NEW YORK — Service has rapidly been restored in the Northeast after a series of rail transit and Amtrak cancellations Sunday because of the arrival of Tropical Storm Henri.
New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority is operating full service today on both its commuter rail lines after suspending operations on parts of both railroads.
The Long Island Rail Road on Sunday halted service on the Montauk Branch east of Patchogue, and on the Ronkonkoma Branch between Ronkonkoma and Greenport. Both of those were back in action Monday morning, with some extra trains added on the Montauk branch to accommodate those who may have been stranded by the shutdown. On the Metro-North, the entire New Haven Line was shut down, including its New Canaan, Danbury, and Waterbury branches, and on the Wassaic Branch of the Harlem line. Those routes were back in service as of 4 a.m. today.
On NJ Transit, service on the Morris and Essex line has been suspended since midday Sunday between Dover and Madison because of overhead wire problems resulting from a downed tree. A downed tree has also led to a suspension of the Port Jervis Line between Port Jervis and
In the Boston area, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has restored normal service for the Mattapan Trolley and light rail Green Line D Branch after shuttle buses replaced both operations on Sunday.
Amtrak on Sunday canceled all New York-Boston and New Haven-Springfield service, along with the Vermonter and the Boston section of the Lake Shore Limited. All have been restored as of this morning, although the first Springfield-New Haven train of the day was cancelled because of “an equipment issue as a result of yesterday’s inclement weather conditions,” according to the Amtrak NEC Alerts twitter feed. CTrail Hartford Line service on the same route has also been restored — with the exception of its first Springfield-New Haven train — as has the Shore Line East commuter service cancelled on Sunday.
