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HAPPY NEW YEAR 2022!

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on January 1st, 2022 at 2:47 am

I want to take this time & wish every single Transit Blogger reader a Happy New Year. I look forward to enjoying another year with all of you.

Have a safe & wonderful beginning to 2022 & may you have your best year ever!

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NYC Transit New Year’s Eve 2021 Service Info

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on December 28th, 2021 at 5:24 pm

The end of the year is nearly upon us & many will be riding the buses & subways to get where they need to go. The MTA asked me to share their New Year’s holiday service plan for NYC Transit buses & subways with my readers:

New York City Subway

Monday, Dec. 27 – Thursday, Dec. 30

Service will run on a normal schedule with some exceptions. Check real-time arrival information at MTA.info or MYmta to see how frequently trains are running at your station.

New Year’s Eve

On Friday, Dec. 31, subway service will run on a Saturday schedule with some exceptions:

•    Extra service will run on New Year’s Eve before and after the “ball drop” at Times Square on the (42 St Shuttle) lines.
•    Manhattan-bound trains will skip 167 St, 161 St-Yankee Stadium and 155 St from 10 p.m. Friday through 5 a.m. Monday

New Year’s Day 

On Saturday, Jan. 1, subway service will run on a Saturday schedule with one exception:

•    Manhattan-bound trains will skip 167 St, 161 St-Yankee Stadium and 155 St.

Sunday, Jan. 2

Subway service will run on a Sunday schedule with some exceptions:

•    Manhattan-bound trains will skip 167 St, 161 St-Yankee Stadium and 155 St
•    No train service between Jay St-MetroTech and Bergen St
•    Northbound trains run between Jamaica-179 St to Euclid Av and run local in Brooklyn
•    Southbound trains run between Bedford/Nostrand   and Coney Island-Stillwell Av
•   trains run between 168 St and World Trade Center

New York City Buses 

Monday, Dec. 27 – Thursday, Dec. 30

Buses will run on a reduced weekday schedule with some exceptions. The following bus routes that normally have local and limited service will operate with only local service: M1, M4, Q4, Q5, Q17, Q27, Q36, Q43, Q46, Q83 and Q85.

New Year’s Eve

On Friday, Dec. 31, bus service will run on a reduced weekday schedule with some exceptions:
•    The following bus routes that normally have local and Limited service will operate with only local service:  M1, M4, Q4, Q5, Q6, Q17, Q25, Q27, Q36, Q43, Q46, Q65, Q83, Q85
•    The following Limited-only bus routes will not operate: S81, S84, S86, S91, S92, S94, S96, S98; use local routes S51, S74, S76, S61, S62, S44, S46, S48 instead
•    The following express bus routes will not operate: SIM4X, SIM8X
•    The following express bus route variations will not operate: BXM8 City Island service and Super Express trips on the QM2, QM5, QM8 and QM20
•    All service on routes BM1, BM2, BM3 and BM4 will operate via Downtown and Midtown.  There will be no Brooklyn-bound service at stops located at Church St/Barclay St, Park Row/Spruce St, and Frankfort St/Pearl St

New Year’s Day

On Saturday, Jan. 1, bus service will run on a Sunday schedule.

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LIRR New Year’s Eve 2021 Service Info

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on December 28th, 2021 at 5:09 pm

The end of the year is upon us & many will be riding the LIRR to get to & from their destination. The MTA asked me to share its holiday service plan for the LIRR with my readers:

New Year’s Holiday Early Getaway Program  

On Thursday, Dec. 30, the LIRR will operate on a regular weekday schedule with an additional 13 eastbound trains in the afternoon.

New Year’s Eve

On Friday Dec. 31, the LIRR will operate on a weekday schedule with 21 additional evening westbound trains, 18 to Penn Station and three to Atlantic Terminal.

New Year’s Day  

On Saturday, Jan. 1, the LIRR will operate on a regular weekend schedule, with extra trains for riders heading home after New Year’s Eve events. Nineteen early morning extra eastbound trains will operate to Long Island, 15 from Penn Station and four from Atlantic Terminal.

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Metro North New Year’s Eve 2021 Service Info

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on December 28th, 2021 at 5:01 pm

The end of the year is nearly upon us. Many will be using the Metro-North to get around this upcoming New Year’s Eve. So the agency has asked me to share its service plan for the Metro-North Railroad with my readers:

Monday, Dec. 27 – Thursday, Dec. 30

During the week between Christmas and New Year’s Eve, Metro-North’s East of Hudson and West of Hudson service will operate on a regular weekday schedule.

On Wednesday, Dec. 29, Metro-North will operate shuttle trains between Grand Central Terminal and Yankees/E 153rd St for the Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium.

New Year’s Eve

On Friday, Dec. 31, Metro-North’s East of Hudson service will operate on a regular weekday schedule, with extra inbound trains to Grand Central Terminal arriving between 3 p.m. and 8 p.m., and all-night outbound service.

On Friday, Dec 31, Metro-North’s West of Hudson service will operate a weekend schedule with the following additions and adjustments:

•    There are two extra after-midnight departures on the Pascack Valley Line, a 1:24 a.m. departure from Hoboken making all stops to Spring Valley, arriving at 2:46 a.m., and the second train with a 3:45 a.m. departure from Hoboken making all local stops to Spring Valley, arriving at 5:03 a.m. The 12:45 a.m. Friday-night departure from Hoboken to Spring Valley will not operate on New Year’s Eve.

•    There are two extra after-midnight departures on the Port Jervis Line, a 1:27 a.m. departure from Hoboken, operating express from Secaucus Junction to Suffern and then all stops to Port Jervis, arriving at 3:40 a.m., and the second train with a 2:55 a.m. departure from Hoboken, making all stops to Port Jervis, arriving at 5:32 a.m. The 12:40 a.m. Friday-night departure from Hoboken to Port Jervis will not operate on New Year’s Eve.

New Year’s Day

On Saturday, Jan. 1, Metro-North’s East of Hudson service will operate on a special schedule with hourly service on the Hudson, Harlem and New Haven Lines with six extra trains on the New Haven Line, and regular weekend service on the branch lines.

On Saturday, Jan. 1, Metro-North’s West of Hudson service will operate on a normal weekend schedule.

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SI Railway New Year’s Eve 2021 Service Info

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on December 28th, 2021 at 4:52 pm

The end of 2021 is right around the corner & many will be riding the Staten Island Railway. The MTA asked me to share its New Year’s Eve 2021 service plan for the Staten Island Railway:

New Year’s Eve

On Friday, Dec. 31, Staten Island Railway will operate on a Saturday schedule.  

New Year’s Day 

On Saturday, Jan. 1, Staten Island Railway will operate on a Sunday schedule.  

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