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NYC4Life · #**581** Posted **Oct 31, 2012, 9:38 PM**

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

hammersklavier · #**582** Posted **Oct 31, 2012, 10:47 PM**

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?

ardecila · #**583** Posted **Oct 31, 2012, 11:21 PM**

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?

CCs77 · #**584** Posted **Nov 1, 2012, 1:07 AM**

Here Is Your Ghostly Map of Partial Subway Service

http://observer.com/2012/10/here-is-...ubway-service/

k1052 · #**585** Posted **Nov 1, 2012, 3:28 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by ardecila

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?

Water in at least one east river tunnel and some in the north river tunnels from reports. Damage to NEC and NJT lines in NJ appears to be major. LIRR has numerous tree falls across lines and lacks power to many substations.

PATH appears to be flooded 34th past Hoboken and WTC past Exchange. Reports that a lot of NJT rolling stock has been damaged.

hammersklavier · #**586** Posted **Nov 1, 2012, 9:39 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by ardecila

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.

Remember that the 7 has no connection to any other IRT line; in fact, its only track connection is to the BMT, which means its rolling stock is stored separately.

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...

Crawford · #**587** Posted **Nov 1, 2012, 11:57 PM**

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.

ardecila · #**588** Posted **Nov 2, 2012, 6:43 AM**

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.

dchan · #**589** Posted **Nov 2, 2012, 7:12 AM**

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.

N830MH · #**590** Posted **Nov 3, 2012, 1:54 AM**

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.

CCs77 · #**591** Posted **Nov 3, 2012, 5:02 AM**

New York City Transit employees are pumping water out of the Cranberry Street Tunnel, which carries the A and C trains between Brooklyn and Manhattan underneath the East River

06.Water in Cranberry Tube on A & C Line por MTAPhotos, en Flickr

Pump Train Siphoning out Tube

11. Pump Train Siphoning out Tube por MTAPhotos, en Flickr

07. Water in Cranberry Tube on A & C Line por MTAPhotos, en Flickr

Inside Pump Train

08. Inside Pump Train por MTAPhotos, en Flickr

Previous Water Line at Cranberry Tube

12. Previous Water Line at Cranberry Tube por MTAPhotos, en Flickr

6 Ft. Water Line on Building across from South Street Sea Port

15. 6 Ft. Water Line on Building across from South Street Sea Port por MTAPhotos, en Flickr

Crawford · #**592** Posted **Nov 3, 2012, 3:40 PM**

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.

CGII · #**593** Posted **Nov 3, 2012, 3:44 PM**

they are saying the entire A train will be back monday morning.

Crawford · #**594** Posted **Nov 3, 2012, 3:51 PM**

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)

Crawford · #**595** Posted **Nov 3, 2012, 4:04 PM**

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)

NYC4Life · #**596** Posted **Nov 3, 2012, 5:52 PM**

NYC Subway service map as of today:

CCs77 · #**597** Posted **Nov 4, 2012, 1:33 AM**

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

19. Contractors Removing Damaged Fencing in the Rockaway’s por MTAPhotos, en Flickr

Contractor's Rebuilding Washed out Tracks in Rockaway’s

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.

10. Station Being Pumped out por MTAPhotos, en Flickr

11. Station Being Pumped out por MTAPhotos, en Flickr

mrnyc · #**598** Posted **Nov 6, 2012, 5:29 PM**

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!

NYC4Life · #**599** Posted **Nov 11, 2012, 8:54 PM**

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:

Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Sunday that the Hugh L. Carey-Brooklyn Battery Tunnel will be open Monday to limited rush-hour bus service, as police confirmed the 43rd death in New York City related to Sandy.

Expresses buses run by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority from Brooklyn and Staten Island can use one lane of one tube to enter Manhattan from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. and to leave Manhattan on 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The tunnel will stay closed at other times to allow repair crews to repair damage from Sandy. State officials say about 43 million gallons of salt water flooded the tunnel, affecting electrical, lighting, communications, surveillance and ventilation systems.

NYC4Life · #**600** Posted **Nov 11, 2012, 9:00 PM**

UPDATED 3:05 PM
A Train's Return To Howard Beach Another Landmark Of Sandy Recovery
By: Jon Weinstein

Quote:

The A subway line is once again rolling to Howard Beach, Queens, as the first train came into the station shortly before 8 a.m. Sunday.

From Howard Beach, riders can take a free shuttle bus from Howard Beach to Mott Avenue in Far Rockaway.

Straphangers said they were happy to have this important lifeline restored.

"We're happier now, because before it was too much of a hassle for us, and it's much easier now that they're back to normal," said one commuter.

"Usually, I take the bus from Far Rockaway to Jamaica, and the E train all the way down to the World Trade Center. That takes me about three hours round-trip," said another commuter. "This takes me an hour, so it cuts two hours off my commuting time."

"It's been very difficult for us to ride all the way to Jamaica Center, every time we have to go do something, you know? So this is more convenient, more direct," said a third.

Officials at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said it could take up to six months to fully restore subway service to the Rockaways.

The bridge that carries the line over Jamaica Bay was wiped out by Sandy.

Starting Monday morning, ferry service will also be offered for Rockaway residents. It will run during the morning and evening rush hours from Beach 108th Street and Beach Channel Drive to Pier 11, with free transfers to East 34th Street in Midtown.

The fare is $2 each way.

Meanwhile, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Sunday that the Hugh L. Carey-Brooklyn Battery Tunnel will be open Monday to limited rush-hour bus service. The passageway between Manhattan and Brooklyn is the last city tunnel to reopen after being flooded by Sandy.

The L train began running into Manhattan Thursday when service under the East River was finally restored.

Continued lingering transit gaps include 1 trains south of Chambers Street.

For the latest transit updates, visit mta.info