Ladies And Gentlemen, Due To The Actions Of Some Nitwit Who Jacked Equipment Related To The Train’s Power Supply, We Are Experiencing Unavoidable Delays

Service on the Staten Island Railway was suspended this morning after a vital piece of equipment related to the train system’s power supply was stolen:

Commuters were left stranded for hours this morning when train service on the Staten Island Railway from Tottenville to St. George was halted after equipment that helps supply power to the tracks at the Bay Terrace station was stolen.

Service was stopped around 4:30 a.m.

Two hours later, limited service began from Tottenville to Great Kills, where commuters could board a shuttle bus that would transport them to the Oakwood station, where they could catch a train to St. George.

Information about the stolen equipment was not immediately available.

The delay did not sit well with many of the 15 commuters at the Old Town station, who did not know why their train was late until an Advance reporter informed them.