New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is asking for an investigation into the subway meltdown that stranded hundreds of riders for hours beneath floor Wednesday night time, demanding the MTA do a deep dive into what went fallacious.
Consolidated Edison can be investigating.
The MTA says energy was misplaced round 5:30 p.m. between Jay Avenue-Metrotech and Hoyt-Schermerhorn stations in Brooklyn due to an underground fireplace, which disrupted service on the A, C, F and G traces on the top of the night rush. Trains alongside these traces misplaced energy, trapping prospects beneath floor, or needed to be rerouted.
Based on the MTA, 3,500 riders needed to be helped off two F trains that had been stalled resulting from energy loss. It took a number of hours to finish the evacuations, the company mentioned, which escalated reviews of underground chaos. Some individuals mentioned they needed to exit the trains utilizing underground upkeep tunnels.
— Jennifer Younger (@JenYoung2) December 12, 2024
Three further trains additionally misplaced energy and had been briefly caught, however managed to maneuver backward to stations with energy.
A complete of 4 individuals suffered minor accidents, in keeping with the FDNY. The incident was declared below management about three hours after it began, although service on A, C and F traces remained impacted into early Thursday.
trapped in an unpowered rush hour F prepare with no a/c for the final 70 minutes til fdny bought us out via a rattling upkeep tunnel at smith and atlantic pic.twitter.com/SmLxUmGMXt
— lap (@LaplaceInPlace) December 12, 2024
“We thank the hundreds of transit workers, firefighters, NYPD officers and responders from other agencies who worked to quickly assist riders on two trains stuck between stations following a Con Ed power failure,” NYC Transit President Demetrius Crichlow mentioned in a press release late Wednesday. “Fortunately, evacuations were orderly and there appear to be no serious injuries. NYC Transit will work with Con Ed to understand how a limited outage in a redundant system could create a significant disruption to service.”
— Maximillian (@MaxSholl) December 12, 2024
Was trapped in an F prepare with out energy underground close to Bergen for two hours, together with a number of hundred different justifiably pissed off New Yorkers. We needed to evacuate. pic.twitter.com/SCKyki3fXD
— Ryan McCarthy (@mccarthyryanj) December 12, 2024
