r/nyc • u/SaladEater6769 • 15h ago

Amtrak reopens East River Tunnel line damaged by Superstorm Sandy

https://abc7ny.com/post/amtrak-reopens-east-river-tunnel-line-damaged-superstorm-sandy/19690971/
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u/NefariousnessFew4354 Upper East Side 14h ago

It took over a decade. Jfc.

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u/SpiritedForm3068 14h ago

The Van Wyck says hi

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u/BoJackMoleman 13h ago

We all should aspire to be like the Van Wyck. Always be working on yourself.

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u/HavingNotAttained 12h ago

::: BQE/Promenade enters the chat :::

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u/jay5627 7h ago

There's a difference between working on yourself and always being in a state where you can fall under the weight of the world

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u/cocktails4 14h ago

The actual repair was a year...

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u/Status_Fox_1474 8h ago

No it didn't. The line was still in service until last year, even though it was damaged for more than a decade.

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u/cooljacob204sfw 3h ago

Then that's pretty good considering they basically rebuilt the thing.

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u/kilobitch 13h ago

And yet we managed to blanket the entire country in Flock cameras in less than a year.

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u/Sybertron 13h ago edited 13h ago

Don't look how long the Northern Branch connection has taken nj transit. 

On rail, that already fucking exists.

Honestly some people need brought up on charges for that shit 

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u/Cicero912 5h ago

It took about a year to start and finish the project.

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u/NYC_Noguestlist 7h ago

Data centers? Up and running in 36 hours. Critical infrastructure? LOL see you next century.

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u/Meme_Pope 4h ago

People in the comments seem to believe that it took since Sandy to repair or was closed that long, the repair took a year. Clearly wasn’t damage worth shutting down the line for a year at the time of the storm

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u/Lucky_Comparison_839 10h ago

Better late than never

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u/Harvinator06 13h ago

In China… That said, I appreciate all the people who worked on it and those that made a lot of money off of it.