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Has there ever been an (A)(C)(E) GO in which...
...the southbound were sent down the 6th Ave line after W59-CC to W4 and then via their regular routes through the Cranberry tubes, while the was sent down 8th Ave until W4 and then via the IND 6th...
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Parking Trains
Parking Trains? Select Language▼ January 22nd, 2014 Trains are stored underground during winter weather. New York City is not a place known for an over-abundance of free parking spaces and when the...
View ArticleSqueaky's NYCTA Grand Avenue Depot Review
You saw the promo! Only TWO more bus depot reviews leading up to the season finale of my bus depot reviews! Here's a hint: "I was on TV in the 60's & now there's a depot named after me" Squeaky...
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Feds Are Giving The MTA $880 Million To Fix Our Sad Broken Subway Tunnels
The Montague tunnel is the saddest broken subway tunnel of them all It's been a long, hard road for some of the city's subway lines since Hurricane Sandy—partial closures have made the G train more...
View ArticleTop Gear Series 21
http://transmission.blogs.topgear.com/2014/01/18/video-your-first-glimpse-of-series-21-of-top-gear/ February 2 for the UK, I'm guessing within 2 weeks of that on BBCA.
View ArticleGreyhound bus crashes after passenger attacks driver
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/01/23/dozens-injured-in-arizona-bus-crash-after-irate-passenger-attacks-driver/
View ArticleMetro Transit (MN) will begin New Light Rail service.
The Target Date is June 14, connecting the two cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Currently the route is connected by three routes: 16 (Local), 50 (Limited - and will be replaced), and 94 (Express -...
View ArticleDoes The "Z" even exist anymore?
Ive checked this line from time to time (via my app when im bored ) even though I dont ride it but from certain accounts ...does this line even exist anymore? I have a freind who lives in Cypress hills...
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EXCLUSIVE: LIRR strike could start in March if MTA declines proposal - NY...
Thousands of Long Island Rail Road workers will walk off the job March 21 — stranding 285,000 weekday riders — unless the MTA accepts a compromise proposal or requests a final round of contract...
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MTA could use $40M that Gov. Cuomo proposal will cut to restore services - NY...
Politicians argue that the the $40 million in tax revenues would be hugely beneficial to the riding public. Gov. Cuomo's proposed budget would snatch $40 million in tax revenues that should go to the...
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Is Metro-North's system antiquated?
Metro-North signal glitch leaves riders stranded for two hours Service was finally restored about 9:30 p.m. Thursday after electricians scrambled to hook up temporary power to the main computer system...
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Higher Cost, More Delays for LIRR Station
Higher Cost, More Delays for LIRR StationEast Side Access Project, Now Years Behind Schedule, Could Stretch to 2021 By Ted Mann Updated Jan. 24, 2014 8:40 a.m. ET The price tag for a vast new...
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Last GM Fishbowl in active service due to be retired this year
From the Woodstock Sentinel-Review: City of Woodstock retires antique bus 2 By Codi Wilson, Woodstock Sentinel-Review Monday, January 20, 2014 5:14:41 EST PM Woodstock Transit employee Ray...
View ArticleJanuary 2014 MTA Board Meetings
http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/pdf/140127_1030_Transit&BUS.pdf Service changes start in Part 6, or page 133 of your PDF browser. The main changes are that X17 Sunday service will become...
View ArticleSEE IT: Daredevils subway surf over Williamsburg Bridge
NEW YORK (PIX11) – It’s called subway surfing and a new video gives us a glimpse at this insanely dangerous activity. Two people recorded themselves taking the risky ride on the outside of the “J”...
View ArticleDo you ever swipe other people through?
Everyone has seen it: that one random person standing by the turnstile looking for someone to swipe them through. Do you guys ever do it for them? I always ignore such people and find them extremely...
View ArticleD & 6 Line Curiosity?
Just always wondered why the 6 line is underground in the bronx up till just outside hunts point ave? All the other IRT Lines Come above ground pretty much in the lower bronx... but the 6 travels...
View ArticleIf all MVMs at a station are broken, will agent let you through the gates?
I was at some station on the west the other day and needed to reload my Metrocard (I'm a fairly infrequent subway rider). There were about four MVMs, and none of them were accepting credit/debit cards....
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N.Y. Gov.'s budget increases assistance to transit agency
New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s executive budget request for 2014-2015 proposes a 1.35% increase in state operating assistance for Albany, N.Y.-based Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA)....
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Widow sues MTA over husband’s fatal fall from bus
A lawsuit alleges a ramp for the disabled lifted too quickly, causing a fatal fall for a 76 year old man. An elderly Manhattan widow says trying to board an MTA bus by using the movable ramp for the...
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