World Trade Center Train Back on Track
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT.  THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: Want to go back to Manhattan right now. New York's ground zero still remains a cavernous reminder of the tragedy on September 11, but there is indeed a glimmer of light at the end of a very dark tunnel there. The commuter line that once funneled people to the towers is back on track today, a subtle yet reassuring presence on the road to recovery. From New York now, Deborah Feyerick explains.</s>DEBORAH FEYERICK, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Starting today, the E train is back on track, its normal route ending at the World Trade Center. We're getting on here at 34th Street near Madison Square Garden and the Empire State Building. We're here at 34th Street, the blue line. E train travels from Queens, cuts across midtown, then goes down the west side of Manhattan. Since the September 11 attacks, the train has stopped short, officials keeping the train far away from ground zero. Riders have been doing a lot of walking.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Very difficult. Takes me an extra 40 minutes to get into work in the morning.</s>FEYERICK: It's 8:00 in the morning, usually this train would be packed, but everything's been different since September 11. Sir, what would this train normally be like?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It would be wall to wall with people.</s>FEYERICK: Is it surprising just how empty it is today?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It is, but I think -- I think a lot of people don't know that the subway is open yet so.</s>FEYERICK: And also you had a lot of people working at the World Trade Center go in there that day.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes. Yes, I know.</s>FEYERICK: This is Canal Street, about a mile north of the World Trade Center. People going all the way down to Manhattan used to have to transfer here.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's more convenient, you know, just take one train straight from home and I can walk up to John Street.</s>FEYERICK: Unlike the one and nine subway lines which sustained major damage when steel beams came crashing through the ceiling destroying the tunnel, the E line here at Chambers and World Trade Center sustained only cosmetic damage.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You may now enter through the Church and Fulton Street exit on to your left.</s>FEYERICK: Through these gates, past the turnstiles, there's a white wall. That used to be the grand concourse of the World Trade Center. There were lots of shops and lots of places to eat. You could actually go underground to straight up to your office in the Twin Towers without ever having to go outside. With the concourse all boarded up, everybody's shifting going this way out. Sir, this is the first time you've ridden this train. What's it like?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Actually, it feels good to be coming back downtown, at least this way, you know, because even though I was taking one other train, it still wasn't your normal routine so you felt out of sorts. So it feels good to be getting back into, you know, what you've done for the last how many years, you know.</s>FEYERICK: It may not seem like a big deal opening part of the subway line, but imagine if somebody closed down half of main street. At least this gesture to New Yorkers is one step closer to getting back to normal. The finding our bearings may be a different matter. You take a look, this is exactly where the World Trade Center used to be. Two massive buildings here with the others surrounding it, and now those are the buildings that you see. What kind of an impact is this having on you right now?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It has a big impact. I was here on 9-11. I was about four blocks away.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The last time I was here was that morning when everything was on fire so I'm just very shocked and...</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes. Yes.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Everything that gets back to the way it was or improves is definitely building our healing process for this city, for the people. Deborah Feyerick, CNN, New York.</s>HEMMER: Thank you, Deborah. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com