A subway power outage halted service on several lines Tuesday morning in New York City.
The MTA said the subway signal system lost power at around 9 a.m. at the West 4th Street-Washington Square station in Lower Manhattan.
The A, B, C, D, E, F and M lines were all impacted. Some trains were not running and others were bypassing Manhattan stops.
MTA New York City Transit President Demetrius Crichlow said a substation that powers the subway and its signals tripped the signal system to turn red.
“The first call that we made was to Con Edison just to see what their system was showing. At that time, they did not have any power outages. So what we do in a circumstance like this, generally, it’s heat. Heat will cause a strain on the system, and so now we go through our triage to find out what caused the dip in power or surge in power that caused that breaker to trip,” said Crichlow.
Riders say they got mixed signals
Crews on platforms could be seen communicating with train operators as they pulled into stations. Some riders said they were stuck on board for nearly an hour.
“It was breathable, but everybody’s so compact. And we’re hearing we have to discharged the train, and then we’re hearing stay put,” rider Natalie Henry said.
“It was delayed like two hours, and we almost had to — they told us we had to disembark, they took like half the train off, then had them come back on,” said another rider on the F line.
The MTA said there were no reports of stuck trains, but some were moving very slowly.
The impacted lines ran with severe delays for hours, with some delays stretching into the evening rush. CLICK HERE for the latest service changes.
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