A second NYC subway train derails causing mass delays and stranding passengers during the MTA's 'summer of hell'

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July 21, 2017 4:27 PM

A Q subway derailed in Brooklyn during the Friday morning rush — marking the second subway derailment in a month's time span.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has come under fire for consistent subway delays and disruptions.

A Q subway derailed in Brooklyn during the Friday morning rush — marking the second derailment in a month's time span.

The subway ran off the track north of the Brighton Beach subway station, causing delays and disruptions on the Q and B lines.

It's still unclear what exactly caused the derailment. An Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokesperson said that wheels on the second car of the southbound Q train came off the rail just before 9 am. No injuries have been reported.

The Q is the second subway to derail this summer as a string of fiascos put Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state-operated MTA under the spotlight.

A southbound A train derailed and smashed into a wall on June 27, causing disruptions on A, B, C, D, E, F, and M lines.

The derailments occur during the "summer of hell" as the MTA makes emergency track repairs to fix the aging subway system, Long Island Rail Road, and NJ Transit.

The subway track repairs, which began along the 8th Avenue corridor in May, are part of a five-year $29.5 billion funding plan. Of the roughly $30 billion in funding, $14 billion will go toward improving the subway system.

Cuomo has taken heat like a train connecting LaGuardia Airport to the subway and the LIRR.

On Monday, a track fire at the 145th Street subway station caused major delays along the A, B, C, and D lines on Monday morning. Platforms and alternate subway lines were crammed with stranded commuters.

Earlier in June, a video of passengers trying to claw their way out of an F train went viral on social media. Passengers were stuck in a subway car without air conditioning for over an hour.

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