Stay away from defective doors.
Defective doors on six different subway trains, along with other unrelated mechanical, signal and passenger issues, combine to cause a collective commute headache for those hanging on their slings on a cold, rainy Friday morning. It became.
MTA alerts show delays on 16 of New York City's 25 subway lines during the morning rush hour.
“When we got to the station, it took forever for the doors to open,” one frustrated J train passenger complained to the Post.
There was more than one thing that caused the delay.
Instead, problems piled up by chance when New Yorkers bid “TGIF” during Labor Week.
The door issue occurred on two different E trains, as well as cars on J, N/Q, 6 and 7 lines, according to the MTA.
The B, D, L and N trains were experiencing signal problems, according to an MTA alert.
Trains departing around 5 a.m. were delayed on multiple lines, including the E, F and L lines, due to mechanical and maintenance issues, according to the alert.
Melissa Jackson, 39, who was waiting for the L train in Union Square, said the slow train lengthened her day to run errands in the city.
“It's definitely below average,” said Jackson, who lives in Williamsburg.
“It's not as bad as the holiday service, but it feels a little slower,” she said.
Another straphanger, who gave her name as Estefany, complained that the service was always poor when she had to ride the N and 6 lines uptown for work.
“I've noticed that it's always worse in the morning, and it's even worse in the morning because you're more anxious about whether you'll make it on time,” she said.
MTA officials warned that straphanger warnings may not reflect actual delay times.
Thursday's accident at Herald Square caused speed reductions on the Northern, Q, R and Western lines, which were resolved within 15 minutes and ultimately delayed 12 trains, officials said.
New York City Transit Authority President Demetrius Crichlow, responding to questions from the Post about Friday's delays, focused on the positives.
“Reliability, on-time delivery and customer satisfaction are the highest they have been in 12 years,” he said in a statement.
“Doors don't break at an abnormal rate; there's no pattern when they do. Some of the door-related delays are caused by passengers leaving the door open.”
— Additional reporting by Aneeta Bhole and Craig McCarthy
