Service on the E, F, M and R lines was suspended in most of Queens Tuesday evening after a train struck and killed a person on the express track of the Queens Boulevard Line, the Daily News has learned.
The fatal incident occurred just before 5:15 p.m. near the 63rd Dr. – Rego Park station.
Responding FDNY crews cut third rail power, sources told The News. At least one train had to be evacuated.
Power to the rail was still off as of 6:30 p.m.
E trains were being rerouted up Manhattan’s West Side on the C line north of Port Authority, while F trains were being rerouted on the M of the B line and remaining in Manhattan. R trains were running up Second Avenue on the Q line.
For service between Queens and Manhattan, LIRR was honoring OMNY swipes between Jamaica‌ Station and both Penn Station and Grand Central.