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NYC Subway

34th Street-Herald Square Complex with the 33rd Street PATH station! PATH is complete!

As I was finishing PATH I started writing the 33rd Street PATH station. 34th Street-Herald Square is a station I’ve been meaning to finish for a while. The issue with finishing it is it’s so complicated. I’ve finally perfected my technique for getting station descriptions that are to complicated to simply remember (or in pictures) […]

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New Jersey NYC Subway

Upload: The World Trade Center Stations: PATH and Subway

Well, Yes I have FrontRunner South that I’m working on from my last week trip to Utah but at the moment I’m trying to get back to my routes and finally get some of New York’s larger transit hubs onto my website and make the New York Flagship section much more complete. In this Update […]

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NYC Subway Superstorm Sandy

To Brooklyn (again) for a new 2nd R section to 34th Street, N train to 59th Street, 1 to Chambers Street, and C to 145th Street plus passengers waiting for non-existant L trains

On Monday I was debating going out on the subway yet again but one service change caught my eye. Getting the new Manhattan to Queens section of the R terminating at 34th Street, Brooklyn-bound N trains terminating at 59th Street and the 1 train turning at Chambers Street. Here is today’s subway map made me […]

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NYC Subway Superstorm Sandy

Heading down to Brooklyn to ride the Q Shuttle on the restored 2,3

Sunday, the fourth day of Subway restorations after Superstorm Sandy came and I was again dithering about going out on the subway. When I looked at this midday map, particularly withthe Q train running from Jay Street to MetroTech to Kings Highway I decided I had to set out and investigate it’s R160 signs. I […]

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Long Island Rail Road NYC Subway Superstorm Sandy

Starting on an A train running only between 168th to 125th to the 4 and 5 trains all way to Brooklyn, and back via the J, Shuttle Bus over the Willie B to the 4 train via the Bronx using BusTime

I spent the morning debating with myself about going out for the fourth straight day but decided with the subway restored on the 4,5,6 (and other lines sounding like they might start operations during the day) I would head downtown again. Here was my subway map. My unlimited was gathering dust and losing value in […]

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Long Island Rail Road NYC Subway Superstorm Sandy

The LIRR to Flushing, 7 to the M to Jamaica and LIRR back to Penn — LIRR & MNR Free! Part 2

This is the second post (Post 1) in a three part series documenting my Adventures on mostly the free LIRR and Metro-North Railroads after Governor Cuomo declared a transit emergency after Superstorm Sandy I take the now Port Washington-bound (yesterday when I rode a train to Woodside on the line was only going as far […]

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Long Island Rail Road NYC Subway Superstorm Sandy

Metro-North down to Grand Central from Marble Hill and switching from Grand Central to Penn Station for the LIRR — LIRR & MNR Free! Part 1

This is the first post in a three part series documenting my Adventures on mostly the free LIRR and Metro-North Railroads after Governor Cuomo declared a transit emergency after Superstorm Sandy This is the best way to describe today: Metro-North Fares Not Paid (since the system is free due to the transit emergency): $46.75 Long […]

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NYC Subway Superstorm Sandy

The Dark Manhattan Skyline from Brooklyn, the Storm Shuttle through it back to Manhattan. Then the now restored M train to the N train to the A train ending at 168th Street to the M4 up the Hill Home — The Subway Split, Part 4

This is the forth post (Post 1|Post 2|Post 3) in a series of posts about completely split subway service (Map for the Day) with no service through blackout stricken Manhattan south of about 30th Street after Superstorm Sandy. I decided I had to see how navigating the city would be heading to Brooklyn to visit […]

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NYC Subway Superstorm Sandy

The Limited Brooklyn Service of the Split Subway System — Part 3

This is the third post (Post 1|Post 2) in a series of posts about completely split subway service (Map for the Day) with no service through blackout stricken Manhattan south of about 30th Street after Superstorm Sandy. I decided I had to see how navigating the city would be heading to Brooklyn to visit a […]

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Long Island Rail Road NYC Subway Superstorm Sandy

To Brooklyn via the LIRR and the F train via Jamaica, the only way to get to Brooklyn without riding a bus — The Subway Split, Part 2

This is the second post (Post 1) in a series of posts about completely split subway service (Map for the Day) with no service through blackout stricken Manhattan south of about 30th Street after Superstorm Sandy. I decided I had to see how navigating the city would be heading to Brooklyn to visit a friend. […]