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Subway, Buses Okay, LIRR Limping Along
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John Del Signore
Published Jan 12, 2011
Modified Jan 12, 2011
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In a press release sent out earlier this morning, the NYC Transit announced that "all services are operating, with service changes in some cases. Subway and bus service is expected to operate normally through the morning rush hour." Meanwhile, the LIRR and Metro-North Railroad are operating on "extremely" reduced weekday schedules, and heavy accumulation on Long Island—as high as 16 inches in some places—has forced the LIRR to suspend service east of Babylon to Montauk. The LIRR also canceled 23 westbound morning rush hour trains. How was your commute?
We can personally vouch for the J, M, and F trains, which were operating normally an hour ago in downtown Brooklyn, the Lower East Side, and Williamsburg. The MTA website has the full breakdown on what trains are running; there is no express 6 service in the Bronx, and parts of the 7 line aren't operating right now due to signal problems. An MTA spokesman says, "Personnel have worked through the night to provide service today during this ongoing winter snow storm." Access-A-Ride service has been canceled for today except for trips of medical necessity (e.g., dialysis, radiation treatment or chemotherapy).
Ultimately, 8.8 inches accumulated in Central Park. But last night NYC Transit President Thomas Prendergast warned that if the snow topped 13 inches, some subway lines would have been shut down. "In that range, you start getting into the highly likely category you may have to suspend service," Prendergast told the Daily News. Luckily, it didn't come to that and we had no excuse not to schlep into work/school/dialysis!
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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