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Updated 1:13 PM
Bridge Fire Suspends Metro-North Service To, From Manhattan
By: NY1 News

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A transformer fire burning under the 138th street Lift Bridge by the East River has suspended Metro-North train service in and out of Manhattan, and Metro-North users are encouraged to find alternate transportation for the evening rush hour.

Metro-North authorities say a train was at the site of the fire but there are no reports of injuries so far.

Firefighters are still battling the flames on the nearby pier and large plumes of smoke are rising and affecting the surrounding area.

Metro-North engineers tell NY1 that some pipes under the bridge have been bent by the heat of the fire.

The rail service's Hudson, Harlem and New Haven lines are all affected.

Northbound passengers should take the 4 or D train and then pick up Metro-North trains at the Yankees-East 153rd Street Station. Full alternate service plans are listed below.

NY1's Education reporter Lindsey Christ, who was in the area as the fire started, said the smoke was so thick she could not see her own hand in front of her own face.

A resident of the neighborhood told Christ he was sitting under the bridge and heard a huge explosion before the fire began.


Metro-North Alternate Service Plan
Southbound:
• New Haven Line customers get off at Woodlawn and transfer to the #2 at 233rd Street for service to Manhattan
• Harlem line customers get off at Wakefield to get to 241st street #2 subway OR Yankees - E. 153rd Street to get the #4 or D subway.
• Hudson Line customers also get off at Yankees-E. 153rd Street for the D train or #4 Or at Marble Hill to transfer to the #1 at 225th Street.
• All southbound trains will go to and terminate at Yankees - E 153rd Street Station.

Northbound:
• ALL Metro-North customers should take the #4 or D to get a MNR train at Yankees - E 153rd Street Station.
• All three lines, Hudson, Harlem and New Haven will be served by the new Yankees-E 153rd Street station.

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