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After part of its ceiling collapsed over two weeks ago, resulting in its closure for the past two weeks, NYC Transit has announced that the West 181st Street station is open at 5 a.m. today for morning rush hour service: "Work over the past weekend was performed by an outside contractor and MTA New York City Transit maintenance personnel to stabilize some additional areas of loose brick and reposition scaffolding to maximize space along the platforms at both 168th Street and 181st Street stations."

Good news for 1 line commuters: The MTA has restored service to Upper Manhattan stations except West 181st Street, where the station is still undergoing repairs after a ceiling collapse. The MTA had suspended service north of West 168th Street and inspected the West 168th Street station yesterday. And it's a good thing the West 168th Street station's ceiling was looked over: CityRoom reports, "The restoration of (nearly) full service comes after a frenzied repair period that revealed additional flaws in a nearby station at 168th Street. Bricks in the vaulted ceiling, which is architecturally similar to the one that collapsed, were labeled as 'areas of concern' by officials, who will close the station again next weekend to fix loose plaster, concrete and brick." Here's shuttle bus and other subway info for commuters who usually use the West 181st Street station.

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.