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TransSee tracker
Found this site through CPTDB. It tracks the buses of many agencies, including the MTA (Bronx, Brooklyn, and Staten Island only), Rutgers, MBTA, Los Angeles Metro, TTC, Foothill Transit, and MUNI. I...
View Article41 years ago today
On May 11th, 1975, the last Culver Shuttle train made its run at 12:01 AM and service was discontinued. Ironically, the 1.1-mile physical structure of the el would stand for another 10 years before...
View ArticleInterest in NJ Transit Bus Operator
Hello. I've been seeing conflicting information from different (old) threads regarding joining NJ Transit as a B/O. I have an upcoming interview and I'm wondering if anyone can give any current advice...
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New Countdown Clock Announcement on Lex Av
I was just at 125th Street waiting for a train and noticed the male announcement voice was different when announcing when the next train will arrive. Instead of: "The next uptown express train to...
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Roof hatch vent?
I've noticed that on the RTS fleet, the roof hatch has a label instructing a person to "PUSH UP FOR VENTILATION". I've done this a few times when the AC was off/not working, but I have 2 questions...
View ArticleMore propaganda in "fixing" Detroit's transit woes
Every once in awhile, I check the Google News feed, and since RTA Michigan suddenly sprung a notice about the proposed "Express Bus" for the public, waited for some type of article to be written. And...
View ArticleBusiest routes in NJT?
Quick question: What are the busiest routes operated by New Jersey Transit and exactly how well utilized are these routes?
View ArticleNJT Station at Wesmont Opens Today
http://www.njtransit.com/tm/tm_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=PressReleaseTo&PRESS_RELEASE_ID=3044 NEWARK, NJ — NJ TRANSIT will officially open the state’s newest station, Wesmont Train Station, on...
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75th Anniversary of the IRT Dyre Avenue Line
On this date, 75 years ago, New York City Transit began operating trains between E 180th Street and Dyre Avenue on the tracks of the former New York, Westchester and Boston Railway. The city recaptured...
View ArticleLIRR’s Third Track Needs Full Support Now—No More Local Stops Down The Line
The time has come for Long Islanders to get all aboard the Long Island Rail Road’s third track proposal. As resurrected by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in his state of the state address in January, the third...
View ArticleCheaper Commute?
NEW YORK (WABC) -- The MTA, which runs the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North, is asking some New Yorkers if they'd like give up the subway and ride the train to work. The 8:30 p.m. from Penn...
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MTA Releases Culver Line Report, Proposes Viaduct Express Service
The MTA will start running F express service in Brooklyn, officials are set to announce Tuesday. Locals have long clamored for the service, which hasn’t run since it was nixed in 1987. “This is huge....
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75 State-of-the-Art MTA Buses To Hit the Streets in Queens
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the arrival of the first of 75 new buses that are being deployed into service this year as part of a concentrated effort to address overcrowding and modernize...
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New Substation at Maspeth Avenue / Humboldt Street Project to increase L...
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View ArticleMetro-North Suspends Service to and from Grand Central Due to Fire in Harlem
I was on a Northbound train earlier that was stuck in GCT because of this. Customers are being told to take the subway to the Bronx for service.
View Article10th Avenue Station may come back to life afterall.
https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160404/hells-kitchen-clinton/mta-revives-plans-for-10th-avenue-station-on-7-line What I want to know is how are they gonna do this without cutting service to 34th...
View ArticleBombardier M7 Fuse Box
So I was riding on the front car, it was a private car we chartered and all of a sudden the Fuse Box flies open. Pretty cool if you ask me. http://m.imgur.com/a/O98hZ
View ArticlePotential discontinuation of Q48 and M60 to Marine Air Terminal and QM12...
http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/pdf/160523_1030_Transit.pdf Q48 & M60 (Pages 134-141) Service will be rerouted in LGA, with no service at all to Terminal A (LGA Marine Air Terminal). The Q47...
View ArticleNJ Transit Locomotive Engineer harassed for not having Driver's License
Here's the news report story last night about this engineer being harassed about some issues that he's had in the past. I "LOVE" (not being sarcastic) how NJ Transit tries to protect him. I'm not apart...
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