governor both said, earlier this morning, we received an alert of the explosion that happened in the tunnel. and immediately, the mta and the transit authority shut down the lines on the eighth avenue line, the a, the c, the e. many of them were re-routed. i will tell you right now, they are all back. the only disruption we have right now is that on both the 7th avenue line, as well as the 8th avenue line, we re bypassing the times square 42nd street corridor. and also, the shuttle between grand central and times square is currently shut down. we expect it to be back up and normal by this evening s rush hour. i do want to also state that on november 6th, just a month or so ago, we had a tabletop exercise with the nypd to coordinate our efforts in the event that something like this ever happened. and the result of that was today, in less than two hours, we are back, totally up to speed and getting our passengers around.
than the initial expectation and fear. you had a number of law enforcement agencies that did a fantastic job. the nypd the papd, the port authority police, the mta police. they were all on it. you see behind us representatives of all the agencies coordinated. the assistant director of the fbi, bill sweeney, is here. so everyone worked together. there was an explosion. the police commissioner will go over the details. it was a minor it was an effectively low-tech device. there were several injuries, we hope, minor. and it was handled extraordinarily well. there was a disruption in train service and bus service while a sweep was being done. that s all being restored now, as you ll hear from joe loda.
than the initial expectation and fear. you had a number of law enforcement agencies that did a fantastic job. the nypd, the papd, the port authority police, the mta police, they were all on it. you see behind us, representatives of all the agencies coordinated. the assistant director of the fbi bill sweeney is here. so everyone worked together. there was an explosion. the police commissioner will go over the details. it was a minor an effectively low tech device. there were several injuries. we hope minor. and it was handled extraordinarily well. there was a disruption in train service, in bus service. while a sweep was being done.
it is free of traffic. and i am about two blocks south of where morgan is. and there, that awning that you see on left-hand side of your screen, that s the entrance to the port authority. it s in there, that s where that explosion happened. the police have done a really great job of controlling access to this area. you can only get here by foot. but new yorkers are all taking it in stride. everybody s walking to work as people come by this scene, they get out their cameras, they take some pictures. all the stores around us, the coffee shops, the restaurants, they re open and ready for business. so the only thing this seems to have disrupted is the traffic and then some of the subways here in new york. and some of the bus traffic. because as morgan said the port authority is sort of the heartbeat, if you will, of new york s transit system. and to have that disrupted on a monday morning means it s going to be tough for people to get to work. but what is absolutely striking is that the ci
as it is commissioners both said, earlier this morning, we received an alert of the explosion that happened in the tunnel and immediately the mta and transit authority shut down the lines on the 8th avenue line, the a, the b. many of them were rerouted. i will tell you right now they are all back. the only disruption we have right now is both the 7th avenue line as well as the 8th avenue line, we re bypassing the times square 42nd street corridor and also the shuttle between grand central and times square is shut down. we expect it to be back up and normal by this evening s rush hour. i do want to also state that on november 6th, just a month or so ago, we had a tabletop exercise with the nypd to coordinate our efforts in the event that something like this ever happened and the result of that was today in less than two hours we are back totally up to speed