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Voltage Drop Causes Brief Blackouts at Grand Central

9/29/2025

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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) says a voltage drop caused brief blackouts at Grand Central Terminal on September 26, 2025, from 8:28 p.m. to 9:17 p.m.
No train services were disrupted.
Five Metro-North employees were briefly trapped in elevators until emergency generators activated.
The cause is under investigation by the MTA and Con Edison.

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Story summary

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) says a voltage drop caused brief blackouts at Grand Central Terminal on September 26, 2025, from 8:28 p.m. to 9:17 p.m.
No train services were disrupted.
Five Metro-North employees were briefly trapped in elevators until emergency generators activated.
The cause is under investigation by the MTA and Con Edison.