Fire officials say fuel spilled on a generator while it was being filled, which caused flames to reach under the elevated tracks.
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Thursday’s enhanced Saturday schedule provides customers with additional trains during peak travel periods and will be in effect for Thursday on all three lines.
The railroad is at 60 percent capacity, MTA spokeswoman Meredith Daniels said.
“NYCEDC is now supporting FDNY in its investigation of the incident”, said NYCEDC Spokesman Anthony Hogrebe in a statement.
New York’s The Metropolitan Transportation Authority says crews are installing six temporary steel columns following a Manhattan fire that caused structural damage and disrupted train service for some 150,000 commuters.
The intense fire damaged a center column beneath a viaduct holding the elevated tracks.
While service was running close to or on time for MTA trains Wednesday morning, transit officials said crowding may happen as the day continues.
Engineers assessed the stability of the Metro-North Viaduct after the fire as Gov. Andrew Cuomo toured the site.
It could be until sometime on Friday before the agency gets Metro-North trains back on a regular schedule, officials said.
It was a bad day for commuting overall in the city.
The blaze snarled the Tuesday night commute for thousands of people in the region as Metro-North Service into and out of Grand Central was suspended. The fire erupted just after 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at a garden nursery at East 119th Street and Park Avenue.
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The railroad says it will run a Saturday schedule for the Wednesday morning rush hour with trains stopping in the Bronx so passengers can connect to subway service into Manhattan. “Those residents who can work from home or can avoid Metro-North should do so until repairs can be completed – if residents have alternative means of travel, we would strongly urge them to utilize it”.
