N, Q, R, W, D, F Subway Lines All Screwy After MTA Halts Train Due to Weird Noise

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — City transit officials halted a train early Wednesday evening at the 59th Street-Lexington Avenue subway station, on the border of Midtown and the Upper East Side, because the train made a weird noise.

"We're investigating a noise that came from the train," an MTA spokeswoman told Patch.

The train conductor heard a strange noise coming from down near the rails around 4 p.m., so he stopped the train to investigate, the spokeswoman said.

A short while later, MTA crews discovered a "track condition" at the station, and set about repairing the track, according to the MTA. (The spokeswoman could not say whether the two incidents were related.)

The northbound N, Q, R, W, D and F lines were all screwy Wednesday evening as a result of both the weird noise and the broken train track.

Until around 6 p.m. — when all train service returned to normal, albeit with "extensive delays" — northbound N trains were running on the Q line from the 57th Street-7th Avenue station to the 96th Street station. Northbound R trains were running on the F line from the 57th Street-7th Avenue station to the 36th Street station in Queens. Northbound W train service was terminating completely at the 59th Street-Lexington Avenue station.

Some R trains, meanwhile, were running on the D line from the DeKalb Avenue station in Downtown Brooklyn to the West 4th Street-Washington Square station in mid-Manhattan, then over the M line to the 36th Street station in Queens.

"Expect delays, in D, F, N, Q, R and W train service in both directions," the MTA said on its website at the height of the mess. "Allow additional travel time." Check the MTA's site for all further service updates.

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