The
train actually could be worse, it turns out. The
announced Tuesday that trains won’t run between Nassau Ave. and Court Square for five weeks beginning July 28, consigning the battered line’s 125,000 average weekday riders to shuttle buses running between Brooklyn and Queens. More than 3 million gallons of salt water flooded the
train’s tunnels during Superstorm Sandy, said the MTA, which will use the closure to make repairs to tracks, signals and electrical equipment, said MTA spokeswoman Marisa Baldeo. “This critical maintenance work was scheduled during this time period because it’s the weeks when the
line has the lowest ridership,” she wrote in an email.
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