by Jeff Smith
To go along with the Armageddon that the L train shutdown is turning out to be, we have this.
From various sources:
Fox5NY
From various sources:
Fox5NY
MTA to shut down M train to fix crumbling structuresNYMag.com
NEW YORK (FOX 5 NEWS) - M train riders in Queens and Brooklyn: get ready for some commuting headaches. The MTA plans to shut down M service between the Myrtle Avenue stop in Bushwick and at the end of the line at Middle Village's Metropolitan Avenue. This all begins in the summer of 2017 for about 13 months.
The MTA says the M train shutdown is necessary to ensure the safety of the line. Deteriorating structures, as seen in MTA photos, will be replaced.
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From MTA.info:
The vital construction will occur at two sections: a metal bridge between the Fresh Pond Rd and Middle Village-Metropolitan Av stations will require a two-month shutdown. The work will begin in summer 2017 in order to cause the least possible disruption for students at nearby Christ the King Regional High School.
The second section of construction will occur at the century-old concrete viaduct that carries the M line between the Myrtle Av and Central Av stations. That section will be shut down for 10 months beginning in summer 2017.
M Train Is the Latest Victim of the L Train Shutdown DebacleNY Daily News
The Great L Train Freak-out began once the MTA introduced plans to completely shut down the busy commuter line to fix severe Hurricane Sandy damage to the tunnel that runs under the East River. The L carries about 300,000 commuters per day, so the MTA had predicted that nearby lines — mostly the J/M/Z — would carry most of those otherwise-stranded straphangers.
But it turns out that one of those alternative transit options also has a few outstanding problems that need to be addressed. The MTA now plans to close the M line between its Myrtle Avenue stop in Bushwick and the end of the line at Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue to repair a bridge and a viaduct in anticipation of the L train closure.
M line to be shut down next year between Metropolitan Ave. and Myrtle Ave. stations for repairs
Riders in Bushwick, Brooklyn, and Ridgewood, Queens — who enjoy a one-seat ride to Midtown on the M train — will see their service axed when the Metropolitan Transportation Authority starts repair work to the line that could start in the summer of 2017.
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The train pain will begin when MTA starts a two-month rehab of a bridge that carries M trains over a rail yard. There will be no M trains between the Middle Village-Metropolitan Ave. and Myrtle Ave. stops.
When that is complete, the MTA plans to take eight months to demolish and rebuild a viaduct. During that time, a shuttle train will carry passengers between Middle Village-Metropolitan Ave. and Myrtle-Wyckoff Aves.
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