NYC Subway Delays: Stopped Train, Signal Woes Hit Commutes

NEW YORK, NY — Another day, another tough commute. J train service was halted in Lower Manhattan Tuesday morning after signal problems at the bustling 34th Street-Herald Square transit hub delayed five lines.

J trains briefly stopped running between Broad Street and Delancey Street-Essex Street because a train's brakes were automatically activated at Bowery, the MTA said.

J and M train service had resumed as of 8:49 a.m., the MTA said, though the agency warned of delays as congestion cleared.

But some straphangers on Twitter complained that passengers were kicked off M and Z trains at Hewes Street in Brooklyn, leaving them stuck on a sweltering platform.

"This is the second time this has happened to me in two weeks, again, you give no explanation on the train," Chelsea Bennington tweeted. "What are you doing??"

Commuters also tweeted photos showing packed platforms at the Marcy Avenue J stop in Williamsburg.

"This is NOT fun in a heatwave," Suzanne Palau wrote.

The shutdown followed signal problems at Herald Square that created delays on the B, D, F, M and G lines earlier Tuesday morning.

The woes forced F trains to run express in Manhattan and rerouted some over the G and E lines in Brooklyn and Queens, according to MTA alerts. Service was back to normal as of 8:17 a.m., New York City Transit said on Twitter.

The problems came amid planned work on seven train lines Tuesday morning, according to the MTA's website.

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