NYC - JFK Airtrain News
Jan 25th, 2005 | 04:50 AM
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NYC - JFK Airtrain News
For anyone planning on taking this route into NYC - with cred to:
Author: AllanNYC
Date: 01/25/2005, 06:14 am
Message: FYI, the City bus to/from LGA is the M60.
I've heard that you can buy a Metro Card at some of the newstands at LGA, but it's a good idea to have the $2.00 in chage.
News for anyone considering using the JFK Airtrain:
A fire destroyed a switching room that controls traffic on the A/C line. Word is it will take 3-5 years to repair the damage and there will be MAJOR changes on these lines.
As of now, the C train is no longer and A service is at 1/3 capacity.
This leaves the E train as the preferred connection from the JFK Airtrain.
Author: AllanNYC
Date: 01/25/2005, 06:14 am
Message: FYI, the City bus to/from LGA is the M60.
I've heard that you can buy a Metro Card at some of the newstands at LGA, but it's a good idea to have the $2.00 in chage.
News for anyone considering using the JFK Airtrain:
A fire destroyed a switching room that controls traffic on the A/C line. Word is it will take 3-5 years to repair the damage and there will be MAJOR changes on these lines.
As of now, the C train is no longer and A service is at 1/3 capacity.
This leaves the E train as the preferred connection from the JFK Airtrain.
Jan 25th, 2005 | 04:43 PM
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Latest update:
MTA is now saying service will be restored in 3-6 months, but repairs will still take 3-5 years. A train is supposed to come back online first, then the C.
Sounds like your typical 6 month to 30 year plan to me!
The switching technology is so old, there are only two companies in the world still making replacement parts. One in France and one somewhere in the US.
All I want out of life is to live long enough to take a ride on the Second Ave. Subway. I've lived in NYC for all my 45 years and they've been talking about it as far back as I can remember.
I remember when they spent a couple, years rebuilding the track on the 7 line , only to have them ripped out when someone decided to inspect the underlying trackbed, to find it needed to be replaced. A couple of years to replace trackbed, then a couple of years to redo the track work.
Okay, so I'm a subway geek
MTA is now saying service will be restored in 3-6 months, but repairs will still take 3-5 years. A train is supposed to come back online first, then the C.
Sounds like your typical 6 month to 30 year plan to me!
The switching technology is so old, there are only two companies in the world still making replacement parts. One in France and one somewhere in the US.
All I want out of life is to live long enough to take a ride on the Second Ave. Subway. I've lived in NYC for all my 45 years and they've been talking about it as far back as I can remember.
I remember when they spent a couple, years rebuilding the track on the 7 line , only to have them ripped out when someone decided to inspect the underlying trackbed, to find it needed to be replaced. A couple of years to replace trackbed, then a couple of years to redo the track work.
Okay, so I'm a subway geek
