Hurricane Sandy Transit Update:
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LIRR
The LIRR is running limited weekday service on the Long Beach branch, with hourly trains during peak periods and every two hours during the off-peak, between 4:58 a.m. and 8:58 p.m. The LIRR is operating diesel train shuttle service between Long Beach and Lynbrook, making all stops. It's a 20 minute ride.
Nineteen of the LIRR's 143 morning rush hour trains will be canceled or diverted to another terminal. In the evening peak period, 23 evening rush hour trains will be canceled. Visit MTA.info/LIRR for a complete list of the changes.
PATH
PATH is operating limited rail service between 5 a.m. and 10 p.m, from Newark to 33rd Street in Manhattan.
Stops include Newark-Penn Station, Harrison, Journal Square, Grove Street, Newport, 9 Street (exit only between 5 a.m. and 9:30 a.m.), 14 Street, 23 Street and 33 Street.
PATH service to the WTC station should be back by the end of the month. That service will be Newark to WTC only. There is currently no date for the reopening of the PATH station in Hoboken. The PATH station at Christopher Street in Greenwich Village will reopen this weekend. It will only be open on weekends for now, to help reduce crowding.
Click to see some amazing video of the flooding:
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NJ TRANSIT
Northeast Corridor Line: Trains operating on a modified schedule with limited express service. The Jersey Avenue Station is closed until further notice. Customers can also use emergency bus shuttle service at Metropark Station.
North Jersey Coast Line: Service remains suspended until further notice. Customers can use emergency bus shuttle service at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel or at Aberdeen-Matawan Station.
Raritan Valley Line: Trains are operating on a modified schedule between Raritan and Newark with limited peak-period service between High Bridge and Newark. Train 5503 (the last train of the night) departd Newark 20 minutes later to allow for last train connection with the Northeast Corridor leaving New York.
Montclair-Boonton Line: Service has been restored between Hackettstown and Hoboken/New York on a modified schedule. Eastbound service (to Hoboken/New York) will operate approximately once an hour until noon. After 12 p.m., limited service will operate to New York only. Limited westbound service (from New York/Hoboken) will be available before 1 p.m. After 1 p.m., westbound service will operate every 60-90 minutes. Customers can use emergency bus shuttle service at Bay Street, Glen Ridge and Bloomfield stations.
Morris & Essex Line: Midtown Direct service on the Morristown Line between Dover/Summit and New York is operating on a modified schedule. Customers can also use emergency bus shuttle service at Morristown, Convent, Madison, Chatham and Maplewood stations. There is no Morristown Line service to/from Hoboken due to extensive damage in Kearny that has made the tracks impassable.
Gladstone Branch service remains suspendeduntil further notice due to storm related damage.
Main/Bergen County/Port Jervis Lines: Trains are operating on a modified schedule. Trains will begin stopping at Secaucus this weekend. Customers can also use emergency bus shuttle service at Ramsey-Route 17 Station or from MetLife Stadium's Lots J and K.
Pascack Valley Line: Trains are operating on a modified schedule. Trains will begin stopping at Secaucus this weekend.
Atlantic City Rail Line: Regular schedules are in effect.
METRO-NORTH
On the Port Jervis Line: full-day weekday train service is restored to/from Hoboken (no stops at Secaucus). On the Pascack Valley Line: Llimited Weekday train service is restored to/from Hoboken (no stops at Secaucus).
NYC MTA
The Queens-Midtown Tunnel reopened to truck traffic Friday morning. As for the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel (formerly the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel), one tube is open to cars and buses into Manhattan from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. and into Brooklyn from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Trucks are not allowed.
Some limited service remains in effect following Sandy. Visit MTA.info for the latest changes.
Temporary ferry service is operating between the Rockaways and Manhattan while subway service on that route is suspended. Ferries will depart from Beach 108th Street and Beach Channel Drive, where the Economic Development Corporation has been working to install a temporary landing, and stop at Pier 11 in Lower Manhattan with free transfers between Pier 11 and East 34th Street in Midtown. The service will start at 5:45 a.m. in the Rockaways with ferries departing for Manhattan regularly until 9:20 a.m., with regular service resuming during the evening rush. One-way fares will be $2.
For MTA travel information, check MTA.info online or phone 511.