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Month: January 2012

Background, Queens

The #7 platforms at Court Square will be closed 24/7 for eleven weeks

January 15, 2012

Here’s one announcement from Jimmy Van Bramer’s MTA Town Hall that didn’t really make it into the news.  In addition to closing the Steinway Tunnel for sixteen weekends this year and not running a bus through the Midtown Tunnel, the MTA will

Better Buses, Commentary, Queens

While the #7 train is down – run a Midtown Tunnel bus!

January 14, 2012

Yesterday I wrote about the need to shut down the #7 line through the Steinway Tunnels between Queensboro Plaza and Times Square for eleven weekends from January to April, and for five weekends in the fall, as articulated by the MTA staff

News, Queens

Why the MTA wants to shut down the #7 train for 16 weekends this year

January 13, 2012

For years, the MTA has been running multi-weekend repair surges on the #7 line, where they turn all the trains around at Queensboro Plaza and run shuttle buses from there to Vernon-Jackson, Hunterspoint Avenue and Court Square. Last night at a town

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