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  • 6:30am, whatever trains were running were already packed. The E was local, and stopped frequently due to “congestion”.

    Posted by West
    on August 9th, 2007 at 8:17 am

  • I also saw that on the MTA’s website before I left for work this morning, so I took the LIRR again to avoid the “extensive delays.” I didn’t want to find out how “extensive” those delays were and didn’t want to get trapped on the train for an “extensive” period of time.

    Posted by queensgirl
    on August 9th, 2007 at 9:44 am

  • I took the E into midtown this morning (8:30), it was fine.

    Posted by Peter
    on August 9th, 2007 at 11:33 am

  • I waited 15 minutes for a PACKED and as usual slow F. I didn’t check the website otherwise I would have LIRRed it again.
    What confuses me, is that if the trains are there and the tracks are clear, why cant they dispatch the trains at the normal rate?
    Also, in the 15 min I waited no E’s past, 2 or 3 often do, so they weren’t being sent out normally either.

    Posted by imdesi
    on August 9th, 2007 at 1:02 pm

  • I took the R train this morning (just after a V pulled out of the station despite reports that the V was not running in either direction). It ran normally, but was MUCH less crowded. I guess people were still subway-shy, as expected.

    Posted by Smile5588
    on August 9th, 2007 at 1:05 pm

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The morning after

Posted by Steve on Thursday, August 9th, 2007

So yesterday’s subway service interruptions weren’t a Queens thing, obviously. Commuters were stranded throughout the city. But what about this morning, 24 hours later? How’s the system doing? Take it, MTA:

e and f trains are running local in both directions.

e, f and r  trains are running with extensive delays.

… And that’s it. Good to know that even when everybody suffers, we still suffer longer.