Wednesday, October 31, 2012

NJ transit slowly resumes, Seaside Heights hard hit

Hurricane Sandy knocks the New Jersey Transit Rail Operations Center seriously off track. The storm put the center at The Meadowlands -- across from New York City -- under 8 feet of water, shorting out the back-up powerNJ Transit, SEPTA and PATH will suspend operations in anticipation of Hurricane Sandy. Dino Flammia, Townsquare Media The Christie Administration.Minimal mass transit was set to resume, two major airports reopened and the floor of the New York Stock Exchange reopened Wednesday, while across the river in New Jersey, National Guardsmen rushed to rescue flood victims and fires still raged two daysIn addition, NJ Transit's Rail Operations Center is submerged in water, which has damaged backup power supply systems, the emergency generator, and the computer system that controls the movement of trains and power supply. And there are numerousThe Christie administration announced that all bus, rail, light rail and Access Link services in New Jersey will be suspended beginning Sunday afternoon.
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