Take the R train to work? Get ready to shout to the heaven and say “NOOOOOO”. (Or if you’re a Star Trek TOS movie fan “KHAAAAANNNNN!”).
Reports say the the Montague Street tunnel, damaged in Superstorm Sandy, will be closed for repairs for about a year:
NYT: The repairs, expected to begin in August, would close the Montague tube, which connects the R between Brooklyn and Manhattan, for 12 to 14 months, the official said Tuesday. The agency is expected to address the work at a board meeting on Wednesday.
The authority’s repair plans, which were reported Tuesday in The Wall Street Journal, also call for the G train tunnel to close for several weekends this year. It will be replaced by a shuttle bus between Brooklyn and Queens. Plans for options to the R tunnel were not immediately clear.
Update: Here’s what the service diversions will look like:
The R train will run over the Manhattan Bridge on nights & weekends.For more check out the service diversion map: ow.ly/lJTsq
— City of New York (@nycgov) June 5, 2013
@jessecfriedman The R will run over the bridge on weekends and nights.Will stop at Whitehall and Court during weekdays.
— City of New York (@nycgov) June 5, 2013
