Subway disruptions due to cracks found under tracks

Fox - 5 NY
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Aug 31, 2026
you. It was a very hectic and stressful Monday for a lot of commuters. We've
been checking in with the M. C. A. Throughout the day just before coming
on the air. The M. T. A. Referring our news team to its website. That's where
you could see updates. Although there are no active delays right now,
there's a banner and there you could see that there are still service
disruptions to the A B C and D lines and that's been a problem from 125th to
59th going downtown, but also uptown trains are being affected as well. Let
me tell you how this all happened. The M. T. A. Said that planned construction
over the weekend between 125th and 59th. It led to the discovery of cracks
underneath the track bed at 81st Street and Central Park West. The M. T. A.
Right now has been focusing on addressing the cracks, temporary
maintenance underway starting yesterday into today. There will be
permanent repairs were told at a later date this weekend. There were
commuting headaches due to planned work and then this morning downtown local
service was suspended. But those express trains were still running between 125th
and 59. That was the case also on the weekend. So we did see delays even on
the express trains. Basically the A. B. C. And D. Lines had issues this
weekend and that continued this morning. All of it again between 125th and
Columbus Circle. It was creating the major issues downtown. But now today we
saw uptown trains also being affected. There's alternates in place. I'll give
you those in just a second. First, I want you to hear from some commuters
expressing frustration earlier today.
Stop and go stressful. Very stressful. Is it frustrating? Well, yes, but what
can we do? What can we do also today? On top of all this problems with
refilling Omni cards at stations and online, we talked to people who were
impacted by that on this Monday as well.
No, I wasn't able to happen this morning. Yeah, I tried to load it with
my car. No, it wasn't successful. I tried to debit cards and when I keep
saying cancel, I know I got money on the part, but it won't go through
on social media. The M. C. A. Saying prefilled Omni cards do work. And of
course, you can always tap with your debit or credit card. As you know,
Steve. Now, when it comes to those alternates, very important because if
you had the headaches coming in going to work, for example, you don't want to
deal with that going home, right? So the 1, 2 and three lines is the
recommendation from the M. T. A.
