The city’s commuter chaos continued Tuesday with subway-line suspensions and delays — the day after MTA chief Janno Lieber assured New Yorkers that the agency “is here for you’’ and “the system is running.’’
By Tuesday’s busy morning commute, the entire C line was shut down, forcing riders from Washington Heights in Manhattan to East New York, Brooklyn, onto already jam-packed A trains.
Other train lines limped through the rush hour. The Nos. 1, 2, 5 and 7 trains ran with delays, while the F, M, L and N were also marked late. Express service on the No. 3, A and D was suspended, and the J train operated on a reduced schedule, according to the MTA.
The Staten Island Railway was only partially restored, and several bus routes were detoured to keep streets clear for plows.
After 1 p.m., the C line remained out, and a long list of other routes still faced delays. The MTA did not respond to The Post’s request for comment.
Riders also dealt with a scare on the G line in Queens on Tuesday when a subway car filled with smoke and forced them to evacuate. FDNY officials said no one was injured and blamed an overturned transformer for the scary mishap.
Local travel chaos extended beyond the subways, too.
Only six of the Long Island Rail Road’s 11 branches were running Tuesday morning. LIRR officials said in a statement in the afternoon that there would be “regular weekday service for Wednesday morning’s commute with some schedule modifications.”
Dozens of Amtrak cancellations also left hundreds of passengers stranded at Penn Station.
Air travelers fared no better, with thousands of flights in and out of the region’s airports canceled as blizzard-related disruptions dragged on.
-Additional reporting by Reuven Fenton and Nicole Rosenthal
