SunRail
to Suspend Service Beginning Thursday Afternoon
Orlando
– Due to Hurricane Matthew, the Florida Department of
Transportation is suspending
SunRail commuter rail
service Thursday afternoon.
The
last southbound train (P317) departs DeBary at 12:00 p.m., and the last
northbound
train
(P318) departs Sand Lake at 1:15 p.m. This will allow staff time to
prepare for the
impending storm.
Hurricane preparations
include:
• securing
gates at over 130 grade crossings, including removal of longer gates
• demobilizing,
inspecting and storing train sets
• securing
equipment
After the storm and
when conditions stabilize, a complete inspection of the corridor is necessary
to assess the storm’s
impact and to prepare the corridor to reinstate rail service.
Unfortunately,
due to the uncertainty of the storm, we will be unable to operate normal
service
on Friday, October 7, 2016 or special event service for Saturday, October 8,
2016.
We
will continue to work with our partners to identify the next opportunity to
offer
SunRail
service on Saturday.
SunRail anticipates
resuming its normal operations Monday, October 10, 2016 with 36 regularly
scheduled train trips
per day.
Please check www.sunrail.com
for updates.
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