| 2024 New York City Subway derailment | |
|---|---|
 The site of the derailment | |
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| 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 / 40.79500°N 73.97139°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 |
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.[1] Around 300 people were evacuated off the train involved in the collision.[2]
The National Transportation Safety Board, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and other authorities are investigating the incident.[3][2] 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,[4][5] and the moving train, which was trying to bypass the stalled train using the express track, hit it while switching to the local track.
- ^ "Human error eyed in Manhattan subway train collision and derailment, investigators say". ABC7 New York. January 4, 2024. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
- ^ a b Ley, Ana; Meko, Hurubie (January 5, 2024). "Human Error Likely Caused Subway Crash and Derailings, Officials Say". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
- ^ Siff, Andrew; Dienst, Jonathan; Miller, Myles (January 4, 2024). "At least 20 injured after New York City subway derails and collides with another train, police say". NBC New York. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
- ^ "Human error eyed in Manhattan subway train collision and derailment, investigators say". ABC7. January 6, 2024.
- ^ Saltonstall, Gus (January 5, 2024). "UPDATE: UWS Trains Remain Delayed Friday After Subway Collision and Derailment Near West 96th Street: FDNY".