engineerboy6561 Posted August 17, 2009 Share #1 Posted August 17, 2009 Due to a building collapse at 181 St and St. Nicholas Av, 1) service runs in two sections: South Ferry to 168 St and Dyckman St to 207 St. 2) Service between 168 St and Dyckman St is provided by free shuttle buses. Note: Ask the MTA employees for a pink ticket when you leave the station to get the shuttle bus. If you do not have one you will not be allowed in through the slam gate when you re-enter the subway. 3) All 242 St-bound trains make no stops between Dyckman and 242 Sts. Apparently southbound trains reverse direction on the southbound track and then switch onto the center track and stay there to 242 St. For service to 207 St transfer to the at 168 St (trust me, it will be faster), and to reach 215 through 238 Sts, take a 242 St-bound to 242 St and then get a Dyckman St-bound . This would also make a great photo opportunity for busfans,as the shuttle service is running some Bus equipment. I ended up on a 7200-series suburban O5 CNG. On a side note, does anyone know the procedure for sending buses to shuttle duty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pelham Bay Dave Posted August 17, 2009 Share #2 Posted August 17, 2009 Last night part of the tunnel callapse at 181 Street suspending service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N-Trizzy2609 Posted August 17, 2009 Share #3 Posted August 17, 2009 Ewww we're going to have to see those ugly rollsigns in service. Imagine the pull in saying 168th Street in the circle. Yucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princelex Posted August 17, 2009 Share #4 Posted August 17, 2009 I just checked mta.info and it's STILL messed up along the . Damn that sucks. Hopefuly they can get it together before the evening rush hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark1447 Posted August 17, 2009 Share #5 Posted August 17, 2009 bad news for the Van Cortland Riders. Especially 181st sts street which is a Major Street for the Hispanic community. More like 125th St but differentw sorta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R62A 1991 Posted August 17, 2009 Share #6 Posted August 17, 2009 Something tells me an emergency G.O. is in order. They've made a Wheelchair Announcement on the mta site, which means this isn't going to be over for a while. Now's the time for those new signs, which WILL come in handy to those who haven't heard the news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amtrak7 Posted August 17, 2009 Share #7 Posted August 17, 2009 3) All 242 St-bound trains make no stops between Dyckman and 242 Sts. Where did you get that from? Not here: http://mta.info/alert/alertnyct.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRG Posted August 17, 2009 Share #8 Posted August 17, 2009 They just reported it on NY1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INDman Posted August 18, 2009 Share #9 Posted August 18, 2009 They just reported it on NY1. And they are often wrong, especialy when it comes to transit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubwayGuy Posted August 18, 2009 Share #10 Posted August 18, 2009 That's going to be a heck of a repair. Sucks for commuters further up. They won't reopen it until they are sure it is structurally sound and safe to operate trains through. It was quite lucky no one was seriously hurt or killed. Something falling from 30 feet can cause a LOT of damage... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRG Posted August 18, 2009 Share #11 Posted August 18, 2009 And they are often wrong, especialy when it comes to transit. Yeah that's true. But there was no building collapse though. Loose bricks fell onto the tracks and supposedly fell onto a train, and they don't want to run any trains through that section because rumbling could loosen more bricks. I wonder how long this is going to last, but it's a hundred year old tunnel. It's fate was eminent anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJC Posted August 19, 2009 Share #12 Posted August 19, 2009 I saw this on the news today and the riders weren't all that happy....lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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