Bed Bugs Found On Another N Train As Union Calls For Fumigation Of The Entire Line
The MTA took a fourth N train out of service for fumigation on Friday after finding more bed bugs in the system.
The first bed bugs were found last Sunday, with two trains taken out of service. An additional N train was taken out of service after another discovery on Monday. A 5 line train was also taken out of service on Friday after a rider reported seeing a bed bug on a homeless man, making it five infestations so far.
The Daily News had previously reported that the critters were found in conductors’ seat cushions and not in the general seating area, although the MTA is staying mum on where the latest bugs were found.
The paper says that a conductor’s home was infested with bed bugs, and the parasites also turned up in the lockers of two N train crew workers.
“This is a very annoying and possibly costly infestation if it gets back to fellow employees homes, cars and possessions,” Kevin Harrington, a vice president with Transport Workers Union Local 100, wrote to MTA leadership that was shared with the paper. “Some of our fellow employees are experiencing great trepidation concerning possible infestation of their personal effects, cars and homes.”
Harrington called for the entire line to be fumigated, which the MTA said was not an option. However, the agency is dispatching dogs capable of sniffing out the bed bugs throughout train line.
