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Very busy day today! Service Change Posted: 03/20/2013 6:55PM Due to NYPD activity at 21 Street-Queensbridge, train service is bypassing the 21 Street-Queensbridge Station in both directions. Allow additional travel time.

Service Change Posted: 03/20/2013 1:20PM Due to FDNY activity at Court Sq, & trains are bypassing Court Sq in both directions. Service Change Posted: 03/20/2013 1:09PM Due to switch problems at Parkside Av, northbound & trains are running on the line from Stillwell Av-Coney Island to DeKalb Av.

Today saw DB Schenker freight locomotive Class 66 66095 pass through Stansted Mountfitchet light-engine on a working from Hoo Junction to Whitemoor, do get some slightly strange workings through here sometimes!

New video from today uploaded! Hopefully more to come in the next few days!

And here's another one, busy day today! "Due to marine traffic affecting the Broadway Bridge, there is no train service in both directions between 215 St and 242 St. Allow additional travel time."

Doesn't sound all that good really, hopefully the numbers will start to decrease soon. Now, back to what the thread is for! "Due to FDNY activity at Chambers St, the following service changes are in effect: Both directions there is no train service between Rector St and 14 St. Both directions trains are running on the line from Nevins St and 149 St-Grand Concourse. Both directions there is no train service between Atlantic Av and 148 St. Allow additional travel time." "Due to signal problems at Court St, some northbound trains are running on the line from DeKalb Av to Canal St. Allow additional travel time."

Quite right it does! Maybe it's just a placeholder while they draw up the proper version, certainly one way to confuse passengers though in the meantime!

It seemed to finish pretty much as soon as I posted it up! Are 12/9s in the subway a frequent occurrence? The rate of one-unders (as we call them in the UK) on the London Underground seems to average at about 1 a week

"Due to a police investigation at 42 St-Bryant Pk: Southbound trains are via line, 36 St (Qns) to W 4 St. There is no southbound train service from Forest Hills-71 Av to Chambers St. Also, southbound and trains are bypassing 42 St-Bryant Pk. Allow additional travel time."

New FASTRACK schedules have been put up as follows, including 2 new additions March 25th - 29th: Lexington Avenue Local (Grand Central - 125th Street both directions, all trains will run express in this section) April 1st - 5th: Nassau Street (Essex Street - Broad Street) April 8th - 12th: Grand Concourse (161st Street-Yankee Stadium - 205th Street) April 15th - 19th: Broadway (All Manhattan stations) On the proper QBL FASTRACK, yes maybe not splitting the , extending hours or running the to Astoria, ending service so early etc is a bad idea, but this is the 1st time it's been done on the QBL section of line so it's really a learning curve for the MTA as the only real way they'll know how good or bad the effects on passengers will be is to try it and see, if it works out first time great, if not in some or all areas then they know to change things for next time! (although if it goes really bad there may not be a next time!) Only time will tell I suppose

Gone ahead in time again... Service operates in 2 sections: 1. Between 179 St and Jay St-MetroTech, and via the to/from Hoyt-Schermerhorn 2. Between Stillwell Av and Bergen St, and via the to/from Bedford-Nostrand Avs Late Nights, 11:45 PM to 5 AM, Mon to Thu, Mar 25 - 28 • Transfer at Hoyt-Schermerhorn to continue your trip. Looking at maps, the way the Hoyt-Schermerhorn turn around may work (I think) seems to be to run the train up to Clinton-Washington Aves on the express track (seeing as that line is local through there at late-night), change ends, run it through a siding between the express tracks between Clinton-Washington Aves and Lafayette Ave and then rejoin the Manhattan-bound express line into Hoyt-Schermerhorn, seems most logical, unless the MTA have other ideas, which given them they might!

New videos uploaded from today on what is currently a very cold, windy and occasionally snowy day! Including a first for me in seeing a Network Rail stoneblower! Can be seen in the 3rd video! Hope you all enjoy these further insights into a small corner of the UK network!

Thanks! New videos have now been uploaded (recorded and uploaded within the last 2 hours!) Enjoy!

Afternoon all! I thought I'd setup a base here for my Youtube transport videos, which will be updated on a fairly frequent basis! As you can probably gather by my location all of these will be from the UK! Namely the West Anglia Mainline which runs between London Liverpool Street station to Stansted Airport and Cambridge. All 'new' videos at the moment are being filmed from my local station of Stansted Mountfitchet but over time I hope to venture further out and capture more trains at different locations! The quality of my camera is a bit rubbish but hopefully it doesn't put anybody off watching! Hope you all enjoy my shorts clips capturing the usual and odd raIl movements on one of the many lines out of London! Please view my main channel below to see the current selection and view the video below to see one of the more unusual movements expected this year through my local station! https://www.youtube.com/user/welovechannel4?feature=mhee

The MTA has now put up the proper FASTRACK page for the QBL work http://www.mta.info/nyct/service/fastrack_EFMR.htm

Due to signal problems on Manhattan Bridge, some northbound and trains are running on the line from DeKalb Av to Canal St. Allow additional travel time.

I may be wrong (I probably am wrong) but I think the MTA only releases details of FASTRACK reroutes and alternatives one week before the work begins, so on my logic details would be released next Monday, could easily be wrong but I'm reasonably sure that's how it's been advertised on the MTA website before now!

Gone ahead in time a bit, this service change stood out more than the rest! No trains between 3 Av-149 St and 135th St Free shuttle buses provide alternate service Weekend, 11:30 PM Fri to 5 AM Mon, Mar 22 - 25 Service operates in two sections: 1. Between 241 St and 3 Av-149 St 2. Between the 148 St Station and Flatbush Av (Trains skip 145 St in both directions) Shuttle buses operate along three routes: 1. Between 3 Av-149 St and 135 St 2. Between 3 Av-149 St and 149 St-Grand Concourse 3. Between 149 St-Grand Concourse and 135 St Transfer between trains and buses at 3 Av-149 St and 135th St. Only logical reason I can think of for this is work in the 149th St Tunnel, obviously skips 145 St due to the short platforms there

Due to a rail condition at Woodlawn, northbound train is running express between Bedford Pk Blvd and Woodlawn. Seems to be a fair few unplanned service changes today!

Ah makes sense, knowledge of the subway a bit rusty! Speaking of unplanned service changes... Due to signal problems at Prince St, northbound trains are running on the line from Canal St to Atlantic Av. Allow additional travel time. Guessing if it's northbound disruption then Canal St and Atlantic Av should be the other way around!

Due to a train with mechanical problems at Ditmas Av, northbound trains are running express from Avenue X to Jay St-MetroTech. Allow additional travel time. Assuming that's the case then they're running through the lower level at Bergen St correct? EDIT: Some southbound trains are turning at Church Avenue as well now