NYC Subway Delays: 7 Lines Delayed By Signal Problem

NEW YORK, NY —A signal problem caused chaos on the subways Wednesday morning, delaying several lines and rerouting A and C trains for close to two hours. Service on those two lines finally got back to normal around 11:15 a.m. after the problem was fixed between Chambers Street and Fulton Street in Lower Manhattan, New York City Transit said.

Straphangers should still expect delays on the A, C, E, B, D, F and M lines and consider alternate routes in Manhattan and Brooklyn, the MTA said.

"We are continuing to troubleshoot and working to resolve the root issue," New York City Transit said on Twitter.

The problems forced A and C trains to stop along the D line from Columbus Circle to Broadway-Lafayette in Manhattan, then on the F line to Jay Street-MetroTech in Brooklyn starting just after 9:30 a.m., according to NYC Transit.

C trains ran with what the MTA called "extremely limited" service during the hangup, while M train riders faced limited service north of Delancey Street-Essex Street.

One straphanger wrote on Twitter that he was stuck underground between Canal and Chambers streets for 45 minutes on a C train that was evacuated.

"Maybe I should just get a sleeping bag and an Equinox membership at the gym downstairs from my office and live out of if because @MTA clearly doesn't care whether I get to work or not," Tony Choi tweeted.

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