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January 25, 2005
A, C Line Fire

Note to self: If moving back to New York anytime in the next several years, do not live or work on the A or C lines.

A simple fire has crippled the city's Eighth Ave. subway line for as long as five years - forcing nearly 600,000 subway riders to suffer while the Transit Authority tries to find a fix.

The entire C line may be knocked out until 2010, TA President Lawrence Reuter said yesterday.

Repairs will cost "millions of dollars," he said, adding that it could take three to five years to replace what was destroyed.

Riders were stunned the TA couldn't move faster.

"You're kidding me!" said administrative assistant John Nelson, 49, of the Bronx. "I thought it would be something they could fix in a day or two. But three to five years? That's terrible. I'm going to have to rearrange my schedule."

Nelson isn't the only one.

The C line has 110,000 daily riders. Add to that the 470,000 riders on the A line - which will run local between 207th and 145th Sts. - and you have nearly 600,000 people in pain.

New York Daily News

Scot Anthony (no relation) offered this awesomely typical New Yorker quote: "It sounds like the M.T.A. is using it as an excuse to save money by cutting service."

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