2024 New York City Subway derailment
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 R62As, just north of the 96th Street station. Around 300 people were evacuated off the train involved in the collision.
| 2024 New York City Subway derailment | |
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The site of the derailment | |
| Details | |
| Date | January 4, 2024 c. 3:00 p.m. 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 | IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line |
| Operator | New York City Subway |
| Incident type | Derailment |
| Cause | Under investigation |
| Statistics | |
| Trains | 2 |
| Passengers | Approximately 300 |
| Deaths | 0 |
| Injured | 25 |
The National Transportation Safety Board, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and other authorities are investigating the incident. They said 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.