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Heads Up to UWS Subway Riders: Service Changes Are Coming Next Week
15+ hour, 52+ min ago (274+ words) Harrison Leong via Wikimedia Commons Some Upper West Siders will want to glance a little more carefully at their commuting schedule starting Monday. The MTA announced this week that weekday rush-hour service adjustments on the 2, 3, 4, and 5 lines will take effect…...
Ridership drop, service cuts plague Metrolink as it struggles to define its future
4+ hour, 36+ min ago (1232+ words) Battered by huge drops in ridership and bleeding cash, Southern California's Metrolink service is plotting a future that assumes neither will rebound anytime soon. The commuter train service, born in 1992 in Los Angeles and now serving Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino,…...
Upper East Side Subway Commuters Should Take Note: Changes Coming Monday
13+ hour, 57+ min ago (231+ words) Gryffindor via Wikimedia Commons If you take the Lexington Avenue line during rush hour, your morning or evening trip might look a little different starting next week. The MTA announced earlier this week that weekday rush-hour service on the 4 and…...
LA Metro Opens First Segment of D Line Subway Extension
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (189+ words) The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro) opened the first segment of the D Line Subway Extension Project on May 8. The extension is approximately 6. 3 kilometers long and adds three new stations: Wilshire/La Brea Station, Wilshire/Fairfax Station,…...
Good Marks for Metro After First Full Week of Service
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (34+ words) The long-awaited Metro D Line station at Wilshire and La Cienega boulevards opened on May 8, concluding its first full week of service with early successes and a few bumps along the way....
Changes Coming To UES Subway's Rush Hour Service, MTA Says
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (333+ words) UPPER EAST SIDE, NY " The Lexington Avenue express trains are getting a new weekday rush-hour schedule early next week, the Metropolitan Transit Authority said. The 4 and 5 trains, which stop at East 59th Street and East 86th Street on the Upper East Side,…...
Contracted subway guard accused of pocketing cash for OMNY taps in Brooklyn
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (348+ words) SUNSET PARK, Brooklyn (WABC) -- Investigators say a contracted subway security guard, who was hired to stop fare beaters, was instead taking cash in exchange for OMNY taps through the gates. It comes as the MTA has been trying to crack…...
MTA gate guard caught on camera trading OMNY swipes for cash: agency watchdog
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (474+ words) An unarmed subway station gate guard hired by an MTA contractor to thwart fare evasion was caught on camera multiple times accepting cash from riders in exchange for letting them into the system, the MTA Office of the Inspector General…...
Railly News - Saratoga Springs Station Modernization
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (230+ words) The Saratoga Springs Station is undergoing significant renovations aimed at elevating the commuter experience and increasing pandemic resilience. These upgrades are not just cosmetic; they are designed to improve safety, accessibility, and operational efficiency for thousands of daily visitors. In…...
Amtrak sues MTA over use of tracks for testing new Acela trains
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (865+ words) The new'Next Gen Acela trains that Amtrak is now using between Boston and Washington, D. C. are made by Alstom in the New York's Southern Tier. A decision by the MTA to block Amtrak's use of its Metro-North tracks between Poughkeepsie and…...