People were stuck on F trains for hours after the power outage, the MTA said.
More than 24 hours after riders were left stranded for two hours, only escaping the stalled trains by navigating darkened subterranean tunnels, repair crews were underground Friday morning to begin inspecting the damage left by the blast captured on camera.
Transit officials say they had backup systems in place when the substation blew. But the backup facilities, much like the equipment beneath Smith Street, are nearly a century old. "The failure of one substation means we have redundancy. We can power through adjacent substations but those substations are substantially at a state of disrepair," Torres-Springer said.The MTA said power was lost around 5:30 p.m. between Jay Street-Metrotech and Hoyt-Schermerhorn stations in Brooklyn because of the underground fire, which disrupted service on the A, C, F and G lines at the height of the evening rush.
"New Yorkers deserve a world-class subway system, and thousands of commuters experienced unacceptable service issues last night due to an electrical issue," Hochul said in a statement Thursday."No one deserves to be trapped underground for two hours, or face such significant delays when trying to commute home from work."
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