MTA revives Brooklyn’s State St. subway power room after December explosion
The State St. Substation in Brooklyn — the subway power room that blew up last month and stranded several trains underground ...
MTA looks for $4 billion in substation overhauls to repair, upgrade power infrastructure
A 60-year-old power transformer in the subway system’s Delancey-Suffolk substation — which MTA officials said had been operating for twice as many years as it should have — finally gave up ...
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The NYC subways' electrical equipment is so old it frequently explodes
When electrical components fail in the substation – a common occurrence, as evidenced by burn marks on the walls – MTA Chief Superintendent Joseph Daidone searches eBay for replacements.
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Service resumes after overnight halt on F, G lines; MTA plugs new hole in power system
By late morning, train service had returned to normal, with third-rail power patched in from nearby MTA substations. But transit sources told the Daily News an investigation into the cause of the ...