Showing posts with label R Train. Show all posts
Showing posts with label R Train. Show all posts
Pursuing R Train Alternatives During Tunnel Closure
Back in June, local City Council Member Vinnie Gentile and 17 other elected officials attended a meeting convened by the Riders Alliance, the Straphangers Campaign and Borough President Marty Markowitz, to brainstorm commuter alternatives to the R train during the MTA's unprecedented 14+-month closure, beginning the first week in August, of the Sandy-damaged Montague Tunnel, which carries the
R Train Derailed by Year-Long Repair of Sandy-Damaged Tunnel
The MTA dropped the news yesterday that the Sandy-damaged tunnel that brings the R train, Bay Ridge's only subway line, into Lower Manhattan will close for repairs in August and won't re-open for over a year.
The R will run in two sections, one in Brooklyn and one in Manhattan/Queens, while the tunnel is closed.
Local City Council Member Vinnie Gentile called the move, which will affect