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More 1 train riders will have to deal with the fun of shuttle buses, because the MTA is closing the West 168th, 157th, and 145th Street stations from midnight on Sunday till 5 a.m. Monday—and the Post said the closing could last "possibly longer." Why? Because the MTA wants to inspect the ceiling at 168th Street which is very similar to West 181st, where a chunk of the ceiling collapsed earlier this week, sending subway riders north of West 168th into shuttle bus hell. So, if the inspection is at 168th Street, why are 157th and 145th stations closing? The MTA explains, "Trains can reverse direction only at locations where there are track switches, this inspection will necessitate the lengthening of the bus shuttle south to 137th Street," where free shuttle bus service is available to Dyckman Street—more details here.
Uptown 1 Stations Get Once Over After Ceiling Collapse
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When in 1904 they built the 181st and 168th stations with arched cathedral ceilings and chandeliers, I'm guessing that they expected that they would be inspected at least every couple of decades or so. Waiting one hundred and five years seems like a bad way to run a subway.
so how come they can't make like the times square-grand central shuttle and have the operators run to the other end of the train and start it off again?
168th street is a major stop for the columbia-NYP hospital; can't wait to see what the A train's like if they extend the closing through monday's commute ...