The R train – which has been operating severely curtailed service since Sandy – could begin running between Manhattan and Brooklyn in a week or two, officials said.
“Obviously we’re trying to get it back sooner rather than later,” said Thomas Prendergast, president of New York City Transit.
Its especially important to connect the the two boroughs because the nearby 4/5 trains are becoming overcrowded due to the outages, he said.
“The 4 and 5 are getting hammered,” he said.
The J/Z train service to Fulton St and Broad should also be restored in that time frame, he said.
However it will be “months” before the 1 train South Ferry stop is brought back, he said. That station was completely flooded in the storm and lost a lot of equipment to salt water damage.