Subway Snag on Lexington Line | New York City News

New York City News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 9, 2026 · 1m

Subway chaos hit Wednesday evening as wiring failures on the Lexington Avenue line triggered massive delays across the 4, 5, and 6 trains. A critical automated train supervision system went down between 86th Street and 138th Street, forcing local service and backups that stranded commuters. Riders were urged to switch to the 1, 2, 3, or other express lines, while Metro-North even opened up Grand Central to Wakefield for ticketed riders. The culprit? Possibly a severed fiber optic cable cutting off Midtown’s control hub from local towers — a glitch that even local dispatchers couldn’t fully…