The NYC subway resumes its service for a few hours in the morning – Telemundo New York (47)

What you should know

• As of Monday, February 22, the nightly closure that the metro service has had for four hours, to carry out cleaning tasks as a protection measure for COVID-19, will be reduced to two hours.
• Now, the trains will stop running every night between 2:00 am and 4:00 am to continue at this time with the disinfection work that began in May of last year.
• The train service had been suspended since May 6, 2020, every night between 1:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m., for disinfection work.

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NEW YORK – Early morning subway service in New York City began operating an additional two hours on Monday, prompting the transit system to slowly return to its 24/7 service operations , a schedule he had before the COVID-19 pandemic.

As of Monday, February 22, the nightly closure that the metro service has had for four hours, to carry out cleaning tasks as a protection measure for COVID-19, will be reduced to two hours. Now, the trains will stop running every night between 2:00 am and 4:00 am to continue at this time with the disinfection work that began in May of last year.

During these hours there will be no subway service due to cleaning, but buses will continue to operate from 1:00 am to 5:00 am

From May 6, 2020, the service was suspended every night between 1:00 am and 5:00 am; During the height of the city’s pandemic in the spring, the transit system saw a 90 percent drop in passenger numbers.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the news in a briefing last week, along with Metropolitan Transportation Authority Executive Director Patrick Foye and Acting President of New York City Transit, Sarah Feinberg.

Transit leaders say the MTA is poised to increase service due to lower reported COVID-19 positivity rates and the need to serve night workers.

“With the deployment of the COVID-19 vaccine, the fall in the infection rate, the resumption of indoor meals, extended hours for bars and restaurants, and the reopening of stadiums and arenas,” the transit agency had reasons for adjusting schedules, Foye said.

The change in night service is part of a gradual reopening of metro service, Foye said, although a date was not provided to return to 24-hour operations.

Cleaning and disinfection work will continue to be performed overnight for all agency trains, Feinberg explained.

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