Metro-North said two of the four tracks in the area of the fire were operational for Wednesday’s morning rush, when trains were operating on a modified Saturday schedule, capable of carrying about 60 percent of normal capacity.
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Tuesday night’s fire on Park Avenue left only two of the four tracks open.
Trains running on the tracks should return to their normal frequency Friday morning, officials said.
Metro-North, the nation’s second-busiest commuter line, serves suburbs as far north as CT, carrying an average of 307,000 riders every weekday, according to the American Public Transportation Association.
“I spoke with MTA President Thomas Prendergast this morning to receive an update directly”. For the New Haven Line, take the 2 subway line to 233 St for Metro-North’s Woodlawn station.
Commuters on the Harlem line can take the No. 2 train to 241 Street to connect to the Wakefield Metro-North station.
O’Sullivan said she felt bad for one train that passed through with people pressed up against the doors, but she waited and a less crowded local train came through five minutes later. “You just have to deal with it. There isn’t much you can do about it”.
Newer columns on the viaduct were not damaged by Tuesday night’s fire.
Susan Hynson, of Rye, said she was on a Metro-North train that returned to Grand Central.
The agency warns commuters to expect minor delays, as they say speed restrictions of 30 miles per hour will remain in place.
Metro-North commuter Mike Joshi, who teaches in Brooklyn, got on at Southport, Connecticut.
The fire halted train service for hours and damaged a center column beneath a viaduct holding the elevated tracks. It said crews were installing six temporary steel columns at the site.
Fire marshals said the spill happened while a generator was being re-fueled.
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The fire, which broke out around 6:40 p.m.at 119 Street and Park Avenue, was fueled in part by chemicals stored at a garden nursery that operated underneath the tracks, officials said.
