Brooklyn straphangers were advised to take the B103 bus. Shortly after the Brooklyn outage, N and W trains ceased operation in Manhattan and Q and R trains were rerouted along the Sixth Ave. line ...

"It was like being in a sardine can, and then I had a very long and hot wait on the R train platform," said R train passenger Anthony. As of 5:30 p.m., service resumed on the B train.

Amtrak's new high-speed NextGen Acela trains will soon begin operating between Boston, New York and Washington, D.C.

New York’s subway is vastly more complicated to run than other major subway systems because it never closes and its trains crisscross tracks. The city’s subway has more than 200 crossing ...