Travel disruptions in New York City could occur Friday morning after two subway trains collided on the Upper West Side, causing one to derail.
A northbound commuter 1 train carrying about 300 people rear-ended an out-of-service train carrying four workers in a tunnel near West 96th Street and Broadway. The incident occurred at about 3 p.m., the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said. The New York City Fire Department reported at least 24 people were injured, but no one was seriously hurt.
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“The injuries that were sustained were consistent with a low-speed train derailment and all of those patients have been moved to area hospitals,” Deputy Assistant Chief Ian Swords said at an evening press conference.
The derailment caused “a major disruption” to services on the No. 1, 2, and 3 lines. Service is halted on those lines in most of Manhattan, according to the MTA. Emergency teams are working to help passengers while the investigation is in its preliminary stages.
Rich Davey, president of the MTA, said there is nothing that suggests the derailment was equipment-related.
“Obviously, two trains should not be bumping into one another. We are going to get to the bottom of that,” Davey said during a Thursday evening press conference.
Davey said he expects crews to be working all night in an effort to start service back up and investigate the cause of the incident.
“My hope is we will have service restored for [morning] rush hour, but I cannot guarantee that. I’m going to ask our customers who use the 1, 2, 3 lines to continue to watch our website, our apps, and see how we’re proceeding,” Davey said.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) confirmed on X, formerly Twitter, that she had been briefed on the incident and said, “MTA emergency personnel are working to keep passengers safe as they leave the area.”
“I am grateful to our first responders assisting New Yorkers,” Hochul wrote.
