Travelers along the busy Northeast Corridor are dealing with service delays for the second time in as many weeks after a NJ Transit train derailed near New York’s Penn Station.
Due to a @NJTRANSIT train derailment at 34 St-Penn Station @PATHTrain will cross honor NJ Transit tickets at 33 St station. pic.twitter.com/MUe0NuobDG
— NYCT Subway. Wear a Mask. (@NYCTSubway) April 3, 2017
This is the second time in less than two weeks that a derailment has snarled traffic into New York’s busy Penn Station. On Mar. 24, officials with NJ Transit reported that a D.C.-bound Acela Express train sideswiped one of its trains headed into the station. No serious injuries were reported in the incident, which is under investigation. Officials with the Federal Railroad Administration also were investigating.
Three days later, an Amtrak train derailed at Chicago’s Union Station as it was arriving from New York.
Monday’s derailment of the NJ Transit train happened just after 9 a.m. According to CBS New York, at least 5 people were injured. FRA inspectors are traveling to the scene.
FRA is aware of the @NJTransit train derailment at #PennStation in New York. Inspectors are en route.
— The FRA (@USDOTFRA) April 3, 2017
Monday’s derailment may increase scrutiny of operations at NJ Transit. Last month, Bloomberg Politics reported that the system had the most crashes of the 10 largest commuter railroad systems, according to federal statistics. Last September, one person was killed after a NJ Transit commuter train crashed at the Hoboken station.