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Busted Broadway Bridge Breaks 1 Train Service
Posted: 12/30/2011 3:24PM Due to mechanical problems on the Harlem River Bridge, there is no train service in both directions from the 215th Street Station to the 242nd Street-Van Cortlandt Park...
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Railfanning the Sunday Suspension on A Line Between Euclid Avenue and...
Yesterday (Sunday), there was an emergency General Order (G.O.) on the (A) subway line that shut down service between Euclid Avenue and Howard Beach-JFK Airport. Not being one to pass up a good...
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1960 Aerial Photos of Jersey City NJ railroads
I came across three great photos of the Jersey City waterfront taken in 1960 that show the extensive railroad infrastructure that used to exist there. Photo 1:...
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BREAKING NEWS: Crane Drops Load At World Trade Center Construction Site,...
BREAKING NEWS: Crane Drops Load At World Trade Center Construction Site, Injuring Construction Worker, reports CBS New York. And as a result of this incident, NYCT is reporting that the 1 train is...
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Photo of the United States Capitol subway system
A photo of the rarely photographed United States Capitol subway system showed up in the New York Times recently. Representative Bob Turner riding the Capitol subway this month. -- Brendan Smialowski...
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1950s Photos from NYC Metro Area
I came across a collection of photos from the 1950s that shows railroad scenes in New York City and the surrounding areas. Many of these photos are very interesting. Here is a link to the entire album:...
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New metrocard with advertisement on the front is released
MTA/NYCT announced in July that they would allow advertising on the front side of Metrocards, in additional to the traditional placement on the back side of the cards. A new webpage was created to...
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Another new metrocard with advertisement on the front is released
Within the past few weeks, another metrocard with advertising on both sides was released. The ad is for Audible.com. A scan of both sides of this metrocard is below. Audible.com 2012 metrocard
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Only 21 Minutes until the next train leaves on Track 4
The “Countdown Clocks” in the NYC Subway system have proven to be very useful. The MTA and NYCT should be commended for this. Occasionally, though, the Countdown Clocks provide a little unintentional...
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Martz Trailways adds Curbside Express Bus Service to New York City
In April 2013 Martz Trailways began Curbside Express Bus Service to New York City. The fare for this bus service is $25 round-trip, which is a significant discount off of the normal round-trip price....
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Two New Metrocards – Grand Central Centennial Mercury and Resorts World Casino
After a months long drought, I found two new Metrocards in the last two days. Both Metrocards were on the ground near Metrocard readers so I don’t know if/where they are for sale. The Grand Central...
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New Ticket Vending Machine Center Opens In Grand Central Terminal
This morning I noticed that the long-under-construction new ticket vending machine center at Grand Central Terminal is now open for business. It was due to open in September 2013 so it’s a little...
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New Metro-North Ticket Vending Machine with SMART Card Technology
The new Ticket Vending Machine (TVM) Center at Grand Central Terminal contains TVMs that feature SMART Card Readers. Here is a photo I took of one of the new TVMs at GCT. Note the SMART Card reader...
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