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New Haven Line service could return Monday as credit details emerge

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Benjamin Kabak

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So sayeth the MTA:

“Full service to the MTA Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line will be restored Monday morning, assuming the new substation which received Con Edison power today is found reliable during our testing over the weekend.”

Meanwhile, Metro-North released additional information concerning the credit process today. Although the amounts have not yet been determined, New Haven Line riders will weekly or monthly passes that were valid during the outage can begin to apply for credit beginning October 9 or October 20, respectively. Customers may apply for this credit until March 31, 2014, and the agency will waive the customary $10 processing fee. The credit will be available at select New Haven Line stations and in Grand Central. Mail & Ride customers will receive the credit automatically.

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2 responses to “New Haven Line service could return Monday as credit details emerge”

  1. Patrick @ The LIRR Today

    The way the press release was worded, it seems like that ConEdison has managed to restore the secondary cable (the one they were originally working on) to service while they finish up repairs on the actual cable that got damaged.

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  2. Spendmore Wastemore

    Someone’s not minding the store.

    Both of those critical cables seem to go to the same substation and are physically near each other. They’re also both underground.
    Therefore:
    1. If something knocks out the substation, both cables are useless, MNR falls and can’t get up.
    2. If something knocks out one cable, it could well KO the other which is nearby. MNR goes down, can’t get up.
    3. They are both underground. Thus when one/both eventually fail they can’t be strung up by regular crews in a day or two.

    The underground lines are not likely to fail frequently due to vehicle hits (being near a falling 135KV cable — ouch!), ice, wind and such but when they do go they are very difficult to repair. When you put 100,000 volts underground it ain’t a big extension cord. It takes special materials, skills and precision work to repair.

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