylon and Montauk Branch train service late this Saturday night and early Sunday morning, July 31 and August 1. During this work only one of two tracks will be available for train service between Babylon and Wantagh resulting in the cancellation of two trains and a change in departure times for two other trains.

Babylon Branch

Eastbound:

The 10:10 PM (Saturday, July 31) and 12:01 AM (Sunday, August 1) trains from Penn Station to Babylon are both canceled. Customers will be accommodated on the 10:35 PM, 11:10 PM, 11:29 PM (Saturday, July 31) and 12:38 AM (Sunday, August 1) trains from Penn Station.

The 11:10 PM (Saturday, July 31) and 12:38 AM (Sunday, August 1) trains from Penn Station to Babylon will be held at Wantagh for ten minutes awaiting the westbound trains to clear the single track.

Customers who normally take the 10:10 PM (Saturday, July 31) train from Penn Station and change at Jamaica for a Far Rockaway train should take the 9:49 PM (Saturday, July 31) train, 21 minutes earlier, or the 11:10 PM (Saturday, July 31) train, one hour later.

Customers at Atlantic Terminal taking the 10:12 PM train to Far Rockaway to connect with a Babylon train at Jamaica will make their connection 24 minutes later than regular.

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Westbound:

The 5:42 AM train (on August 1) from Babylon to Penn Station will depart 16 minutes earlier at 5:26 AM.

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Montauk Branch

Eastbound:

Customers who normally take the 10:10 PM train (Saturday, July 31) from Penn Station, should take the 10:35 PM train. Connecting service to Speonk, which normally departs Babylon at 11:28 PM, will instead depart 26 minutes later at 11:54 PM to accommodate customers for stations Bay Shore through Speonk.

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