As of 9:30 a.m. on Monday, few trains were running.
As Monday morning dawns in New York City, travel around and into the city is nearly impossible. Every subway line but the 7 is suffering through delayed or suspended service, and the MTA’s website is straining under the pressure of millions of straphangers trying to find some info. LIRR service has been completely suspended, and most Metro-North trains aren’t running either. Here’s what the Authority had to say:
Due to the extreme nature of the ongoing blizzard, including high winds and major snow drifts, the MTA is urging its customers to stay home this morning if at all possible. There are major suspensions across our transportation network that may continue through the morning rush hour, including a full suspension of service on the Long Island Rail Road, suspension of Metro-North Railroad’s New Haven Line, and suspension of several of the lettered subway lines.
The MTA has asked folks to check out MTA.info for updates, and the authority has urged people to stay home except for “urgent” travel. As the authority’s website is currently facing an extremely high volume of visitors, I can’t access the individual outages, but it’s safe to assume most outdoor lines are shuttered. I’ll update this post as I hear more.
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I was able to get through to the advisory page for the 4-5-6 and it only mentioned something about suspended service on the 5 between 180th and Van Wyck. Nothing about the 4 or 6 or service on the main part of the Lexington line.
I was able to get through all of the Service advisory pages (maybe because I’m not in NYC, who know’s) and practically everything that runs above ground (save the Manhattan Bridge) is suspended. Even the whole 7 train is now knocked out. And apparently, so is the AirTrain, for the few poor souls like my brother in law who work at JFK.
The N was somehow running this morning (just barely) – I got to the Broadway stop in Astoria at 8:15 and a train finally arrived at 8:40. No idea if it’s been knocked out since then as MTA.info still mentions only the suspension in Brooklyn.
Somehow I made it into work after staying w/ family in Jersey. No NJ transit buses but the jitneys braved the roads. Port Authority was a ghost town at 9:30 am and after a quick stop at home, I found Grand Central to be suspiciously empty — Metro North was down and still is.
Apparently, I’m one of the few who showed up to the office. I should probably call it a day and play in the snow.