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As MLB’s Home Run Derby ends, track fires knocks out Citi Field 7 train service

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Benjamin Kabak

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Update (11:46 p.m.): New York City Transit announces that 7 train service has resumed with residual delays. If you’re walking, mosey on over to the nearest 7 train stop. If you’re still around the stadium, your train will be there soon.

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Talk about bad timing: A few minutes before tonight’s Home Run Derby wrapped up at Citi Field, a track fire near 103rd St. shut down all 7 line service from Flushing – Main St. to 74 St.-Broadway. The MTA is urging customers to to take the Q66 bus or the LIRR at Flushing, Mets-Willets Point or Woodside-61 St. However, it’s very crowded near Citi Field, and I’d suggest making the 2.5-mile walk from Citi Field to meet up with the 7 or grab the E/F at 74th St. as a reliable alternative. With a critical mass, it’s a perfectly safe walk. I’m not going to be up for too much longer, but if anything else happens, I’ll update this post.

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7 responses to “As MLB’s Home Run Derby ends, track fires knocks out Citi Field 7 train service”

  1. Spendmore Wastemore

    Cause?

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    1. stephen – nyc

      I am guessing a spark from the wheels hit the one piece of combustible trash that the MTA’s awesome cleaning track cleaning system missed.
      /s just in case anyone misses it.

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  2. stephen – nyc

    I would like to point out that the fire caused more than just the one stop at the stadium to be knocked out. According to the alert I got, it was between Main St & 74th St.
    The good thing is that the service was restored some 26 minutes later (again, based on the alerts I received).
    I do admit that of all the lines in the system, if you’re going to have a track fire at that time, the #7 line was probably not the best one to have it on, due to the way-above-average number of passengers waiting to go somewhere.

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    1. Epson45

      Have look at the twitter pics. Damage was done. Crush loaded people going to the station, past midnight.

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  3. alen

    LIRR was still running

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  4. Spiderpig

    Going out to the Futures game on Sunday, there was a smoky condition at the Vernon-Jackson station around 1:45, with firefighters on the scene. Does anybody know what happened in that situation? I felt like my train might have been the last one through for a while, but I don’t think that ended up being the case.

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