I didn’t have any reason to leave the neighbrohood today so I didn’t experience what has been a bad day for the subway with 3 different emergency service changes, so I’ve been just following via the internet although I know someone who it took an hour and 20 minutes on a jam packed 1 train to get form Chambers Street to 191 Street after getting off at 168 Street realizing the elevators where a madhouse to avoid and deciding not to transfer to the A Shuttle.
The major problem is a water main break at 110 Street and Central Park West so all B and C service is fully suspended with A service running only south of 59 Street and the D just south of 34th Street, with shuttle service operating on the A between 168 Street and 207 Street and on the D between 161 Street and 205 Street, this has rerouted passengers on the already strained to capacity 4 and 1 trains. Supposedly passengers leaving the Yankee Game were even being accommodated on Metro-North.
There are two other more minor service changes: There are switch problems at Queens Plaza (between the Local and Express tracks) meaning Queens-bound M trains are running via 63 Street and Fs running via 53 Street, just like ten years ago.
The service change that I find more ridiculous that is now listed under ‘planned work’ until further notice is that the Broad Street J,M,Z station is closed (trains terminating at Fulton Street but still running through the stop to reverse) because of the anti-Wall Street protest above.
I had a chance today to finish another Mega-Station, Canal Street now going via the Bridge or the Tunnel can be done:
- J, Z at Center Street–(19 photos)– including quite a few of the now abandoned platform
- 6 IRT Station–(31 photos)
- N,Q via Bridge Platforms–(16 photos)
- R via Tunnel Platforms–(20 photos)
Enjoy!