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| New York subway and bus service restoration to begin, officials announce | New York subway and bus service restoration to begin, officials announce |
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| After it was paralyzed by the devastating impact of superstorm Sandy, New York government officials were taking the first steps back to normality by restarting the city's public transport system. | |
| At a press conference in midtown Manhattan, officials from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said that limited commuter rail service on Metro North and the Long Island Rail Road would begin at 2pm Wednesday afternoon. | |
| They also announced that the subway system would resume a very limited service on Thursday morning, north of 34th Street. There will be no service in Lower Manhattan because the area is almost entirely without electrical power. | |
| A shuttle bus service, operated by 330 vehicles, will operate between 34th Street and three stations in Brooklyn. The MTA said other measures were under consideration, including the restriction of passenger cars in Manhattan. | |
| There was still no word on when a full service on the 108-year-old system might resume. | |
| New York state governor Andrew Cuomo told reporters that everyone in the city was working flat out to get power back online which would allow more of the transit system to be restored. | New York state governor Andrew Cuomo told reporters that everyone in the city was working flat out to get power back online which would allow more of the transit system to be restored. |
| "In terms of power restorations, we're working very hard," he said. "The situation is developing on a day-to-day basis." | "In terms of power restorations, we're working very hard," he said. "The situation is developing on a day-to-day basis." |
| Buses in the city began working late on Tuesday night and were the first element of the network to start working again. | |
| Any restoration of the rail and subway system is likely to lead to an easing of the gigantic traffic jams that have plagued Manhattan and approaches to New York all day. In the absence of public transport many people have come into the city to work using their cars and huge backlogs of traffic have built up in the streets with journeys that should take minutes taking much longer. The situation in lower Manhattan has also been hampered by a lack of electricity meaning there are no working traffic lights. | Any restoration of the rail and subway system is likely to lead to an easing of the gigantic traffic jams that have plagued Manhattan and approaches to New York all day. In the absence of public transport many people have come into the city to work using their cars and huge backlogs of traffic have built up in the streets with journeys that should take minutes taking much longer. The situation in lower Manhattan has also been hampered by a lack of electricity meaning there are no working traffic lights. |