Delays due to sick passengers should be reduced under a new MTA program that puts emergency personnel in busy stations.

Emergency Medical Technicians are now stationed in 12 hubs across the city in order to more promptly respond to ailing straphangers during morning and evening rush hours.

On-location EMTs get to ill passengers three minutes faster than previously and have shaved 2¹/₂ minutes off incident delays, according to the MTA.

Along the Eighth Avenue A, C, B and D lines, the MTA says a sick rider snarls traffic an average of 28 times a month, with each episode lasting about 12 minutes.

The West Fourth Street station, where the A, C, B, D, F and M trains meet, has experienced the most deployments since the program began. Other stations with emergency response teams include Times Square-42nd Street, 14th Street-Union Square and Grand Central-42nd Street.

Transport Workers Union Local 100 President Tony Utano said the program is a “step in the right direction.”

“Our train operators and conductors want to provide service as efficiently as possible, but they face several hurdles, including riders who become sick and need medical assistance,” he said.

In addition to sick passengers, the homeless and inebriated riders also are challenges that need to be addressed more effectively, Utano said.