DID UMBRELLA CAUSE SHUTDOWN? Click here. 5 pm UPDATE 12:45 pm UPDATE 12:30 pm UPDATE Original Post The trains stopped running around 11 a.m., in tunnels and on the elevated tracks.
A passenger who called in to NY1 said her car is packed — and hot — and while within sight of Queensboro Plaza, the elevated bridge is too icy and dangerous to venture out on.
Passengers are tweeting under #7Train and outraged that they’re not getting updates from the agency, which is boosting fares a quarter to $2.75.
Insult to injury, indeed.
If you’re stuck on the train, tweet to @nyc_oz.
— John A. Oswald
From the MTA:
Due to an ice condition on the third rail, MTA New York City Transit is currently only running a limited shuttle service on the 7 line between Flushing-Main Street and 74 St-Broadway in both directions. Shuttle buses are currently running between Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av and 74 St-Broadway in both directions. Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) is cross honoring at the following stations: Penn Station, Flushing, Mets-Willets Point, Woodside, and Hunters Point. 7 line customers whose final destination is Flushing are advised to use the LIRR as an alternate. Customers looking to get to/travel from Queensboro Plaza can take the N or Q . Customers looking to get to/travel from Long Island City can take the E or M to Court Sq. Customers can also take the EFMR for service to Jackson Heights.
MTA posting updates at this link.
Here are transit alternatives:
Subways:E, F, R, N and Q.
Buses: Q32, Q60
LIRR: cross-honoring fares at Flushing, Woodside, Willets Pt, Hunters Pt.
A stalled train that halted the busy line is being towed. Passenger Delores O’Keefe said that many passengers only recently got the alert from the MTA that there was a problem. “I could have told them that two hours ago,” she said.
No luck for 7 train riders this morning: Ice on the third rail has shut the entire line down, from Times Square to Flushing-Main Street.
#7train riders trying to get to Manhattan today pic.twitter.com/gZs13jKzKW
— Alex Fitzpatrick (@AlexJamesFitz) February 2, 2015
I was stuck on the #7train a long time at corona. Gave up while I could, turned around, working from home. And the #mta wants a fare hike 😐
— Cammi (@Cammiluna) February 2, 2015
2 hours later, the train is backing up and heading queens bound! At least it’s movement? #7train
— Lindsey B Maliekel (@lllbuller) February 2, 2015
#7train It has been two hours since I’m on this train. Command center doesn’t know how to rescue us. pic.twitter.com/u3e4IHb1Yi
— Leon Chang (@Savemejebuxs) February 2, 2015
