If some of your work colleagues arrive drenched in sweat, it might be due to the fact that the A, B, C, D, F, N, Q and R trains were all delayed. But for different reasons!
@MTA are there issues on the Brooklyn bound F train? We're stuck at 57th street and the conductor isn't making any announcements
— Shannon Mayo (@sgraceworld) August 23, 2017
Hi @mta we've been standing on the 7th Ave B/Q platform (at least 95 degrees) for 25 minutes.No trains. Pls send help. Or better, a train!
— Ethan McCarty (@ethanmcc) August 23, 2017
A train stalled at Canal Street, and then another one at DeKalb Avenue, which sent the B, D, N, Q, and R trains into delay mode:
Um, #Qtrain, care to make an appearance this morning?!? #MTA #wtf pic.twitter.com/PNW5ChWIbJ
— Ger Rigaud-Artenberg (@NYCGerRigaud) August 23, 2017
Details regarding B, D, F, N, Q and R service pic.twitter.com/drFKl9se1p
— NYCT Subway (@NYCTSubway) August 23, 2017
@NYCTSubway n/b B train sitting at mouth of Bway Lafeyette station. What's going on? No announcements.
— Brigid Black (@brigidblack) August 23, 2017
Details regarding B, D, And F train service pic.twitter.com/yftnPY6i9W
— NYCT Subway (@NYCTSubway) August 23, 2017
Gothamist Editor-in-Chief John Del Signore, already aggravated by "a 20-minute wait" for an M train at Marcy Avenue in Brooklyn, wound up on the F to Broadway-Lafayette, where he hopped onto what was supposed to be an uptown express B train. "Big mistake. Just sitting here in the steam," he said. "Passing the time naming the rivulets of sweat rolling down my back. They all empty into Lake Cuomo."
(Another F train finally arrived, rescuing Del Signore.)
On a packed F train this morning (John Del Signore / Gothamist)
There was also a sick passenger at Jay Street-Metrotech:
Following an earlier incident involving a sick customer at Jay St-MetroTech, A and C train service has resumed with delays.
— NYCT Subway (@NYCTSubway) August 23, 2017
@NYCTSubway no n/b a,c,e train for 10 minutes at w4 no announcements? What is going on
— (((Ari))) (@azeitz1520) August 23, 2017
Thanks for nothing @MTA delays delays delays E train R train. Probably every train. #lateforwork
— Sandy Paradise (@SpotLightSandy) August 23, 2017
To be fair, @NYCTSubway was really trying to respond to as many people as possible:
Sorry for the late replay. Were you able to board a train? There is a B approaching the station now. ^JP
— NYCT Subway (@NYCTSubway) August 23, 2017
Governor Cuomo, who controls the MTA, says congestion pricing can help fund the agency. Cuomo also wants NYC to kick in more money, and Mayor de Blasio is proposing to tax the rich.
Update: Then the 7 bit it, due to "FDNY activity" at Grand Central:
Thanks to multiple @MTA train lines all down at the same time, Court Sq looks like the zombie apocalypse cc @RidersNY @Gothamist @emmagf pic.twitter.com/7lRrx2QMZC
— Sean Ludwig (@seanludwig) August 23, 2017
Crazy train delay on 7 causing backup on E and M at ct square! 😩@JimmyVanBramer #7train #etrain #Sunnyside #Queens pic.twitter.com/Tyz4HlIZkP
— Heidi G (@hideeg) August 23, 2017
