Hundreds of commuters were trapped underground for about two hours this morning when an E train broke down during rush hour.
According to the MTA, the packed E train broke down due to mechanical problems around 9:30 a.m. just past the Lexington Avenue/53rd Street station in Manhattan. The Post estimates that there were 850 passengers stuck onboard, and a lot of them apparently had phones, and used those phones to document and make their displeasure with the situation known.
Just rescued from a broken E train. Stuck underground for 2 hours. #gothamist #ny1 #StuckOntheE #mta pic.twitter.com/WOtqimI7pT
— greg wong (@gregwong) October 21, 2015
The E train is a nightmare today. #mta #nyc
— James G Morales (@jamesgabriel) October 21, 2015
A part of our E train fell off. Technicians couldn't fix it. https://t.co/zHUQ20kOux
— greg wong (@gregwong) October 21, 2015
The E train just assed me out, shit has me dumb late for work this morning
— Happi (@manofmaany) October 21, 2015
#nycsubway over 800 passengers were stuck on stalled e train for 2 hours. Good thing I had a seat. Still have to go to work. #onlyinnyc
— AlissaD (@alissasmurf) October 21, 2015
Got rescued from #Etrain after 2+ hours being underground. #nycsubway pic.twitter.com/jbzp4dpPPo
— Zabi Mazoori (@zabi_mazoori) October 21, 2015
@Denzealots #nycsubway over 800 passengers were stuck on stalled e train for 2 hours. Still going to work. pic.twitter.com/aFIgwZyQwj
— AlissaD (@alissasmurf) October 21, 2015
So happy to he above ground after 2+ hours stuck in the E tunnel! #etrain #mta @gothamist
— LP (@lptexpat) October 21, 2015
The problem turned out to be an electric-current collector failure. After they were picked up by rescue trains around 11:20 a.m., relieved straphangers broke into the customary celebratory subway song, DMX's "Party Up (Up In Here)."
After we getting on the rescue train, we partied it up NY style. #goodvibes #StuckOntheE #gothamist #mta #ny1 pic.twitter.com/HeOdetPfP7
— greg wong (@gregwong) October 21, 2015
That kooky E train! One minute you're panicking underground for nearly two hours, the next something magical and spontaneous happens:
ran into Lucy Lawless on the E train, life is so spontaneous and beautiful! #NYC #centralp… https://t.co/3Rvt5jGsez pic.twitter.com/VGBc4usa9z
— Central Park in pics (@fromcentralprk) October 20, 2015
If you found this commute frustrating, tell your state representatives and Governor Cuomo to stop robbing the MTA of badly needed funding and figure out a way to come up with more cash for a 21st Century transit system.
