#THREAD!
HINT: the @MTA @NYCTSubway is #FAILING

and this doesn’t even begin to describe the nightmare caused this AM by a “rail” breaking on the 7 line:

7:44AM:

7:40AM.
Queens Plaza.
Queens-bound rush hour.
E train is delayed by *17 minutes* according to the notice board.
M train rolls up.
Departs, and it goes Local.

PRO TIP @MTA @NYCTSubway: if you want to operate a public transit network make the M go EXPRESS next time#kthx

— nick normal (@nicknormal) August 26, 2019

7:53AM:

delay initiated ~7:14AM
7:53AM and still posted…
(HINT: EXPRESS) pic.twitter.com/gUVAgop7qw

— nick normal (@nicknormal) August 26, 2019

8:05AM:

been stuck at 63rd drive for ~10 minutes now…

— nick normal (@nicknormal) August 26, 2019

(note this timestamp, 8:05)

8:08AM:

F EXPRESS just blew by, so the EXPRESS track is now operating and the LOCAL is sitting still.
what's up @MTA @NYCTSubway?

— nick normal (@nicknormal) August 26, 2019

8:10AM:

E train just blew by.
c'mon @MTA @NYCTSubway I just have to go two more stops – YOU CAN DO IT!! pic.twitter.com/d5IJfFuRPs

— nick normal (@nicknormal) August 26, 2019

(5 minutes since posting stuck at 63rd, which I didn’t post until about 10 minutes after realizing we weren’t moving at all)

8:12AM:

Doors finally closing.
THANKS!

— nick normal (@nicknormal) August 26, 2019

(so ~17 minutes waiting at this one station, during which time multiple EXPRESS trains blew by that were formerly 17 minutes delayed)

8:17AM:

@MTA @NYCTSubway stuck again! stalled between 63rd Ave and 67th Street stations, "because of heavy train traffic ahead" — but we just sat at 63rd for nearly 20 minutes, who is "ahead" of us on the LOCAL track?

— nick normal (@nicknormal) August 26, 2019

(5 minutes to go halfway between two stops and stuck again)

8:18:AM:

another F train just blew by.@MTA @NYCTSubway please advise.

— nick normal (@nicknormal) August 26, 2019

8:23AM:

now sitting in the station at 67th Ave – c'mon just one more stop @MTA @NYCTSubway — LET'S DO THIS!! pic.twitter.com/c5gouMv5IX

— nick normal (@nicknormal) August 26, 2019

(11 minutes to go one stop, 63rd -> 67th)

8:25AM:

listened to an entire Odysseus synthwave mix at 41:31 long (started listening *after* departing Queens Plaza) – still stuck underground

— nick normal (@nicknormal) August 26, 2019

8:32AM:

Forest Hills now – you did it @MTA @NYCTSubway you correctly operated a subway system!

— nick normal (@nicknormal) August 26, 2019

(9 minutes to go one more stop)

8:33AM:

just under 1 hour to go from Queens Plaza to Forest Hills – excellent work! pic.twitter.com/KRz9G5hnsZ

— nick normal (@nicknormal) August 26, 2019

Unbelievable.

I can’t wait to wake up tomorrow…