8 SEPTEMBER 7, 2017 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
M train returns as shuttle, work on line continues in Brooklyn
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Starting on Saturday, Sept. 2,
commuters in Middle Village,
Ridgewood and Glendale got a
small portion of the M train back
as shuttle service launched as
Phase 2 of the Myrtle Viaduct reconstruction
project got underway.
During Phase 2 — which will last
from Sept. 2 to April 30, 2018 — the MTA
will demolish and rebuild the 310-foot
concrete viaduct that connects the Myrtle
Avenue line to the J and Z line over
Broadway in Bushwick. This work will
eliminate all M train service between
Myrtle-Wyckoff and Myrtle-Broadway.
In lieu of train service between the
two stations, the MTA will once again
off er a single free shuttle bus route for
commuters, making stops at Knickerbocker
The M train will also be operating
a shuttle service between Metropolitan
Avenue and Myrtle-Wyckoff at
10-minute intervals during the day and
20-minute intervals at all other times.
At Myrtle-Wyckoff , commuters can
transfer to the L train, and, using the
shuttle bus, riders can make the switch
to the J, Z and M lines into Manhattan
at the Myrtle-Broadway station.
The M train started running as a shuttle bus between Middle Village and Ridgewood on Saturday, Sept 2.
The $163 million reconstruction
project on the M line will bolster the
line’s performance ahead of the 2019
shutdown of the L train between
Brooklyn and Manhattan so crews can
repair the heavily damaged Canarsie
Tube, which took on several tons of waters
during Superstorm Sandy in 2012.
Photo via Wikimedia Commons
For more information on Phase
2 and how this will affect your
commute, visit mta.info.
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BY ANTHONY GIUDICE
AGIUDICE@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
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