Tuesday, March 13, 2012

MTA Reporting Delays on F Train Roosevelt Island Service Due To Police Activity At Roosevelt Avenue

Image of Blurred, Moving F Train From Venus in Furs

According to Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC) advisory at 9:51 AM:
We have been advised by the MTA that due to police activity at the Roosevelt Avenue Station, F Train service to Roosevelt Island is sporadic and delayed. Please allow for extra travel time.

Sincerely,

Roosevelt Island Operating Corp Advisories Group
More info available at the MTA.

An update from RIOC and the MTA at 10:10 AM reports that regular Roosevelt Island F train subway service has been restored

UPDATE 11:40 AM - Gothamist reports:
An unidentified man was fatally struck by an E train as it entered the Roosevelt Avenue station at approximately 9:10 a.m. this morning. The FDNY tells us the victim was pronounced DOA, and the MTA restored power about an hour later, once the body was removed. As a result, one tipster says it took two hours to get from Forest Hills to midtown this morning, and an MTA spokesman says E and F trains were running local between 71 Ave and Queens Plaza and bypassing Roosevelt Avenue in both directions for about an hour....