Threxx Posted December 18, 2012 Share #501 Posted December 18, 2012 One week closure... the MTA isn't as dumb as to shut down these lines completely for a full week.... that's asinine considering the ridership. I don't buy it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichalkaManiac Posted December 18, 2012 Share #502 Posted December 18, 2012 Here's how I understand it (if I'm wrong please correct me): -Traditional FASTRACK: Suspension of a line segment every night for (typically) 4 consecutive overnight periods, between 10pm and 5am each night. -Weekend Daytime FASTRACK: Sounds like a suspension of a line segment from 4am-10pm or 7am-7pm, something like that. -One week FASTRACK: Suspension of a line segment for an entire week. Regarding those one week FASTRACK's (if they are indeed 24-hours): -The Nostrand line closure won't be a worst case scenario since that is Regents week: The HS students that arent testing probably don't have classes that week (1/21-25). Plus one of the days is MLK day. This could be ugly. -Nassau line's a tossup -Fourth Avenue south of 36th? Not so bad, we'll just see trains on the West end and trains heading into 9th Avenue. -Closing CPW for a week would be quite a ballsy move. This one might be the ugliest one since the IRT would have to absorb the load (and they don't have much room.) -Closing Rutgers would be a tossup as well. Usually the MTA is on a regular (modified) weekday schedule on MLK Days. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alejr88 Posted December 18, 2012 Share #503 Posted December 18, 2012 On MLK day I think trains and buses run on a Saturday schedule. I believe that's only on Columbus Day that the MTA allows it to run on a weekday schedule. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestrictOnTheHanger Posted December 18, 2012 Share #504 Posted December 18, 2012 I bet that by one week they mean the same as traditional, but no repeats, ie they'll only do it once in 2013 instead of once a quarter. There are other locations on the one week list which couldn't handle a continuous shutdown, that's what leads me to believe that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulrivera Posted December 18, 2012 Share #505 Posted December 18, 2012 I bet that by one week they mean the same as traditional, but no repeats, ie they'll only do it once in 2013 instead of once a quarter. There are other locations on the one week list which couldn't handle a continuous shutdown, that's what leads me to believe that. Hmm good point. I'm sure the MTA wouldn't be that crazy to try such a thing anyway, even if the description is kinda vague... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lance Posted December 18, 2012 Share #506 Posted December 18, 2012 They're always vague. Especially when it's an internal document and not a press release. Organized by date: 1/14-1/18 Concourse 1/21-1/25 Nostrand Avenue** 1/28-2/1 Broadway 2/2-2/3 Coney Island Interlocking * 2/25-3/1 Ft Washington 3/18-3/22 Queens Blvd 3/25-3/29 Lexington Ave Local 4/1-4/5 Nassau Street** 4/8-4/12 Concourse 4/15-4/19 Broadway 5/6-5/10 4th Avenue** 5/18-5/19 Coney Island Interlocking * 5/20-5/24 Lexington Ave Express 6/3-6/7 Queens Blvd 6/10-6/14 Ft Washington 6/17-6/21 Broadway 7/15-7/19 Concourse 8/12-8/16 Queens Blvd 8/26-8/30 Ft Washington 9/9-9/13 Lexington Ave Local 9/16-9/20 Central Park West** 9/30-10/4 Broadway 10/5-10/6 Coney Island Interlocking * 10/14-10/18 Queens Blvd 10/28-11/1 Lexington Ave Express 11/4-11/8 Concourse 11/18-11/22 Ft Washington 11/23-11/24 Coney Island Interlocking * 12/2-12/6 Rutgers** *Weekend Daytime **One Week (TBD if they mean if it's just one week instead of multiple or if it's a continuous 24 hour closure) Busy schedule, no? Now a sticky topic until further notice. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Concourse Express Posted December 19, 2012 Share #507 Posted December 19, 2012 Looking forward to the Concourse Line FASTRACK for obvious reasons! As for the one-week FASTRACKs, I believe it'll be overnight hours only... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowblock Posted December 19, 2012 Share #508 Posted December 19, 2012 (edited) On MLK day I think trains and buses run on a Saturday schedule. I believe that's only on Columbus Day that the MTA allows it to run on a weekday schedule. MLK, Columbus and Black Friday are weekday-75 in A-Div and regular weekday in B-Div. Edited December 19, 2012 by Snowblock 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amtrak7 Posted December 19, 2012 Share #509 Posted December 19, 2012 MLK, Columbus and Black Friday are weekday-75 in A-Div and regular weekday in B-Div. Thanks, I completely forgot that the subway minor holidays pilot was for A div only! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoTimer Posted December 20, 2012 Share #510 Posted December 20, 2012 the one weekers are defined as just nights mon thru thurs like we have beed used to. they r not considered traditional I guess since most doesnt include the traditional CBD 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowblock Posted December 20, 2012 Share #511 Posted December 20, 2012 Kinda hard to call something traditional when the program has only been around for a year..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lance Posted December 20, 2012 Share #512 Posted December 20, 2012 Almost like a "1st Annual" celebration. Lol. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim92 Posted December 20, 2012 Share #513 Posted December 20, 2012 They're always vague. Especially when it's an internal document and not a press release. Organized by date: 1/14-1/18 Concourse 1/21-1/25 Nostrand Avenue** 1/28-2/1 Broadway 2/2-2/3 Coney Island Interlocking * 2/25-3/1 Ft Washington 3/18-3/22 Queens Blvd 3/25-3/29 Lexington Ave Local 4/1-4/5 Nassau Street** 4/8-4/12 Concourse 4/15-4/19 Broadway 5/6-5/10 4th Avenue** 5/18-5/19 Coney Island Interlocking * 5/20-5/24 Lexington Ave Express 6/3-6/7 Queens Blvd 6/10-6/14 Ft Washington 6/17-6/21 Broadway 7/15-7/19 Concourse 8/12-8/16 Queens Blvd 8/26-8/30 Ft Washington 9/9-9/13 Lexington Ave Local 9/16-9/20 Central Park West** 9/30-10/4 Broadway 10/5-10/6 Coney Island Interlocking * 10/14-10/18 Queens Blvd 10/28-11/1 Lexington Ave Express 11/4-11/8 Concourse 11/18-11/22 Ft Washington 11/23-11/24 Coney Island Interlocking * 12/2-12/6 Rutgers** *Weekend Daytime **One Week (TBD if they mean if it's just one week instead of multiple or if it's a continuous 24 hour closure) Busy schedule, no? Now a sticky topic until further notice. Ho Boy, here comes the foamers 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metro CSW Posted December 21, 2012 Share #514 Posted December 21, 2012 Ho Boy, here comes the foamers Look who's talkin'! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim92 Posted December 21, 2012 Share #515 Posted December 21, 2012 Look who's talkin'! I can say that im a foamer but im growing out of that, and the overwhelming foamers love these and im not 1 of them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallyhorse Posted December 23, 2012 Share #516 Posted December 23, 2012 -Fourth Avenue south of 36th? Not so bad, we'll just see trains on the West end and trains heading into 9th Avenue. -Closing CPW for a week would be quite a ballsy move. This one might be the ugliest one since the IRT would have to absorb the load (and they don't have much room.) CPW I agree, unless they somehow manage to have two sets of shuttle buses: One running straight between 125th and 59th (allowing those to use the Park Drive at all times and even if it means working with Central Park officials to use them as dedicated busways during the shutdown, including when the Park Drive would normally be closed to vehicles) and the other on CPW making local stops. Otherwise, it would likely be impossible to do that. As for fourth Avenue, one thing that could be done for this to work would be while the runs via the West End after 36th Street, the is temporarily extended past Coney Island running through there over to the tracks, running via the normal route from there to Kings Highway while a separate, single-track shuttle would operate between Kings Highway and 8th Avenue. Not perfect, but that's how I would do it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alejr88 Posted December 23, 2012 Share #517 Posted December 23, 2012 (edited) That is too much for the Fox to handle!!!! 179-Stillwell is a long route!!! Smh The West End line and Sea Beach line aren't too far away. What purpose does it serve sending a shuttle to the Sea Beach stations? Not gonna work, sorry. Edited December 23, 2012 by alejr88 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallyhorse Posted December 23, 2012 Share #518 Posted December 23, 2012 That is too much for the Fox to handle!!!! 179-Stillwell is a long route!!! Smh The West End line and Sea Beach line aren't too far away. What purpose does it serve sending a shuttle to the Sea Beach stations? Not gonna work, sorry. The other option would be to have the extended to Kings Highway with the single track shuttle noted above. This would only be while the Fourth Avenue FASTRACK is going on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel The Cool Posted December 27, 2012 Share #519 Posted December 27, 2012 All I'm going to say it the Broadway FasTrack is going to be interesting.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metro CSW Posted December 27, 2012 Share #520 Posted December 27, 2012 The Queens Blvd FASTRACK is going to be entertaining to me for some reason, however. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestrictOnTheHanger Posted December 27, 2012 Share #521 Posted December 27, 2012 Looks like they're adding some shuttles for the Concourse Fasttrack: Additional service operates between Woodlawn and 149 St-Grand Concourse Late Nights, 10 PM to 5 AM, Mon to Fri, Jan 14 - 18 • Transfer at 149 St-Grand Concourse to continue your trip. Also downtown trains skip 155 st for the Fasttrack 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amtrak7 Posted December 27, 2012 Share #522 Posted December 27, 2012 There are a LOT of other night GO's going on the Concourse FASTRACK week.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j express Posted December 27, 2012 Share #523 Posted December 27, 2012 The MTA released the whole fastrack service change on it's website. I checked it today. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amtrak7 Posted December 27, 2012 Share #524 Posted December 27, 2012 The first two FASTRACK runs are up. has a bus from Mosholu to 205. is late nights and has no bus (passengers to the B44). Strangely, service in Brooklyn ends at 10PM as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestrictOnTheHanger Posted December 28, 2012 Share #525 Posted December 28, 2012 The is running to Utica and the is extended to New Lots beginning at 10PM. The will run to Rector St on the from 10PM to 12 midnight 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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