Traffic & Transit
7 Trains Extensively Delayed After Grand Central Bust, MTA Says
Transit officials warned straphangers to expect massive delays after a 7 train broke down at Grand Central Tuesday morning.
NEW YORK CITY -- A busted 7 train at Grand Central jammed up service between Manhattan and Queens during Tuesday morning rush hour, officials said.
MTA officials suspended 7 train service from about 5:40 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. as they pulled a train with mechanical problems from the tracks in midtown Manhattan.
Trains were up and running again by about 6:45, with reduced service from 34th Street-Hudson Yards to Queensboro Plaza, but the MTA warned straphangers to expect extensive delays in both directions.
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New Yorkers took to Twitter to share that they were less than pleased.
Work train in the way during rush hour. This one is also broken. So not only is your time management awful but you can't maintain your slow moving work trains. Get ready L train riders this is your future for the next year & a half. Get your alternatives together.
— Sarah Ritz (@exenezoom) April 16, 2019
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— charles william (@skroobal) April 16, 2019
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