NEW YORK — Service along a New York City subway line was suspended Wednesday morning after the windows of dozens of cars were smashed, the MTA said. The incident interrupted the trip to work, in the middle of rush hour, for thousands of people.
The W line train was out of service for hours as the MTA said it was repairing trains that had been vandalized and other trains along the same yellow line (N, Q, R). Trains on lines B and D were also affected.
A total of 78 windows were broken in about 30 train cars in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens, the transit agency said. The damage was first found around midnight Wednesday and appears to have been caused while the trains were in use, not at a rail yard.
It was unclear what type of vandalism had occurred, as the transit agency did not immediately provide further details.
It was not known when service was expected to return to the line that runs from Astoria-Ditmars Boulevard in Queens to Whitehall Street-South Ferry in Lower Manhattan. It was also unclear where the vandalism had occurred or its extent.
An investigation is ongoing.
This is a developing story. Please check for updates.
2023-09-13 16:53:52
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