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#1 CNJRoss

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Posted 04 January 2018 - 01:16 AM

NYCT news:

 
MTA New York City Transit Announces Winter Storm Preparations for Subways, Buses, SIR
January 03rd, 2018
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MTA New York City Transit’s Department of Subways and Staten Island Railway are operating under its Cold Weather Plan 4 for forecasts of significant snow accumulation. Under this plan, subway trains are moved and stored underground in anticipation of heavy snow or ice to prevent them from being blocked in yards. On lines with express service, trains may operate local service only during this change. Subways will begin to store trains on express tracks during Wednesday night, January 3, to protect them during expected overnight snowfall. Express service could resume later in the day on Thursday, January 4. In addition, some overnight maintenance and repair work have been canceled in preparation for the storm, as well as maintenance work during the day on Thursday, January 4. Check the NYCTSubway Twitter feed and the MTA service widgets on the MTA homepage for real-time updates throughout the storm for service changes. 

 

Station crews will be deployed to clear snow and to salt platforms, as well as station entrances, sidewalk vents, emergency exits and other Transit operational and employee facilities. Mobile wash operations for stations and refuse trains will be suspended during this time. Personnel will activate 500 track switch heaters, more than 1,600 third-rail heaters and lift-rail heaters systemwide. While the underground portions of the subway system are unaffected during snowstorms, nearly 220 miles of outdoor track throughout the boroughs are particularly vulnerable to snow and freezing precipitation, such as the Rockaway a.pngs.png, Sea Beach n.png, Flushing 7.png, Brighton b.pngq.png and Dyre Av 5.png lines. To combat ice buildup, non-passenger trains will continuously operate in outdoor tracks to help snow and ice accumulation. Trains also will be deployed with ice-scraping shoes, and diesel trains will be activated as de-icers. Personnel will have access to 600,000 pounds of calcium chloride and 200,000 pounds of sand to melt snow and ice.

 

Information on how the MTA prepares for wintry weather can be found in the MTA’s Winter Weather Guide, a handy guide to keep customers informed during weather that may require service changes. The poster provides information about service on each of the MTA’s agencies with a description of the weather condition and how that weather may affect operations. Customers can also sign up for customer alerts by visiting mtamyalerts.com

 

More information on how NYC Subways prepares for wintry weather can be found in this video on MTA’s YouTube channel: 

 

 

Staten Island Railway
Staten Island Railway will protect trains from the inclement weather by storing them at St. George. A de-icer train will be staffed for 24 hours, and additional staff will be activated during overnight hours to clear snow and salt platforms. Additional personnel will be deployed to inspect four critical interlockings and dispatchers will operate more than 80 switch heaters to ensure continued service on the railway, which operates on outdoor tracks for most of its route. 

 

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Stay warm out there!

 

 



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Posted 06 January 2018 - 03:41 AM

New York, NY Post, 1/4/18:
 

‘Bomb cyclone’ even hit underground subway stations

 
 
Some riders who hoped to escape the driving snow and wind by heading underground to their subway station were out of luck on Thursday.

 
A handful of subway stations, including the Bergen Street station on the F and G lines and the Clinton-Washington stop on the G, had more than an inch of snow coating their platforms because of open grates overhead.
 
 
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