Thousands of subway riders had to be evacuated from two trains in Brooklyn on Wednesday evening after a power loss, the MTA said.According to the MTA, power was lost between the Jay Street-MetroTech and Hoyt-Schermerhorn Streets stations in Downtown Brooklyn just before 5:30 p.

Thousands of passengers were evacuated from two subway trains stuck in Brooklyn after a power failure Wednesday evening, MTA officials said. The power failure occurred between the Jay Street–MetroTech station and the Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets station around 5:30 p.

The MTA announced this week that they will be enforcing a ban on alcoholic beverages on all Metro-North and LIRR trains.

Naughty Santas caught sneaking in sips will be slapped with summonses and could be removed from the train, the MTA warned. This is the 12th year the MTA has implemented the drinking prohibition on SantaCon weekend, which typically draws 30,000 partiers to the Big Apple from throughout New York and surrounding states.