Breaking News: NYC Transit Update
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority will restart limited commuter-rail service on Wednesday and subway service between Manhattan and Brooklyn on Thursday, but significant sections of the largest mass-transit system in the U.S. will remain disabled.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the MTA’s Metro-North and Long Island Rail Road will begin limited service at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Limited subway service between Manhattan and Brooklyn will resume Thursday, he said a press briefing at midday.
But large sections of the city’s transit system will remain closed as repairs and assessments of storm damage continue, MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota said following a meeting with Mr. Cuomo, U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, and state officials.
There will be no subway service below 34th Street, the governor said, because of continuing power outages. Three of seven flooded subway tunnels have been pumped out so far, Mr. Cuomo said. There will be “more service literally on a day by day basis,” he said.
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority will restart limited commuter-rail service on Wednesday and subway service between Manhattan and Brooklyn on Thursday, but significant sections of the largest mass-transit system in the U.S. will remain disabled.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the MTA’s Metro-North and Long Island Rail Road will begin limited service at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Limited subway service between Manhattan and Brooklyn will resume Thursday, he said a press briefing at midday.
But large sections of the city’s transit system will remain closed as repairs and assessments of storm damage continue, MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota said following a meeting with Mr. Cuomo, U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, and state officials.
There will be no subway service below 34th Street, the governor said, because of continuing power outages. Three of seven flooded subway tunnels have been pumped out so far, Mr. Cuomo said. There will be “more service literally on a day by day basis,” he said.
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