'Stuck On This Garbage For 20 Minutes': Extensive Delays On 7 Line After Report Of Tunnel Smoke
March 22, 2019, 9:06 a.m.
Also, in a separate incident, a dog who was trying to get to work today was taken into police custody.
Condolences if you had to take the 7 train this drizzly Friday morning. Service was suspended between Manhattan and Queens for at least a half hour after a report of smoke in the tunnel between the boroughs, and now there are "extensive delays."
There is no 7 train service between 34 St-Hudson Yards and Queensboro Plaza while FDNY investigates the source of smoke in the tubes between Manhattan and Queens.
Some Hudson Yards-bound 7 trains are ending at 74 St-Broadway, 61 St-Woodside and Queensboro Plaza.— NYCT Subway (@NYCTSubway) March 22, 2019
7 train service has resumed with extensive delays after FDNY investigated the source of smoke in the tubes between Manhattan and Queens.https://t.co/dAn6EtvX3V
— NYCT Subway (@NYCTSubway) March 22, 2019
The FDNY said they received a call at 7:49 about smoke in the tunnel but when firefighters checked it out, it was "unfounded." While the MTA offered details about the smoke condition aroung 8 a.m., some commuters were frustrated that they were waiting without any details on their trains:
@NYCTSubway why are manhattan bound 7 trains not moving?
— Bob Brodar (@Brandow427) March 22, 2019
@NYCTSubway there a 7 train out of service 7550 car no info passengers and myself are just standing here would love to get to work
— Simply Unique *John* (@Always_Uniique) March 22, 2019
@nyctsubway wtf is wrong with 7 trains? I’ve been stuck on this garbage for 20 minutes...
— djkocisi politics (@djkocisi2) March 22, 2019
@NYCTSubway what’s the excuse today that the 7 express won’t move heading towards manhattan? #mta
— Jen Kay (@JenKayComedy) March 22, 2019
@NYCTSubway where are the 7 trains? There have been insane delays and no heads up about the “FDNY activity” going on between QBP and Grand Central
— Samantha Perez (@przsamantha) March 22, 2019
At least one commuter regretted their decisions this morning:
@mta Decided not to take the Lirr to work today since I left my house an hour early to work. Took a chance with #7train. Big mistake. I should have known better. #neverfails pic.twitter.com/StD3kcMKYo
— L C (@Savemejebuxs) March 22, 2019
Others considered alternative means:
@NYCTSubway Hi will the 7 westbound currently at 5 AV be able to proceed to Hudson Yards anytime soon? Trying to decide if we need to get a car service
— Nathan Vance (@NathanVance1) March 22, 2019
Thank god my Uber came 🖕🏾🖕🏾🖕🏾fix the service let us know don’t have us waiting like sardines
— Simply Unique *John* (@Always_Uniique) March 22, 2019
I am among the zillions of people impacted by 7 train trouble this morning. So I'm standing in the rain waiting for a ferry to get to Manhattan. #FixOurTransit now. It's time. We need congestion pricing. pic.twitter.com/taMCbachSt
— Stu Gruskin (@stugruskin) March 22, 2019
In other subway news from this morning, a dog who was trying to get to work was taken into custody by the police...
Northbound R trains are running express from 36 St to Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr while we request NYPD assistance to retrieve an unattended dog from a train at Prospect Av.
Expect delays in D, N, and R train service.— NYCT Subway (@NYCTSubway) March 22, 2019
...and a raccoon tried to test the subway's reflexes:
Update: Manhattan-bound A trains are proceeding with delays after we moved a train with it brakes activated caused by a raccoon on the tracks near Broad Channel. https://t.co/tyZfnj8KLX
— NYCT Subway (@NYCTSubway) March 22, 2019
And even underground, you'll need an umbrella.
The nice thing about the @NYCTSubway is you don't have to be outside to know the weather. pic.twitter.com/LxvAQQNaOO
— Tamer Hadi 🇺🇸🇪🇬 (@tamer_hadi) March 22, 2019
3inch water pool @77th 4th ave R Subway station pic.twitter.com/A7I4ShqIsX
— Saba Akbar (@EhtishamNadeem1) March 22, 2019
