Traffic & Transit
Scooter Joyride Aboard Train Snarls Subways, MTA Says
Trains on the F line were briefly delayed so the MTA could remove a passenger operating a scooter inside a train car.
MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — Trains on the F line were briefly delayed Friday afternoon in Manhattan when a passenger began to operate a battery-powered scooter inside a train car, MTA officials said.
The joyriding passenger was removed from the train at the 57th Street and Sixth Avenue station in Midtown, transit officials said.
"Please don't ride your scooter, bike, skateboard on the train. Leave the 'going places' part to us," the MTA said in a Tweet.
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An MTA spokesman said he could not provide any addition details about the scooter-riding passenger because the incident "didn't cause a major delay." Delays on the F line lasted around 4 minutes.
Downtown F trains are moving again after we removed the customer and their scooter from a train at 57 St. It turns out the scooter was battery powered. Either way, please don't ride your scooter, bike, skateboard on the train. Leave the "going places" part to us.
— NYCT Subway (@NYCTSubway) October 25, 2019
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