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[CNJRoss]

NYCT news release, 4/24:

 

 

Free Transfer Now Available for Customers Impacted by Weeknight and Weekend Work on the L Line

 

Starting tonight, MTA New York City Transit will provide a free MetroCard transfer from the Broadway G Line to the Lorimer St J LineM Line station for the time periods when the L Line is not running from Brooklyn to Manhattan (weeknights until 5/22 and weekends until 5/18). The free transfer will provide L Line line customers with an additional option to and from Manhattan while NYC Transit personnel continue construction work on the L Line Line and comes as a result of a request from State Senator Martin Dilan, State Senator Daniel Squadron, Assembly Member Joseph Lentol, Assembly Member Maritza Davila, and Councilman Stephen Levin. The free transfer will only be available during the time periods that service on the L Line is suspended.

 

Weekend and weeknight maintenance work along the L Line Line is vital to keep the line in a state of good repair in order to continue to provide our customers with safe and reliable service. NYC Transit workers are performing track maintenance and replacement of components, inspection and servicing of fire safety systems, water remediation, pump room improvements, and asbestos abatement. During weeknights until May 22 (Tuesday-Friday between 12:01 a.m. and 5:00 a.m.) and weekends until May 18 (from 12:01 a.m. Saturday until 5:00 a.m. Monday), the following alternate operations are in effect:

 

• The L Line will operate normally between Lorimer St and Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy;

• A free shuttle bus will operate from the Lorimer St L Line station to the Marcy Av J LineM Line station, making stops at Bedford Av L Line station and;

• Extra M14 service will be added from 8 Av to 1 Av in Manhattan.

 

For service between Brooklyn and Manhattan, customers should also consider using the A Line or J Line via a free transfer at Broadway Junction.

 

Additional information can be found at http://web.mta.info/...ice/Lline2015/

 

 

[KevinKorell]

NYU Local, 2/2/15:

 

MTA Confirms Six Week Shutdown of L Train Service Between Brooklyn and Manhattan

 

 

If you rely on the L train to sweep you away on your daily commute, your life is already pretty hard. Prepare for it to descend even deeper into commuter hell on March 24^th, when the MTA will suspend L train service between 8^th Avenue and Bedford Avenue until May 22^nd. That’s right, a full six weeks of agony as the L train closes up shop and ceases nighttime operation (between Tuesday and Friday from midnight to 5am). If that’s not enough cross-town train-related disappointment to satisfy your masochistic urges, don’t despair: L train service will also be completely suspended on weekends (12:00am on Saturday to 5am Monday morning) between April 11^th and May 18^th.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Brooklyn, NY Daily Eagle, 4/24/15:

 

VIDEO: L train weekend closure affects local businesses

 

 

With more track work scheduled for the L train, local businesses in Williamsburg are seeing a marked decline in their weekend sales.

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[KevinKorell]

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