Man On Tracks Delays N And Q Trains During Morning Commute

MIDTOWN, NY — A person on the subway tracks in the Times Square station snarled service to N, Q, R, W, B and F lines during the Wednesday morning commute, the MTA said.

The agency received a call about an unauthorized man on the tracks at the station at about 9:33 a.m., a spokeswoman for the MTA said. The incident cut service for Manhattan-bound N trains at 36th Street in Brooklyn and Manhattan-bound Q trains at Prospect Park, the agency said.

Manhattan-bound R trains stopped along the B line from DeKalb Avenue to 47-5o St. Rockefeller Center then along the F line to Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Avenue.

The man was taken off the tracks at about 9:45 a.m. and N, Q, R and W train service resumed with extensive delays during the rush hour, according to the MTA.

Straphangers reported on Twitter some trains in Queens were held for nearly 10 minutes at each stop or not being told a subway was running on a different line before they boarded.

A spokesman for the NYPD did not have any information about the incident.

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