2024 New York City Subway derailment

2024 New York City Subway derailment
The site of the derailment
Details
Date	January 3, 2024 (2024-01-03) c. 3:00 pm EST
Location	Near 96th Street station, Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York City
Coordinates	40°47′42″N 73°58′17″W
Country	United States
Line	1 train
Operator	New York City Subway
Incident type	Derailment
Cause	Under investigation
Statistics
Trains	2
Passengers	Approximately 300
Deaths	0
Injured	24

On January 4, 2024, a New York City Subway train derailed causing at least 26 people, mostly passengers, to suffer minor injuries. The incident happened when the first car of a 1 train, collided with a disabled train that had been vandalized, both consisting of R62A’s, just north of the 96th Street station. Around 300 people were evacuated off the train involved in the collision.

The National Transportation Safety Board, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and other authorities are investigating the incident. They stated that the disabled train, which was heading uptown, had been taken out of service because a passenger repeatedly pulled the emergency brake, resulting in the train being stalled near West 79th Street. That train was taken out of service, and the moving train, which was trying to bypass the stalled train using the express track, hit it while switching to the local track.

Incident

The incident occurred around 3 pm EST when a northbound 1 train switching from the express to the local track rear ended an out of service train that was identified as another 1 train, causing both to derail north of the station. The former was carrying 300 passengers at the time and had to be evacuated. The out of service train was vandalized and had four workers, forcing 1 trains to be rerouted via the express track. It was stated that a "good samaritan" alerted two K-9 officers when the incident happened.

Aftermath

The derailment has caused significant disruptions along the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line. In a press conference on January 5, officials stated that the disruptions would continue throughout the day, hoping that service would be restored later that same day. 1 train service was suspended between 137th Street–City College station and Times Square–42nd Street station, 2 trains ran along the IRT Lexington Avenue Line, and 3 trains were suspended between 135th Street and Times Square–42nd Street. 1 trains ran express in the southbound direction while 3 trains ran local in the southbound direction between Times Square-42nd Street and Chambers Street for the duration of service disruptions. Some 4 and 5 trains made local stops in Brooklyn and 5 trains in the Bronx also ran local.

On January 5, limited service was partially restored on the 1 and 3 routes (1 trains running express in the northbound direction from 96th Street to 137th Street-City College), although service was not restored between 96th Street and Times Square. Limited southbound 2 service was also restored, while northbound 2 service continued to run via the IRT Lexington Avenue Line. On January 6, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that the MTA would restore full service overnight that same day to the early morning of January 7, and service was fully restored at 4:45 am the next morning.

See also

• 1905 Ninth Avenue derailment
• 1918 Malbone Street wreck
• 1928 Times Square derailment
• 1991 Union Square derailment
• 1995 Williamsburg Bridge subway collision