"Long Island Rail Road train service has been fully restored after wires fell onto the tracks in Hicksville Tuesday morning, halting service for several hours and affecting more than 500 power customers, officials said. The wires came down just before 8 a.m on Tuesday. The incident spurred cancellations on the Point Jefferson Branch between Hicksville and Huntington as well as other service changes, the railroad said."
"PSEG Long Island spokesman Jeremy Walsh said the issue was addressed in three phases between midmorning and early afternoon after PSEG "worked with the LIRR to make the area safe so personnel could remove the wires and make repairs." "Power was restored to the majority of affected customers at 10:26 a.m., the wires were removed from the tracks a little before noon, and the remaining 87 customers were all restored by 12:54 p.m.," Walsh wrote in an email to Newsday. The PSEG spokesman said the cause of the incident remains "under investigation.""
Wires fell onto tracks in Hicksville just before 8 a.m., halting Long Island Rail Road service for several hours and affecting more than 500 power customers. The incident caused cancellations on the Port Jefferson Branch between Hicksville and Huntington and other service changes. Full service on both tracks was restored early Tuesday afternoon, according to railroad posts. PSEG Long Island addressed the issue in three phases, coordinating with the LIRR to secure the area, remove the wires and make repairs. Power was mostly restored by 10:26 a.m., wires removed before noon, and all customers restored by 12:54 p.m. The cause remains under investigation.
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