UWS Water Main Break: Subway Service Resumes After Morning Delay

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — Train service has returned to normal after a water main break on the Upper West Side of Manhattan Sunday morning disrupted subways and delayed traffic for the second time this week.

The water main break happened at 103rd Street and Central Park West around 7:30 a.m., according to the MTA.

The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) arrived at the scene to shut off the water, but enough water had already poured into the 103rd Street Station that the MTA declared it too unsafe for trains to pass through.

A, C, and D service is suspended between 125 St and 59 St-Columbus Circle because of a water main break at 103 St.

For alternate service between 59 St-Columbus Circle and 135 St, use 1 train service. pic.twitter.com/OdC10OvZqT
— NYCT Subway (@NYCTSubway) January 19, 2020

After hours of clearing water from the tracks and inspecting subway equipment for any damage, the MTA announced that service for the A, C and D train resumed again around 12:30 p.m.

A and D service is beginning to resume between 59 St-Columbus Circle and 125 St after an earlier water main break at 103 St.

C trains are beginning to resume departing 168 St and Euclid Av. https://t.co/OT02ySO3Ka
— NYCT Subway (@NYCTSubway) January 19, 2020

The DEP had successfully stopped the flow of water at the station as of 10:30 a.m., according to the MTA.

Current messy scene at the site of water main break (Central Park West & West 102nd Street). Please avoid the area...especially CPW bet. West 101st St & West 103rd St where multi NYC agencies are currently working to fix the break. pic.twitter.com/j0G8Jto8wp
— NYPD 24th Precinct (@NYPD24Pct) January 19, 2020

Service on the A, C and D train are all expected to move at slower speeds, and the MTA said for customers to expect delays as congestion clears and trains get back on schedule.

On Monday, a massive water main break also occurred on the Upper West Side shutting down Broadway from West 61st Street all the way up to West 72nd Street. The water caused major delays on the 1, 2 and 3 subway lines as well as detouring several bus routes.

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