restoration of nyc subway

How long will it take to restore this 108 year old very strong system due to the flooding from storm sandy?

It will take days to restore some service,longer for the flooded out sections,done in stages as Con Ed gets power up and running to
the Sub Stations.

There's news that the Army Corps of Engineers is enroute to NYC to help in the pump out of NYCTA system,
The bus side of MTA has started Limited ops at 5:oopm today

There will be some service restored as of 11/1/12.

1 & 2 trains will terminate at Times Square
4 & 6 trains will terminate at Grand Central
There is no 3 service.

D and F trains will terminate at 34th St/Herald Square
N trains will terminate at 34th St/Broadway

A trains will operate from 168th St to 34th St/Penn Station
There will be no C or E service.

There is no direct service between Manhattan and Brooklyn. There will be shuttle buses from 57th St/Lexington Av and Atlantic Av/Barclays Center (4 to New Lots, 5 to Flatbush), Jay St/MetroTech (F to Av X and R to 95th St) and Hewes St (J to Jamaica Center)

For a copy of the service notice: http://www.mta.info/sites/default/files ... 103112.pdf
For a special Hurricane service map: http://www.mta.info/sites/default/files ... 312012.pdf

The A train route was badly damaged/washed away across Jamaica Bay(ex-LIRR bridge),any idea of a timeline to restore service?
This will need to take weeks,or months to rebuild,after the rest of NYCTA is up and running??