AMNY Subway Tracker

A man was struck and killed by a Manhattan-bound C train at 9:30 this morning. He was hit as the train pulled into the Franklin Avenue station in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn.

The 67-year-old was on the catwalk beyond the end of the platform when he was hit. He has not yet been identified, pending notification of his family. Police said the man had a South Carolina address.

It was the second time someone was hit and killed by a train in the last two days.

C train service was suspended completely when power was shut down to the third rail so police could investigate. Service on the A train service was partially suspended and restored just after 11 a.m. after delays ran through the line into Manhattan. Power was restored about 11:15 a.m.

--Matt Sweeney
Photo of Franklin Ave station by fuzzywomack on flickr

After New York City Transit finished collecting rider report cards for the No. 7 line, and just beginning doling out cards for the L line, Transit opened up grading for all lines on the MTA Web site. Straphangers are invited to grade their line in English, Spanish, Chinese or a selection of 10 other languages. Transit has only officially opened two lines for grading--one is now closed--but they'll hold your vote on the other 20 until voting for those lines begins.

--Marlene Naanes

The trackwork that's been fouling up the weekend commutes for thousands of A and C riders will end one week early, the MTA announced today. The suspension of C service and the partial suspension of A service will continue this weekend but the trackwork will be finished by Monday, the MTA said. The disrpution allowed MTA worked to replace 1,200 feet of roadbed on the Manhattan bound A and C track between Hoyt-Schemerhorn and Jay Street stations.

-- Michael Clancy

Promising that they learned a lesson, the MTA says it is going to be more sensitive when it shuts down the C for five weekends starting March 31, the Daily News reports.

For five weekends starting March 31, there will be no C trains running at all - from Washington Heights in upper Manhattan to Euclid Ave. in East New York, Brooklyn, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

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Transit officials vowed not to repeat mistakes made last month, when much of the No. 7 was shut down on weekends for track and signal upgrades in Queens. The MTA's bus and subway division initially did a poor job of alerting riders about the project, didn't make it easy to find shuttle buses and gave subway travel tips that were confusing or flatout wrong.

"We overhauled the strategy for dealing with construction," MTA spokesman Jeremy Soffin said. "On all upcoming projects, we'll do a better job of informing customers about the work and about alternative travel options."

-- Chuck Bennett

Those stainless steel 1960s subway trains that ferry you on the A and C lines have a special place in NYC train history: They were the first to have air conditioning. And the robust if underappreciated R38s are among the oldest in service. So as you step from sweltering platform to cool subway car during this heat wave, tip your hat to the line of cars that started the cooling trend. 

Here are vintage R38 photos and even a YouTube video.  And we'll throw in some cool subway facts.
 

-- Rolando Pujol

Photo: Rebecca Letz for Newsday

As a photographer, I am often attracted to the quiet and calm moments of an otherwise frenetic subway commute. Here on the C train in Manhattan, I remind myself that pretty moments are not confined to pretty places.

-- Lane Johnson