MTA Promises 'Appropriate Discipline' After Poorly Secured Trash Falls on Tracks, Stranding Q Train Twice and ...

Steinway Tunnel, which shuttles 7 trains under the East River between 42nd Street in Manhattan and 51st Avenue in Long Island City, shut down service on the line at the height of the morning rush. No. 7 train service was held in both directions as the FDNY investigated around 9 a.m. It was restored within about 20 minutes.The disruptions caused major overcrowding on platforms from Queens to Manhattan to Brooklyn. Photos posted to social media showed throngs of riders stuck on the platform at Delancey Street while at least one Twitter user described "knee-deep" crowds after being transferred from a No. 7 train because of the smoke condition. Frustrated straphangers blasted the MTA on Twitter.So who still has faith in the MTA these days? I just expect failure 80% of the time. — tinyt1na (@jerzztina) August 23, 2017literally more than 100 people stuck at court square unable to even get down to the crowded platform for the F/M thank you once again @MTApic.twitter.com/j0nR3ozo9S — Kari Paul (@kari_paul) August 23, 2017Hey @MTA after being kicked off the 7 due to smoke in the tunnel (!) I'm now knee deep in crowds waiting for delayed E trains. #wtf — Erica(Plotkin)Sklar (@MediaMynx) August 23, 2017@NYCTSubway fire on the tracks manhattan bound - between queens plaza and court square??? At least update your website — M.L Vargas (@galahar1109) August 23, 2017I put my timer on to see how long these "delays" on the train would be. From queens plaza to Lexington it took... Thank you @MTApic.twitter.com/zQgDHiSz9J — Genesis (@gennaxO) August 23, 2017Rail customers didn't escape their own headaches Wednesday. Long Island Rail Road customers on the Ronkonkoma line were stuck at stations or delayed during the evening rush hour because of signal problems near Deer Park. It comes on the same day a new poll found that a considerable majority of LIRR riders are dissatisfied with service. Earlier in the morning, a non-passenger New Jersey Transit train derailed inside New York Penn Station, but no one was hurt and service was running on or close to schedule by the time the peak morning commute got underway, officials said. An NJ Transit spokesperson said an Amtrak crew was operating the train out of the yard around 4:25 a.m. when the engine came off the tracks at Track 4. The train cars were blocking tracks 1 through 5, which are not the ones already subject to closure for Amtrak's summer-long infrastructure overhaul.Top Tri-State News PhotosService on the Northeast Corridor, North Jersey Coast, Morris & Essex and Montclair-Boonton lines was subject to about 20-minute delays for a time. Officials had cautioned delays and cancellations were possible for the morning rush, but NJ Transit said around 6:30 a.m. that the engine had been re-railed and service in and out of Penn was operating on or close to schedule. a target="_blank" href="http://www.nbcnewyork.com/traffic/transit/NJ-Transit-Penn-Station-Amtrak-MTA-Metro-North-LIRR-Commute-New-York-Derail-... (NBC New York)