Montague Tunnel welcomed back with open arms
The R train’s Montague Tunnel – closed the summer of 2013 for extensive Superstorm Sandy-related repairs – will once again carry riders from the Court Street stop in Brooklyn, where the train had terminated during construction, through to Canal Street and into Manhattan.
“This tunnel is safer, stronger and more resilient than ever before,” said Governor Andrew Cuomo who joined the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) on Sunday, September 14 to mark the R line’s full return. “Everything on this section of the R train is new – new rails, new signals, new pumps and new power supplies.”
The tunnel was up and running for the first time in 13 months as of Sunday evening for the N line, and as of Monday morning for the R line.