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Multiple subway lines will be out of commission for the first workday of the year on Monday as COVID-19 surges among the MTA’s workforce, transit officials said. Officials took the B, W and Z ...
The MTA removed all 298 of the R179 trains — which cost a combined $635 million — from service this week “out of an abundance of caution,” after the doors on one train car partially opened ...
As New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority plans to raise fares and cut service, the Z train — running from Jamaica, Queens to Wall Street — is in peril.
The W was the last train to be restored; the B and Z resumed service earlier this week. In a statement Sunday, the MTA said only 7% of its train operators and conductors are now out with COVID ...
Regular subway riders have already noticed something recently about their commute: changes in train schedules. “Lately, for like the last month and a half, delays. I sat at the station for like ...
The lack of R179s forced MTA officials to move train cars normally used on the L line to the J and Z lines, which in turn forced rush hour service on the L train to be slashed. R179 subway cars at ...
The MTA on Tuesday night pulled roughly 300 of its newest subway cars out of service, the latest screw-up in a $600 million contract that has been plagued with delays. Bombardier, the Montreal-base… ...
In December, lack of available train crews led to 632 delayed trains every weekday, making up 40% of all train delays; The MTA hired 400 train operators and 400 conductors last year.