NYC’s Back-to-Back Train Derailments Threaten Subway’s Comeback
- A train fell off its tracks a week after a separate incident
- Passenger safety an issue as MTA tries to boost ridership
Scene of derailment involving the “F” train on West Eighth Street and Neptune Avenue stations in Coney Island on Jan 10.
Source: Metropolitan Transportation Authority
New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority is facing increased pressure to improve safety and reliability following two subway derailments in a week, incidents that may imperil efforts to revive ridership on the nation’s largest mass transit system.
The MTA is investigating why a subway train fell off its tracks in the Coney Island neighborhood of Brooklyn Wednesday, in what may have been a track issue. It happened after a train collided on Jan. 4 with another train that was switching tracks, creating widespread disruptions across multiple subway lines.