Straphanger in critical condition after being shoved onto NYC subway tracks in latest transit chaos

A straphanger is in critical condition after being shoved onto the path of a 1 train at a Manhattan subway station, police said.

The unidentified victim was at the 18th Street station shortly after 1:30 p.m. Tuesday when the hooded thug pushed him onto the tracks.

Cops responded to a 911 call and the victim was rushed to a local hospital, where he is in critical condition but stable, the NYPD said.

It does not appear the two men knew each other, cops said.

The suspect, described as a man with a light complexion wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt and gray jeans, fled the station in an unknown direction and is still on the loose.

The incident is the latest in a series of transit attacks in the Big Apple, including two slashings on Sunday and the horrific Dec. 22 torching death of a sleeping straphanger on an F train in Brooklyn.