17th Sep 2002
Welcome Back #9 Train
One of their weird, local effects of Sept 11 ‘01 was the dramatic changes it wrought on the NYC subway system. I believe to a certain the MTA used the event as an opportunity to introduce some changes they had been previously planning, like the new W and Q lines (how cool is it to have a Q line?). But other changes were certainly out of necessity, like the closure of the South Ferry Station, running directly below the WTC site.
Among those changes was one that affected me, the discontinuation of the 9 line, which runs along with the 1 right by my apartment (close enough that if our windows are open we have to turn up the TV when the trains come into the elevated 125th St. station). The 2, formerly an express along with the 3, ran for the last year as a local in Manhattan, though it continue to split off to the east at 96th St., so it never worked as a local for me.
Anyway, I’ll spare you all the details in service changes. Point is, in another sign of the city’s recovery a year later, the 9 is back! The expresses are once again expresses and the locals are locals. Repairs were ahead of schedule and under budget. Take that, terrorist scum!
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