"A loose chicken took a "free range" ride, scoring a gratis subway trip to Coney Island on the N train Thursday morning after it was discovered fouling a subway car in storage. An MTA train operator called rail control shortly after 5:20 a.m. to report that he'd found a live chicken aboard his train, which was parked on a layup track south of Astoria Blvd."
"The train car was deemed too dirty to go into service, an MTA supervisor reported a short time later - adding that the chicken was "refusing to leave the train." The MTA's rail control center put in a call to the city's animal control hotline, but did not get a response, sources said. Nearly 15 minutes after the train was due to begin its run, MTA crews decided that forcing the chicken off the train into the waiting crowd at Astoria-Ditmars could be unsafe."
A loose chicken boarded an N train parked on a layup track south of Astoria Blvd and soiled the interior of the car. An MTA train operator discovered the live bird around 5:20 a.m. and notified rail control. The train reached Astoria-Ditmars around 5:50 a.m., but the car was deemed too dirty for service and the chicken refused to leave. Animal Control did not immediately respond to calls, and MTA crews determined that forcing the bird into the crowd could be unsafe. Rail control canceled the scheduled run and sent the train to Coney Island Yard; Animal Control took the chicken into custody around 3 p.m.
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