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MTA NYC Subway service to resume on a limited basis beginning at 6 a.m. tomorrow.
Full map of service below (Requires Adobe Reader): http://content.ny1.com/downloads/Hur...pOct312012.pdf |
What's impressive about that map is that there is NO subway service south of 34th St., from Midtown Manhattan to Downtown Brooklyn.
Also, I'm not sure why the 7 is completely out? Steinway Tunnels, duh, but what about the elevated portion? Couldn't limited service be extended from Willets Point to Queensboro Plaza? |
Probably for operational reasons. The 7 is the only IRT line that serves Queens, and it looks like the IRT/'A' division is running on a really skeletal basis. I think Corona Yard may have gotten flooded as well, since Flushing Meadows is so low-lying.
Anybody know the status of the North/East River Tunnels? How long until LIRR, NJT, and Amtrak service can resume? |
Here Is Your Ghostly Map of Partial Subway Service
http://observer.com/2012/10/here-is-...ubway-service/ http://imageshack.us/a/img17/6784/hu...verymapoct.jpg |
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PATH appears to be flooded 34th past Hoboken and WTC past Exchange. Reports that a lot of NJT rolling stock has been damaged. |
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So it sounds to me that the most likely reason the 7 has yet to resume service is that Corona Yard has been washed out, resulting in equipment damage. Sounds about right. The other totally absent lines are Dyre Avenue and Sea Beach, both of which run in trenches, and Brighton (equipment washout at Stillwell Ave. Yard, maybe?) and the 3--which, as you mentioned, is due to skeletal IRT A-Division service... |
The 7 train is starting tonight, and 4/5/6 is ready to go through Lower Manhattan to Brooklyn as soon as electricity comes online downtown.
So 4/5/6 is presumably the first line to be fully restored through downtown. NJ Transit rail is also starting, but not until tomorrow morning, and only through Newark Penn. |
Interesting... That segment of the 4/5/6 is the oldest subway tunnel in the whole system. It's also the busiest line in the US, and it's about to get even busier as the only subway line serving Downtown.
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One silver lining of the mass transit problems: the truncated subway routes have forced me to look for an alternative way to get to work, and potentially for my benefit.
My normal train commute is the F from 179th Street in Jamaica to Jay St./Metrotech in Brooklyn. After I realized that Manhattan was probably going to be one giant gridlocked mess for an indeterminate period, I wanted to avoid the bus shuttles taking from 57th Street to Brooklyn at all costs. As I pored over the truncated subway route map, I noticed that the J/Z from Jamaica connected at Broadway Junction to the A train, which I could take directly to Jay St./Metrotech without every touching foot in Manhattan. So I took this route yesterday to get to work, and it ended up being not much longer than my normal route on the F train despite making all local stops. Now, if this route ends up to be much faster with the skip-stop service on the J/Z line and express service on the A line, I might be taking this route to work from now on. Commuting back from work is another story, however. The subway-to-bus connection isn't ideal. I have two choices here. The Q17 stop is several blocks from Jamaica Center, and it runs along slow and undesirable paths. The Q30/Q31 might be closer to the subway exit (if I can find its stop, of course), and I think they will bring me home faster (although it stops farther from my house than the Q17 does). But both lines run almost together with roughly 15 minute headways, which sucks compared with the Q17's 2-5 minute headways. Based on that, the F to the Q46 at Union Turnpike might be a better bet to commute home. |
I guess they have wait for resume more subway train service to lower Manhattan & Queens and continuation extended to JFK Howard Beach or Coney Island, too. It will take a while to recovery right after Hurricane Sandy. It will take a time. Try to be more patiently.
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4/5/6 is running the full route, through downtown, as of this morning.
So that's the one complete option through downtown as of right now. Hopefully the other downtown lines are running some service before the end of the weekend. |
they are saying the entire A train will be back monday morning.
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Ok, according to NY Times, here are the updates-
4/5/6 running in full, even express is running 7 running in full SIRT running, but less frequent service, though along entire route F/J/D/M running in full early this afternoon (which will be huge for me) Q sometime this afternoon 2/3 running by Sunday AM A running by Monday AM L train maybe by early-ish next week, though no exact date (bad flooding through East River tunnel; this one is important because L ridership is huge and critical for North Brooklyn) Oh, and G Monday AM, but that's kinda hearsay (through Gothamist and other online sources) |
Couple more updates, for commuters coming from NJ and the West-
PATH trains- Monday AM (though only to Midtown, Lower Manhattan will have to wait) NJ Transit and Amtrak- will be running to Manhattan Penn Monday AM Hudson Bergen Light Rail- Monday AM Newark City Subway- Maybe Tuesday or Wednesday Service to Hoboken Terminal might have to wait until next weekend Carpool restrictions into Manhattan lifted as of 5 PM today (Saturday) |
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The A Train bridge to the Rockaways was heavily damaged during Hurricane Sandy. This photo shows early repair work underway as of November 3, 2012.
Contractors Removing Damaged Fencing in the Rockaway’s http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7279/8...a031720d_b.jpg 19. Contractors Removing Damaged Fencing in the Rockaway’s por MTAPhotos, en Flickr Contractor's Rebuilding Washed out Tracks in Rockaway’s http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7136/8...dc653359_b.jpg 21. Contractor's Rebuilding Washed out Tracks in Rockaway’s por MTAPhotos, en Flickr The South Ferry subway station was damaged by seawater flooding during Hurricane Sandy. Crews are working to restore the station by pumping out the seawater. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7246/8...94791b71_b.jpg 10. Station Being Pumped out por MTAPhotos, en Flickr http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8067/8...5d0b1279_b.jpg 11. Station Being Pumped out por MTAPhotos, en Flickr |
actually im kind of relieved to see that because i figured the rockaway bridge was going to be a lot worse off. there is a lot of buckling as expected, but hooray its still there and looks basically intact!
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UPDATED 3:44 PM
Hugh Carey-Brooklyn Battery Tunnel To Open For Monday's Rush Hour Buses By: NY1 News http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stori...ush-hour-buses Quote:
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