New York commuter trains back on track after Sandy

Limited New York City commuter rail service is set to resume as early as Wednesday afternoon and subway service could begin Thursday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.

Some service on the Metro-North rail commuter line between Manhattan and its northern suburbs and the Long Island Rail Road linking Manhattan and Brooklyn to stations in Queens, Nassau and Suffolk counties is scheduled to resume at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Cuomo said.

Limited subway service will resume Thursday, supplemented by buses, Cuomo said. However, there will be no immediate subway service restoration south of 34th Street in Manhattan, an area of the city remains without electrical power.

Three of the seven subway tunnels beneath the East River have been pumped free of water, Cuomo said.

The governor spoke after he joined New York State's two U.S. senators and several local officials on a helicopter tour of the devastation left by Hurricane Sandy.