By Gus Saltonstall
Those who traveled from the Upper West Side over the last few days know there have been major delays on the 1, 2, and 3 subway lines, but service was fully restored on Sunday.
A 1 train collided with a second-out-of-service train near West 96th Street on Thursday, which led to widespread delays over the next 72 hours as the MTA worked to get both trains off the tracks.
Commuters will be happy to hear that those delays won’t make it into the work week.
“1/2/3 service has been fully restored through Manhattan after we safely moved two trains that derailed and repairs the tracks at 96th Street,” the MTA wrote Sunday morning on its official subway updates X account.
For the entirety of Thursday, Friday and Saturday, there was very limited service on the three lines from Times Square to West 96th Street. The loss of service led to many more people waiting for the bus, hailing cabs, or taking a long walk.
“MTA crews have worked diligently through two nights and days to secure the 96th Street tunnel’s infrastructure for safe use,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said in a news release.
An official ruling has still not taken place on why the two trains collides, but you can read more information on the events leading up the collision — HERE.
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Thank goodness that no one was injured and we’re possibly returning to normal.
Thank you to all the MTA employees and emergency services who worked to restore service and keep people safe. The vandals who pulled the emergency brakes caused injury to several, inconvenience to thousands and extra cost to millions. We are lucky that they did not also cause death to anyone. Hopefully they can be apprehended and charged.
Kudos to the MTA for restoring subway service. But I wonder if a friend’s experience of a 45 -minute wait at 5 pm on Friday for the Bway bus in the cold around 125th Street was a consequence that the MTA coulda/shoulda prevented by anticipating the need for more buses .
We live on Riverside Drive in the 70s and have found the wait times for buses generally to be longer than ever before.
There’s no need to wait if you check the various apps that give you the exact arrival times. The days of just going to the bus stop without any information are over. Real-time info is readily available. Same goes for subways.
Can you (or someone) recommend a specific app. I keep looking for one to use but am confused about what will actually be accurate. I waited 30 min for the M11 the other night and would have stayed longer in the restaurant had I had an accurate arrival time. Thanks.
I use the MYmta app for arrival times for specific subway & bus routes at specific locations. It doesn’t have to be for just your current location.
I also use the Transit app which gives me all the real-time subway and bus options near my current location.
Both apps will suggest travel options based on your destination.
https://bustime.mta.info/m/
Very accurate up to a minute.
If I’m going to use a desktop resource, I find that https://new.mta.info/ is more comprehensive and mirrors the MYmta app.
I rely on the MYmta app
Over the years, the MTA has been cutting bus frequency.
MTA needs to increase service and trains on the 1.
Almost every day subway trains are disrupted because of one or more of these:
train in need of cleaning
vandalized train
NYPD investigating disruptive passenger/s on train
NYPD investigating something else
person struck by train
fire on tracks
I don’t know about train in need of cleaning, but most of these situations arise from illegal activity, and I suspect that’s so even when persons are struck by train. I assume most of those incidents involve people living or sojourning in subway tunnels or stations. Yesterday I think I recall the transit app’s reporting two incidents of person struck by train.
How to solve all this is beyond me. One thought: if there were more affordable housing, AND if there were a competently functioning system of treating mental illness, fewer of the above list of types of incidents would occur. ?? But that might in turn entail changes that, so far, the RE lobby opposes.