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NYC Subways Almost Fully Back To Normal Following Saturday Blizzard
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John Del Signore
Published Jan 25, 2016
Modified Jan 25, 2016
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Published Jan 25, 2016
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Less than 48 hours after a near-record breaking blizzard dumped 26.8" of snow in Central Park (and 30.5" at JFK airport), the subway system is almost back to normal for the Monday commute. During the worst part of the storm, the MTA suspended service to above-ground stations, but was able to continue limited service underground.
By Sunday afternoon, service was restored to some of those above-ground stations, and today much of the system is fully operational, except for the B line. The MTA says that due to snow build up along the express tracks, B trains are running local between Prospect Park and Brighton Beach in both directions. There have also been delays this morning on parts of several lines, like the J/M and 4/5, but they do not appear to be blizzard-related.
There are still snow-related delays of multiple bus lines; you can check to see if your line is impacted here. And LIRR Train service is still suspended on the Port Washington, Far Rockaway, Hempstead, Long Beach and West Hempstead branches, and east of Speonk on the Montauk Branch. In addition, there's currently no LIRR trains running between Jamaica Station and Atlantic Terminal this morning. Snow-clearing crews are working around the clock on Long Island, but LIRR service is not expected to be fully restored until Tuesday.
Railroad chief Patrick Nowakowski said he regrets not suspending service sooner on Saturday. "In hindsight, we probably should have made the call, the time that we selected for canceling service, sooner,” Nowakowski told Newsday. "We still had trains stranded throughout the right of way that we spent all night and a good part of this morning and early afternoon removing from tracks. That hindered our ability to do some of the cleaning efforts because we had people and equipment tied up trying to get those trains off the tracks and out of the way."
Restoring service in the wake of this much snow is a huge effort, but the MTA has a lot of equipment to deal with it.
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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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