No Late Night Queens Bound F Train From Manhattan To Roosevelt Island This Week and Next Weekend - Will Tram Pick Up Slack and Operate All Night?
The MTA is reporting that there will be no Queens bound F trains from Manhattan to Roosevelt Island starting at 11:00 PM - 5 AM beginning Monday March 28 through Friday, April 1 and 12:01 AM - 5 AM Saturday April 2 through Monday April 4 and April 9 - 11. From the MTA:
F Jamaica-bound trains are rerouted via the M from 47-50 Sts to Queens PlazaA reader of the Yellow Gunk post on Tram Station wall asks if RIOC will be running the Tram all night during theses F Train subway disruptions:
Nights, 11 PM to 5 AM, Mon to Fri, Mar 28 - Apr 1
Trains run express from Queens Plaza to Roosevelt Av then resume the F route to 179 St.
... For service to Roosevelt Island and 21 St-Queensbridge, take the F to Roosevelt Av
and transfer to a Coney-Island bound F.
For service from 57 St, Lexington Av-63 St, Roosevelt Island and 21 St-Queensbridge,
take a Coney Island-bound F to 47-50 Sts and transfer to a Jamaica-bound F .
My comment is about the Tram, but not about that yellow gunk.Another reader responds:
You may know that there is no F train to Roosevelt Island this work week (March 28 – April 1) at night (11 pm – 5 am).
My SO works nights and this disruption badly affects his commute home as he can’t get the Tram which stops working at 2 am, so he has to take F train to Queens and then to Roosevelt Island which adds additional 30-60 minutes to the commute because F trains run very infrequently at night. He inquired whether RIOC plans to operate the Tram at night this week and was said, NO.
But a train operator said that last week RIOC did operate the Tram the WHOLE NIGHT on days there was no F train service from Roosevelt Island.
So why does RIOC run the Tram all night if there is no Manhattan-bound F train at nights, but not at nights when there is no Queens-bound F train???
This is very unfair for RI residents returning home at night.
... It is inconvenient but I don't think it is too much to ask to just work with the longer commute for a week.I asked Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC) Vice President Of Operations Fernando Martinez for comment on the Tram's operation during the subway disruptions. Will provide an update when an answer is received.
4 comments :
Have to agree with the need for the tram to be operational all night during any F train outage. F trains are very infrequent in the 11PM-5AM slot, and taking the F from Manhattan to Queens and then switch back to a Manhattan-bound F in order to get from Manhattan to Roosevelt Island can easily take 45 or more minutes depending upon connections. This is unacceptable for what should be a 5-minute ride.
In the past, YES, the Tram has run all night when there was no Queens bound F train service...
IF RIOC and POMA are serious about the folks who WORK and LIVE here, they will run the Tram all nite and get the word out both electronically and with paper signage on buses, tram cabins, stations, etc.
Mr. Martinez, who is rightfully the target of much scorn as to his decision making capacity when it comes to helping folks get to and from RI could really earn some points with the right decision here...
In the past, YES, the Tram has run all night when there was no Queens bound F train service...
IF RIOC and POMA are serious about the folks who WORK and LIVE here, they will run the Tram all nite and get the word out both electronically and with paper signage on buses, tram cabins, stations, etc.
Mr. Martinez, who is rightfully the target of much scorn as to his decision making capacity when it comes to helping folks get to and from RI could really earn some points with the right decision here...
In the past, YES, the Tram has run all night when there was no Queens bound F train service... IF RIOC and POMA are serious about the folks who WORK and LIVE here, they will run the Tram all nite and get the word out both electronically and with paper signage on buses, tram cabins, stations, etc. Mr. Martinez, who is rightfully the target of much scorn as to his decision making capacity when it comes to helping folks get to and from RI could really earn some points with the right decision here...
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