Full Restoration of New York Subway Still Months Away

Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) managers detailed in a public meeting options for improving the subway system after Hurricane Sandy.

Zachary Stieber

Senior Reporter

11/26/2012|Updated: 9/29/2015

<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/MTA.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-319052" src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/MTA-676x450.jpg" alt=" A slide from a presentation to the New York City Transit Committee that shows how extensive flooding was across the subway system. The agency listed possible storm protection improvements on Monday for the first time in public. (Courtesy of MTA)" width="590" height="431"/></a>

A slide from a presentation to the New York City Transit Committee that shows how extensive flooding was across the subway system. The agency listed possible storm protection improvements on Monday for the first time in public. (Courtesy of MTA)

NEW YORK—The R train, still not running between northwest Brooklyn and Midtown Manhattan, will be up within two weeks, but the South Ferry and Whitehall stations and the A line in northeast Queens will take months to repair, said officials Monday.

Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) managers detailed in the first public meeting since Hurricane Sandy tentative options to “harden” subway infrastructure—rails, electronic components, and stations worth $500 billion—but did not commit to any particular solutions.