No Manhattan Bound F Trains From Roosevelt Island This Weekend - Will RIOC and Tram Operator POMA Run Both Cabins When Stations Crowded?

F Train Arriving At Roosevelt Island Subway Station

Received the following advisory from the Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC):

The MTA has advised there will be:

No Manhattan Bound F-Trains from 10:00 PM Friday, July 20th to 5:00 AM Monday, July 23rd

Tram and Red Bus Service will run until 5:00 AM during these service disruptions.

For more information please visit www.mta.info or call 511

Sincerely,

Roosevelt Island Operating Corp Advisories Group

According to the MTA:

F Coney Island-bound trains run via the M from Roosevelt Av to 47-50 Sts

Weekend, 10 PM Fri to 5 AM Mon, Jul 20 - 23

No Coney Island-bound service at 21 St-Queensbridge, Roosevelt Island, Lexington Av/63 St and 57 St.

During the June 25 RIOC Operations Committee meeting (audio webcast of full meeting is here), the RIOC Directors complained to the staff about problems with huge crowds waiting for the Tram caused when only one Tram Cabin is in operation during weekend F Train Subway service disruptions.

Here's what happened.



Let's see if RIOC and Tram operator POMA are prepared this weekend to operate both cabins when the Tram gets crowded.

UPDATE 7/21 - A Roosevelt Island resident reports from the Tram Station earlier this morning:

The tram station is so packed that I had to wait for the next tram due to overcrowding. I am now running late for work and very irritated; all as the other tram car sits idly behind me. I don't get the point of having two trams if only one will be in use. When are we going to get some better management for this thing???