NYC Subways: Delays Hit 9 Lines During Morning Rush Hour

NEW YORK CITY — Wednesday's workday likely got off to a slow start for many New Yorkers, thanks to subway delays.

Delays hit at least eight MTA subway lines during Wednesday's morning rush hour, officials said.

Debris on tracks, brake activations, people in need of medical help and mechanical problems were among the issues that caused trains to slow, according to MTA alerts.

And, in what likely rattled straphangers given recent violence in the subway system, a disruptive person on a train also prompted delays, officials said.

"Northbound F trains are running with delays after NYPD removed a person being disruptive from a train at Jay St-MetroTech," the MTA tweeted shortly before 9 a.m.

The F train was further delayed in both directions because of debris on the tracks near 65th Street, an MTA post stated.

F trains headed south, as well as E line trains, were delayed as crews investigated why a train's brakes activated at Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Avenue station, officials said.

Trains along the 4 and 5 lines headed north were delayed as crews requested medical help for someone at 14th Street-Union Square, the MTA posted.

Two separate incidents — a person in need of medical help and a disruptive passenger — also prompted delays for R trains headed south at Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Avenue station about 8 a.m., a post states.

D and N trains headed north ran with delays because of a door problem on a train at 36th Street, according to a post.

Court Square-bound G trains were delayed because of a mechanical problem at Broadway station, officials said.

And A trains headed north ran with delays after the South Channel Bridge opened for marine traffic to pass, officials said.