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NYC subway shut down trapping passengers in the dark

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subway riders who were trapped in the dark after the transit system was crippled for five hours can blame one MTA employee who pressed the wrong button and not a power outage, investigators said Friday. 

The unnamed MTA employee pushed the ’emergency power off’ button around 8.30pm on August 29, according to HDR and WSP, the engineering firms hired to perform the investigation, New York Governor Kathy Hochul said. 

The numbered lines, as well as the L train, were affected — half of the city transit system — leaving 80 trains and more than 500 passengers affected, according to . 

Five trains were still in the tunnels when the power went out, with the last one pulling into the station around 1.30am. 

Hochul (pictured outside Bowling Green Subway Station) reported that two other trains were evacuated by authorities and the remaining train was able to eventually re-platform

Hochul (pictured outside Bowling Green Subway Station) reported that two other trains were evacuated by authorities and the remaining train was able to eventually re-platform

The numbered lines and the L trains were affected

The system was not fully restored until approximately 1.30am, leaving passengers in on the trains for five hours

The numbered lines and the L trains were affected. The system

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    NJ Transit's Train 3881 was stuck without power or ventilation for 10 hours on September 1

    NJ Transit’s Train 3881 was stuck without power or ventilation for 10 hours on September 1

    Heavy flooding across New York and New Jersey from Hurricane Ida left passengers stranded. The train left New York's Penn Station at 7.43pm on September 1 and was bound for Trenton when it became disabled east of Newark International Airport

    Heavy flooding across New York and New Jersey from Hurricane Ida left passengers stranded. The train left New York’s Penn Station at 7.43pm on September 1 and was bound for Trenton when it became disabled east of Newark International Airport

    Some passengers didn't make it to their destinations until 7am due to the flooding

    Some passengers didn’t make it to their destinations until 7am due to the flooding 

    It was nearly six hours before the roughly 200 passengers on board received any relief, when cops arrived and opened the doors around 4am to give them water.

    But they remained stranded until a rescue train was able to tow them to the newark nj to nyc Airport station an hour later.

    From there, the passengers were able to get on other trains — with several recounting to CNN that they didn’t make it to their destinations until well after 7am. 

    ‘I am directing mitigation steps to ensure riders are not interrupted by these causes ever again. New Yorkers deserve absolute confidence in a fully functioning subway system, and it is our job to restore that confidence,’ Hochul said at the time. 

    She thanked the train conductors for handling the majority of the situation and keeping passengers informed. 

    ‘I do want to thank all the transit workers, especially the conductors, who had the weight of responsibility on their shoulders. To go through all the trains, sometimes 10 in number, to let people know verbally what they were experiencing,’ she said. ‘There was no communication than what the conductor could say on the PA system or verbally on the trains.’  

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