"Between January and June of this year, subway car problems nearly tripled compared to the same period in 2024-from 27 major incidents to 77. Most of those headaches happened on the E, F and R lines, where aging fleets are groaning under daily service. If you've found yourself stalled under the East River muttering "of course it's the F," you're not imagining it."
"It's not just the occasional sick passenger or an unruly raccoon ( yes, that happens, according to the New York Post ). Infrastructure and equipment failures were responsible for nearly one-third of all subway delays in 2024. Add in planned maintenance work and police or medical emergencies and you've got 80-percent of all delays right there. To be fair, not every train is limping along."
Subway car breakdowns nearly tripled between January and June 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, rising from 27 major incidents to 77. The E, F and R lines experienced the majority of those incidents as aging fleets struggled under daily service. Infrastructure and equipment failures accounted for nearly one-third of subway delays in 2024. Planned maintenance and police or medical emergencies raised the combined share of delays to about 80 percent. The L train achieved 91.9 percent on-time performance in 2024, while the B and F lines registered 64.2 percent and 70 percent, respectively. A $55 billion MTA capital plan includes over $10 billion for new subway cars.
Read at Time Out New York
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