No Roosevelt Island F Train Service From Manhattan Again This Weekend Says MTA, No Word From RIOC – Expect Long Line Of Tourists At Manhattan Tram Station And Pissed Off Roosevelt Island Residents

Here we go again. There will be no Roosevelt Island F Train service

from Manhattan this weekend.

According to the MTA:

As of 4:15 PM, there is no word from the Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC) if the Red Bus Shuttle

to Manhattan will operate this weekend or if there will be extra Public Safety Officers at the Tram Stations to manage overcrowding.

During Memorial Day weekend last week, there was no Roosevelt Island F Train service to Roosevelt Island either. RIOC had extra Public Safety

I asked residents on Instagram if there were any problems with crowding at the Tram last weekend.

Among the response were:

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Be prepared. Have your Metro Cards ready and maybe you can skip any long Tram line.

As of today, there will be regular Roosevelt Island F train weekend service next week but no Roosevelt Island F Train service from Manhattan the weekend of June 16-19.