WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — Trains to the 168th Street 1 train station were skipping the station in both directions yet again Friday morning — after an elevator broke down for the third time in two weeks, trapping an MTA worker inside, officials said.
All four of the station's elevators — which are the only way to access the platforms — lost power suddenly Friday morning, officials said.
"All elevators lost power due to an electrical issue at 10 a.m. Not a problem with elevator equipment. Three of the four elevators have been restored after circuit breakers were reset," said MTA spokesman Kevin Ortiz.
Trains started bypassing the station a little after 10:19 a.m., the MTA announced via a tweet, “due to ongoing elevator repairs causing overcrowding and unsafe conditions.”
An FDNY spokesman said firefighters were called to the station at 9:32 a.m. after an MTA worker got trapped inside one of the an elevators. The FDNY said they were able to extricate the worker by 11 a.m.
The incident was the latest breakdown in service at the problem-plagued station, where the elevators also broke down on Tuesday, sparking trains to bypass the station in both directions, as well as last Wednesday morning. The station has been plagued by nonstop chaos, riders say, as a track fire at 103rd Street last Friday also triggered massive delays.
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