Hurricane Sandy: Before and After the Storm: Subway service

[aemoreira81]

Where is the damage specifically that prohibits R trains from running through Montague? (Service is restored to South Ferry as of this morning.)

[Threxx]

Where is the damage specifically that prohibits R trains from running through Montague? (Service is restored to South Ferry as of this morning.)

 

 

The bottom of the tunnel, the signals are out, they have to be replaced.

[TwoTimer]

In the end, law-abiding citizens can do whatever they want on the train, as long as they remain within the rules, and there is nothing saying you have to be in transit to some destination to utilize the subway, and there's nothing saying that the transit system itself can't be the destination for your travels.

[itmaybeokay]

Service Change Posted: 12/03/2012 12:16PM

 

Due to a signal problem at the Whitehall Street-South Ferry Station, there is no ( train service in both directions between the Whitehall Street-South Ferry Station and the Canal Street Station.

Please expect delays in train service at this time.

 

...Well, that was short lived.

[Metro CSW]

Service Change Posted: 12/03/2012 12:16PM

 

 

Due to a signal problem at the Whitehall Street-South Ferry Station, there is no ( train service in both directions between the Whitehall Street-South Ferry Station and the Canal Street Station.

Please expect delays in train service at this time.

 

 

...Well, that was short lived.

 

 

#sighs.... Go home Montague, you're drunk.

[Abba]

Service Change Posted: 12/03/2012 12:16PM

 

Due to a signal problem at the Whitehall Street-South Ferry Station, there is no ( train service in both directions between the Whitehall Street-South Ferry Station and the Canal Street Station.

Please expect delays in train service at this time.

 

...Well, that was short lived.

 

Many times after the MTA resumes service it gets suspended again pretty quickly.

[TwoTimer]

Even though this isn't Sandy related, a 12-9 at 49st renders the whole corridor useless.

[6 Lexington Ave]

Service Change Posted: 12/03/2012 12:16PM

 

 

Due to a signal problem at the Whitehall Street-South Ferry Station, there is no ( train service in both directions between the Whitehall Street-South Ferry Station and the Canal Street Station.

Please expect delays in train service at this time.

 

 

...Well, that was short lived.

 

 

Service has resumed or will after the 12-9 is cleared.

[Guest Lance]

More good news for riders in Lower Manhattan: per a statement on Twitter, the J and Z will resume service to/from Broad St tomorrow morning.

 

 

[Brighton Express]

Just wondering. Has there been a set time that the will open back again? Or even an estimate? I saw some of the pictures, it looks terrible down there.

 

EDIT: Before someone gets on me for it, I meant the Rockway Branch.

[BreeddekalbL]

Just wondering. Has there been a set time that the will open back again? Or even an estimate? I saw some of the pictures, it looks terrible down there.

 

EDIT: Before someone gets on me for it, I meant the Rockway Branch.

 

 

They are saying mid 2013 as an estimate.

[ttcsubwayfan]

They are saying mid 2013 as an estimate.

 

 

While we're on the topic, how about the ?

[AndrewJC]

I'm sure it will continue to run to Jay St overnight, which can easily save 20+ minutes for riders transferring from late night 2, 4, Q, F, and A trains in downtown Brooklyn who are headed to Bay Ridge. And then the full R route (Forest Hills to Bay Ridge) should return by late December, according to the latest MTA update. [i'm not looking forward to when the following returns in January - It's not fun when the R late night shuttle comes off the northbound express track at 36th St 4 minutes ahead of schedule at 2:12am to pull onto the southbound local R track, waits 4 minutes for the holding/starting lights for the 2:16am scheduled departure, and meanwhile the thru-service southbound N train has been waiting to pull into the station with all the connecting passengers who need the R shuttle. Too bad for everyone who needed the R shuttle; they have to wait another 20 minutes during their endless commute. If it would break the budget to extend the R shuttle to Atlantic Ave or Whitehall in January, perhaps they could cut back the Q train to Atlantic to Stillwell late nights to make things a bit more fair for everyone, rather than always giving R train riders the short end of the stick on the 4th Ave and Coney Island lines.]

 

 

If that happens regularly, let the MTA know - if nobody complains, nothing will change. (And complaining here doesn't count.) The shuttle certainly shouldn't be going ahead its scheduled connection.

 

The 18 Brighton line stations care many more people than the 4 stations south of 59th. And even if cutting off Brighton service at Atlantic made sense (which it doesn't), there's no way to terminate Brighton trains at Atlantic anyway. The problem is that there's no need for three 4th Avenue services running into Manhattan at night, so one of the three branches has to be cut back - and I'm afraid the one that carries the fewest riders happens to be the one that you ride.

 

I know, well everyone at 7AM have a common cause - wake up and get to work in Manhattan. Different story and that's about rush hour. That's not what I meant. I meant the time students get out of school during that time (2:45PM-4PM) the ridership levels skyrocket at major Brooklyn hubs. There are alot of schools and colleges concentrated in Downtown Brooklyn. Many of them either live in South Brooklyn or as far as East NY and Flatbush all heading in off peak direction on those lines , that's why.

 

 

Yes, and that time of day is fairly atypical.

 

Either that, or see if they can switch the over to the express, so it can pass the and make the connection at 59th Street. (And riders at 45th & 53rd who need the can take the to 59th and transfer there).

 

 

That would screw over anybody trying to get to 45th and 53rd from Manhattan. Fortunately for them, the N can't switch from local to express at 36th southbound!

 

@AndrewJC I take the train between 7 and 9am and i can assure you times changed and majority gets off at Atlantic Ave.

 

Ironically, I'm on the right now as well.

 

Let me stop there and not go off topic again.

 

 

Perhaps in your car, if your car happens to be near the stairs. Overall, not even close. Atlantic is a busy stop, no doubt, but most of the people on the train there stay on the train.

[6 Lexington Ave]

An update on the Rockaways

 

http://mta.info/nyct/service/RebuildingRockawaysAfterHurricanSandy.htm

[peacemak3r]

Perhaps in your car, if your car happens to be near the stairs. Overall, not even close. Atlantic is a busy stop, no doubt, but most of the people on the train there stay on the train.

 

I PM'd you to not go off topic on this thread.

 

Anyways, wonder if MTA can even keep up with that schedule with the Rockaways . Surely hope so.

[R10 2952]

More good news for riders in Lower Manhattan: per a statement on Twitter, the J and Z will resume service to/from Broad St tomorrow morning.

 

https://twitter.com/...713637459574785

 

Hopefully it won't get hit by a service disruption within the first five minutes LOL....

[6 Lexington Ave]

This report by NY1 includes some interesting details involving the damage that had occurred and the service restoration

http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/173320/j--z-trains-run-full-length-through-lower-manhattan

[SmallParkShuttle]

Seems like the is giving the a lot of publicity...

 

Railfanning: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mtaphotos/sets/72157632160876895/with/8242743622/

 

Merchandise: http://www.mta.info/news/stories/?story=893

 

Part of the proceeds are going to a relief organization. They know how to milk it, though!

[Dj Hammers]

"H is running until mid-2013"

 

*Waits for updated print subway map to be released.

[Amtrak7]

http://mta.info/nyct/service/RebuildingRockawaysAfterHurricanSandy.htm

 

Some of the before-after pictures, as well as the statistics, are astounding. I feel that trackage to the Rockaways might be restored by the end of the year, but the complete signal rebuild will take a long time.

[GojiMet86]

http://mta.info/news.../strong></span>

 

Transit Museum Launches Rockaway Relief Collection

 

The New York Transit Museum, in collaboration with vendors who produce Official MTA Licensed products are proud to announce a limited collection of line merchandise for sale through the Museum's online store. The proceeds generated by this sale will benefit relief efforts led by The Graybeards, a local not-for-profit organization established in response to 9/11 and dedicated to the Rockaways community.

The is the route designation given to the special subway shuttle set up in late November to provide some subway service on the Rockaway Peninsula, which had been without subway service since Sandy struck in October. The designation has not been used since 1994 when it was last used for the Rockaway Park Shuttle, which operates between Rockaway Park and Broad Channel.

"We were looking for a way to use our licensed products to help out in the recovery efforts taking place in the Rockaways," said Mark Heavey, MTA Director of Marketing & Communications. "The Line has piqued a lot of interest in subway service in the Rockaways and, with the help of a few of our product licensees, presented us with a unique opportunity to promote the service and to provide tangible assistance to efforts to rebuild that community."

"All proceeds will be donated to The Graybeards Rockaway relief efforts," said Darren Kornblut of The Image Exchange, the firm that operates the New York Transit Museum's online store. "Initially, the blue logo will be available on t-shirts and hooded sweatshirts paired with either "The Rockaways" or "Rockaway Shuttle" spelled out underneath. The H logo will also be available on magnets and a lapel pin. Other products may be developed as well," Kornblut added.

"Graybeards are excited that the MTA has chosen us as we will get the much needed funds to those in need," said Steve Stathis, President of The Graybeards and owner of Boarders Surf Shop, one of the Rockaway Beach businesses severely harmed by Hurricane Sandy.

The shuttle currently operates between Far Rockaway-Mott Av and Beach 90 St, providing a rail link to the A Shuttle bus to Howard Beach and connections to the A line and JFK AirTrain. The shuttle, given the route designation, operates on tracks that pass through Hammels Wye. The rarely used Hammels Wye is the point where a single track not normally used for service that connects the Rockaway Line where it divides to serve Rockaway Park and Far Rockaway.

The first shuttle (then known as the "HH") began service in 1956, running on repurposed LIRR tracks from Euclid Avenue to either Rockaway Park or Mott Avenue in Far Rockaway until 1972. In the late 1970s, the shuttle came back as the "CC," changed back to the "HH," then became just the in 1986. The was retired in 1994, replaced by an for Shuttle.

When Sandy washed up on shore, her record breaking and destructive surge destroyed the Rockaway beach front, flooding streets, washing out the boardwalk and wiping out entire blocks. Thousands were left homeless, businesses were destroyed. Sandy's destructive surge also submerged and washed out the tracks that make up "the flats" a 70 foot wide fenced strip of land that carries the A across the middle of Jamaica Bay between Howard Beach and Broad Channel. The extensive damage left the Rockaways without a rail link between the peninsula and Queens.

Even as repairs continue to rebuild the "the flats," it will take several months before full subway service is restored to the peninsula, and even longer before the Rockaways rebuilds.

 

[R32 3838]

http://mta.info/news.../strong></span>

 

 

Im Buying that shirt

[GojiMet86]

They have the following:

 

Clothing:

 

Black T-Shirt: The Rockaways

Black T-Shirt: Rockaway Shuttle

Sweatshirt: The Rockaways

Sweatshirt: Rockaway Shuttle

 

Other things:

 

Square Magnet: The Rockways

Square Magnet: Rockaway Shuttle

Round Magnet:

Pin:

[R32 3838]

They have the following:

 

Clothing:

 

Black T-Shirt: The Rockaways

Black T-Shirt: Rockaway Shuttle

Sweatshirt: The Rockaways

Sweatshirt: Rockaway Shuttle

 

Other things:

 

Square Magnet: The Rockways

Square Magnet: Rockaway Shuttle

Round Magnet:

Pin:

 

 

im getting the sweat shirts and the magnets as well as the pins

[lilbluefoxie]

 

For a limited time, the Transit Museum is selling shirts and hoddies and stuff from the , the money goes to Hurricane relief efforts

 

http://www.transitmuseumstore.com/drupal/shop/new-york-subway-rockaways-benefit-collection?sort_by=field_product_12_value&sort_order=asc

 

The New York Transit Museum, in collaboration with vendors who produce Official MTA Licensed products are proud to announce a limited collection of “H” line merchandise for sale through the Museum’s online store. The proceeds generated by this sale will benefit relief efforts led by The Graybeards, a local organization established in response to 9/11 and dedicated to the Rockaways community.

The “H” is the route designation given to the special subway shuttle set up in late November to provide some subway service on the Rockaway Peninsula, which had been without subway service since Sandy struck in October. The “H” designation has not been used since 1994 when it was last used for the Rockaway Park Shuttle, which operates between Rockaway Park and Broad Channel.

All proceeds will be donated to The Graybeards Rockaway Relief efforts.