The garbage fire on one of the subway rails at the Grand Central Terminal station in Manhattan caused the suspension of service this morning.
Around 5:00 in the morning authorities came to control the fire at this station located on 42nd Street in Midtown.
Authorities reported that the fire occurred under 33rd Street.
In order to control it, power was suspended from 51st Street to 23rd Street in the Chelsea area.
For this reason, service on the 4 and 6 trains was suspended between 86th Street and Wall Street.
Service was restored around 6:00 am but 46 trains were significantly delayed.
The MTA asked users to take the M15, M15-SBS and M103 buses.
As an alternative between Manhattan and Brooklyn they asked to take the 2NQ trains.
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For the first time in 50 years, the MTA will renew the Staten Island Railway car fleet with more than 500 new high-tech cars.
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The wagons, they assured, are of the latest generation and will be put into circulation gradually.
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The first R211 model cars were trucked across the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge from Brooklyn to the Staten Island workshops.
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The MTA reported that the new cars have 58-inch door openings.
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This represents 8 inches more than the standard measurement, this to allow for faster and more comfortable ascent and descent.
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In addition, they have security cameras and wider screens.
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They also include more accessible seats and digital screens to show information to passengers in real time.
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“For the first time in 50 years, new, faster, cleaner and safer trains will come to Staten Island,” said New York City Transit President Richard Davey.
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The current cars of the Staten Island Train are R44 that entered the fleet in 1973.
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In total, 1,080 wagons will be integrated in two stages, the first in early 2024 and the second in 2025.
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2023-10-24 09:43:39
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