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Fastrack Returns To The Upper East Side

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on September 5th, 2013 at 11:45 am

Once again riders of the 4 Train, 5 Train & 6 Train will be dealing with FASTRACK as it returns to the Upper East Side. Here are the complete details via a NYC Transit press release:

On Monday, September 9, MTA New York City Transit brings FASTRACK back to the Upper East Side of Manhattan on the 4, 5, and 6 Lines. All Lexington Avenue trains run express in both directions between 125th Street and Grand Central-42nd Street making stops at 59th Street and 86th Street from 10 p.m. until 5 a.m., for four consecutive weeknights from Monday, September 9 to early Friday morning, September 13.

Travel alternatives:

• Customers should use the M101 Limited buses for local service between 125th Street and Grand Central-42nd Street.

• Downtown buses run on Lexington Avenue.

• Uptown buses run on 3rd Avenue.

• Customers may transfer between M101 Limited buses and 4 or 6 trains at 125th Street, 86th Street, 59th Street and Grand Central-42nd Street.

5 service in Manhattan ends early each night. For 5 service, customers:

• In Manhattan, may take the 4 or 6

• In the Bronx, take the 2

• Transfer between the 2 and 5 at East 180th Street.

• Transfer between the 2 and 4 at 149th Street-Grand Concourse.

Our last FASTRACK on the Lexington Avenue line was in May. At that time, hundreds of Transit maintenance workers completed vital work along the tracks between Grand Central-42nd Street and 125th Street. Some of their accomplishments included:

• 10,412 bags of debris removed;

• 231,500 pounds of scrap material removed;

• Muck and mud scraped from 29,012 feet of concrete roadbed;

• 11 new rails installed;

• Serviced 11 cut sections, 2 track switches and 53 signals;

• 34 Signals tested, 12 switches tested;

• Bulbs replaced in 211 tunnel lights and 716 station lights;

• 131 columns painted;

• 195 power substation components serviced;

• Corrected 434 third rail defects. Cleaned, scraped 12,930 feet under and around the third rail;

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Service Diversions 08-29-13

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on August 29th, 2013 at 5:50 pm

Get a head start on your plans for the unofficial last weekend of summer as I have just updated the Service Diversions.

Make sure to read the following entries for specific Labor Day 2013 service plan information:

LIRR

Metro-North

NYC Transit

Staten Island Railway

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Have a safe & wonderful Labor Day weekend!

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NYC Transit Labor Day 2013 Service Plan

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on August 29th, 2013 at 5:48 pm

Here is the Labor Day 2013 service plan info 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, Sept. 2. Because of the J’Ouvert and West Indian-American Day Parades in Brooklyn on Labor Day, 4 trains will make local stops in Brooklyn, certain subway entrances in the parade area may be affected and buses in the area will be rerouted.

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S.I. Railway Labor Day 2013 Service Plan

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on August 29th, 2013 at 5:47 pm

Here is the service plan for the MTA Staten Island Railway:

Staten Island customers looking to get a head start on their three-day weekend will be able to catch earlier afternoon express train service on Friday, August 30, with Staten Island Railway’s

Early Departure Getaway schedule. This schedule means extra SIR trains will be added earlier in the afternoon beginning at 2:31 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 Sept. 2.

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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LIRR Labor Day 2013 Service Plan

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on August 29th, 2013 at 5:46 pm

As is always the case, the MTA Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) will be providing extra service for the upcoming Labor Day holiday weekend. Here are the complete details:

The MTA Long Island Rail Road will provide additional early-afternoon service from Penn Station on Friday, August 30 for customers planning an early getaway for the start of the Labor Day Weekend.

The LIRR will be operating on a weekend schedule on August 31 and Sept. 1 and a Sunday/holiday schedule on Sept. 2. Please note that the additional Sunday afternoon Montauk Branch westbound trains from Montauk and the Hamptons will not operate on Sunday, Sept. 1, but instead operate on Monday, Sept. 2. The regular Monday-only return train departing from Montauk at 7:01 a.m., stopping at the Hamptons, and arriving at Hunterspoint Ave. at 9:57 a.m. will not run on Monday, Sept. 2, but instead will operate on Tuesday, Sept. 3.

The extra early-afternoon trains will depart Penn Station starting at 2:08 p.m. on Friday, August 30. The extra service will include: three trains on the Port Jefferson Branch; three on the Babylon Branch; one on the Port Washington Branch; one on the Far Rockaway Branch, and one train to Jamaica for a connection to Montauk. The eastbound afternoon train from Ronkonkoma to Yaphank gets extended to Greenport on Friday, as it normally does on Fridays during the summer through Columbus Day weekend.

Extra Train Service from Penn Station, Friday, August 30

Port Jefferson Branch to Hicksville and Huntington:

2:08 PM stopping at Jamaica, Mineola, then all stops to Huntington.

2:29 PM stopping at Forest Hills, Kew Gardens, Jamaica, New Hyde Park, then all stops to Huntington.

3:24 PM stopping at Jamaica, Mineola, Westbury and Hicksville.

Babylon Branch:

2:32 PM express to Lynbrook, then all stops to Babylon.

3:00 PM stopping at Jamaica, Rockville Centre, then all stops to Babylon.

3:31 PM express to Rockville Centre, then all stops to Babylon.

Port Washington Branch to Great Neck:

3:40 PM stopping at Woodside, Flushing-Main Street, then all stops to Great Neck.

Far Rockaway Branch:

3:48 PM express to Locust Manor then all stops to Far Rockaway.

Montauk Branch:

1:43 PM to Jamaica, with a Montauk train connection.

Ronkonkoma Branch to Greenport:

The 5:21 PM train from Ronkonkoma to Yaphank is extended on Friday making all stops to Greenport.

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