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Monthly Archives: August 2011
No Irene Refunds for Commuters
So you think you might get a little scratch back from the MTA, seeing as you were unable to take the train to work this past Monday, and perhaps longer? A modest check? A credit toward your September tab? Two … Continue reading
Posted in Hurricane Irene, Metro North
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Back to (Relative) Normal
UPDATED: It’s officially Good Night, Irene, as we become the 8,764th media outlet to use that phrase this week. The gameplan as of last night was for The Missus to drive me to White Plains, as the Harlem Line was … Continue reading
Posted in Hawthorne, Metro North
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MNR Slowly Back on Track
Reports the MTA: Metro-North will begin operating a Sunday schedule at 2 PM this afternoon on the Lower Hudson and Lower Harlem Lines. Here’s a question for ya: Do we get refunded for day(s) we could not use our monthly … Continue reading
Posted in Metro North
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Jersey Jim Is Not Waiting For the Train
Well, don’t tell Governor Christie, but I came to work today, despite his advisory to stay away. Since NJT trains are still not running, I tried waiting for the NJT Bus, but after 30 minutes of waiting, I swamped that … Continue reading
Posted in New Jersey Transit
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In Case You’re Wondering if Your Train is Running Tomorrow
Ossining Valhalla Glenwood Tuckahoe Scarborough And, finally, GCT. [station photos MTA, GCT photo John Greene]
Train Delay Cafe, Delay
Here’s your Hawthorne train station coffee shop, slated for mid-summer grand opening, on the morning of August 25. The cafe-to-be was mentioned in a recent article on Mount Pleasant Today in Pleasantville’s Examiner paper. Owner Gerry Petraglia said the gutting … Continue reading
Posted in Examiner, Hawthorne, Mount Pleasant Today
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Six Minutes, GCT to Southeast
Here it is, folks, the commute of the future, the state of rail travel the way Donald Fagen imagined it when he spoke about being “On that train all graphite and glitter/Undersea by rail/Ninety minutes from New York to Paris…” … Continue reading
Posted in IRideTheHarlemLine, Southeast
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Pipe Down, The Quake Was No Big Deal
Since the Great Quake of 2011 turned out to be, from a transit perspective, a complete non issue, we decided to re-run another transit disaster story: the time the steam pipe exploded in front of Grand Central, and caused the … Continue reading
Posted in Grand Central
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MTA Not Afraid of a Little Shaking
Your evening commute should not be affected by today’s little quake, says the MTA. Service Advisory Re: Earthquake There is currently no impact on service as a result of the earthquake felt throughout the metropolitan area. Please continue to check … Continue reading
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