A brief toilet break by a Seoul subway conductor caused a ripple effect of delays across the city’s busiest line

A train counter's four-minute restroom break in South Korea's Seoul delayed over 125 trains earlier this week during the morning rush.

A toilet stop by a subway conductor on Seoul’s Line 2 during rush hour delayed 125 trains and affected hundreds of passengers on Monday morning, according to reports.

A subway conductor's desperate need for a toilet break led to massive delays on Seoul 's Line 2 in South Korea. The incident took place at 8:11am on a Monday morning when the conductor made an unscheduled stop to use a restroom on another floor of the station.

Seoul Subway Line 2 hit the brakes — literally — for over 20 minutes on Monday morning after a train conductor made a pit stop of the most urgent kind. According to The Korea Herald, the drama unfolded at 8:11am when the conductor,

A subway conductor's toilet break proved costly in South Korea when 125 trains were delayed and hundreds of passengers were affected. The conductor took a four-minute urgent break to use a facility at a station which led to chaos as the other trains had to be rescheduled.