Precisely a week, after hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast causing multifaceted damage to areas of New York and New Jersey. Governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo announced Saturday that 80 percent of the city's subway lines have been restored as reported by the Wall Street Journal.
According to the report, the 7 train is running from Midtown into Queens, the 4,5, and 6 lines are also running from Manhattan into Brooklyn.
Governor Cuomo commended the MTA and other city employees who worked towards restoring the highly damaged subway networks in the city in a matter of a week.
In addition to the transportation and power shortage, the major problem many New Yorkers are facing is a shortage of gas; this too will soon be solved. Governor Cuomo announced that gas would be available in the next two days.
"Fuel is on its way. You don't have to panic...Beginning today you will see an increase in the supply," as reported by The Wall Street Journal.
Limited train services of the Long Island Rail Road have also resumed Thursday morning. Some trains will be running between Jamaica and Penn Station, other lines to Forest Hills, Woodside are also running on limited service schedule. But lines to Oyster Bay, Far Rockaway, West Hempstead among others have all been suspended.
On Friday MTA spokesperson Marjorie Anders told CBS, "We've started service but not all the tracks are in service, not all the switches are there...We still have a lot of ground work to do before there's any expansion of service."
Hurricane Sandy has left the New York City Subway system completely debilitated. Although, the bus services have resumed, all subway lines remain close leading to enormous traffic problems on the road.
According to a statement released by the MTA, the storm has flooded a few subway tunnels. The MTA says that in 108 years, the damages caused by hurricane Sandy were the worst yet.
According to Bloomberg Business, Metropolitan Transit Authority Chairman Joe Lhota said, "I can say unequivocally that the MTA last night faced a disaster as devastating as it has ever faced in its history," at a conference two days after Sandy.
