UPDATE: G Train Delays Will NOT Last Through the Weekend

Image courtesy of Katie Lorah/Instagram

A southbound G Train traveling through Brooklyn around 10:15 p.m. on Thursday night derailed just south of the Hoyt-Schermerhorn station, near Boerum Hill, a spokesman for the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) told Patch.

Approximately 100 passengers riding the train had to be escorted down the pitch-black subway tunnel by first responders and evacuated through an emergency exit, according to the FDNY.

“It only took 14 years of living in NYC but... True life! My train derailed and we got evacuated through the tunnel!” wrote passenger Katie Lorah on Instagram.

Three very minor injuries were reported, including one woman who was treated for dizziness.

Although the MTA originally predicted that repairs could take all weekend, officials unexpectedly announced at 4:30 p.m. on Friday that full service had been restored. (With a few “residual delays” — but when isn’t the G Train residually delayed, really.)

Seventy-five feet of subway wall were reportedly shredded by the derailed G train.

A passenger on the train told Gothamist what it felt like when the front wheels veered off the tracks:

“We pulled out of the Fulton stop around 10:30 this evening and were approaching Hoyt-Schermerhorn when the train suddenly jolted to a stop. There was a loud thumping/scraping noise that was immediately recognizable as NOT GOOD. Train leaned noticeably to the right, then the lights cut out.”

The MTA is investigating whether the train could have hit concrete that fell from a tunnel wall, according to AMNY.