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The Port Jervis commuter line, cleaved in two by raging floodwaters roiled by Tropical Storm Irene, reopens Monday.  The August storm washed out 14 miles of track, and was the most severe damage sustained by a transit agency in modern history.

Metro-North Railroad said service along the length of the Port Jervis line of badly damaged by Tropical Storm Irene should be restored by the end of the year.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is getting ready to invest millions of dollars to repair the Port Jervis train line on the western side of the Hudson River. The authority is paying an engineering firm $500,000 to figure out how to repair damage from Tropical Storm Irene.