Subway trains collided and derailed in Manhattan, USA

Friday, January 5, 2024

In Manhattan, a subway train carrying about 300 passengers and an empty train crashed into each other right next to West 96th Street, resulting in a derailment.

This collision of subway trains left four people injured when a northbound No. 1 train, moving at a low velocity, collided with the second train, which was carrying four transit workers.

However, none of the injuries were found to be fatal. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, or MTA, told the media that the incident occurred as soon as the vandals engaged the brakes on a No. 1 train. This resulted in its stalling at 79th St. 

Consequently, the train went out of service as it passed 96th Street as it was slowly making its way uptown when the train was carrying 300 passengers, switching back to a local track in front of it. 

The president of New York City Transit, Richard Davey, told the media that the vandalism resulted as soon as the emergency brakes were pulled. 

The M.T.A. will probe into the matter seriously, opening an investigation into the cause of the accident. 

Mr. Davey further added that after the station’s power was shut down, emergency personnel from the MTA and fire departments evacuated an additional 300 to 400 passengers from a train that was following the passenger train in addition to the 300 people on board.

Due to the derailment, services on the 1, 2, and 3 lines were eventually suspended across the entirety of Manhattan. 

The last derailment that took place in New York was back in September 2020. This took place when a train around 14th Street came off the tracks. There were even over a hundred passengers, and three of them had catastrophic injuries. 

After the COVID pandemic, New York City’s transit system has been running seamlessly. 

Its finances are diversified until at least 2027, thanks to increased ridership and state funding. Additionally, it is about to begin collecting billions of dollars through a scheme known as congestion pricing, which aims to raise money for upgrades to the city’s bus and subway systems.

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