Metro-North service restored on New Haven, Harlem lines after bridge girder buckled
NEW YORK - It was rough going on the rails Saturday for some Metro-North customers.
The MTA said a bridge girder buckled at a Bronx River Parkway overpass above the tracks while a state Department of Transportation maintenance crew was working on it overnight Friday into Saturday.
After a morning and part of the afternoon with snarled service, service was fully restored by 4 p.m.
Customers used shuttle buses earlier in the day, though there were delays and crowding conditions.
"I see a whole hunch of chaos over here. It's like wild, and the Metro-North shut down. It's all chaotic over here," said Victor Alonzo, who was traveling from Brooklyn.
The MTA says there was split service on the New Haven and Harlem lines since 3 a.m. due to structural repairs urgently needed to a Bronx River Parkway overpass above the tracks that made it unsafe to operate trains in the area.
"At some point, we got out from train, and then they told us there's no shuttle. Forced us to come here with the train, then we have to walk four blocks down and God knows what's gonna happen there," said a man traveling from Long Island.
Shuttle bus service was provided for riders, and New York City subways cross-honored Metro-North tickets.
Dozens lined up to get on the bus in Wakefield at the subway station on 241st Street.
"There's people scattered all over the place. This needs to get done ASAP," Alonzo said.
The split service disrupted and delayed weekend plans, and commuters said the weather didn't help.
"This is awful, and the heat is bad," one man said.
A spokesperson told CBS New York commuters can always get real-time service updates by checking online, downloading their app or calling 511.
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