Two weeks after Hurricane Sandy hit the city, there have been some hiccups getting all of the city's mass transit back up and running. But there have been a few good updates on that front for the upcoming week: both the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) and PATH will resume weekday service on Monday. In addition, the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel will reopen for limited rush-hour bus service Monday morning, and the MTA has resumed service on the A subway line to Howard Beach.

Two of the Amtrak East River Tunnels flooded during Sandy will be reopened tomorrow morning; the LIRR will begin operating a weekday schedule tomorrow on 10 of its 11 branches as a result. Keep in mind that there will be a reduced number of trains that can travel through the tunnels at a time before of the temporary repairs. Train service on the Long Beach Branch remains suspended with bus service operating beginning at 5 a.m. between Long Beach and Lynbrook, where train connections can be made.

Officials said that PATH trains will also resume at 5 a.m. Monday, and will run in both directions until 10 p.m. between Newark Penn, New Jersey and 33rd Street in Manhattan.
The line also will include stops at Journal Square, Grove Street, and Newport stations in New Jersey and at the 14th, 23rd and 33rd Street stations in Manhattan. It will bypass Christopher and 9th streets in New York; disabled passengers will have access to the platforms only at Newark, Journal Square and 33rd Street. Port Authority officials caution passengers that they may experience extended waits and potential delays until service returns to normal.

Express buses from Brooklyn and Staten Island will be able to use one lane of one tube of the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel for inbound service from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m., and for outbound service from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. The tunnel had an estimated 43 million gallons of water in each of its two tubes. "I saw first-hand the flooding caused by Hurricane Sandy in the Carey Tunnel, and it’s reopening is a testament to the hard work of MTA workers in the storm’s aftermath," Governor Andrew Cuomo said. Lastly, service on the A subway line to Howard Beach began again today, along with a bus shuttle to Mott Avenue in Far Rockaway, and a ferry between the Rockaways and Manhattan will start running during both rush hours starting tomorrow.