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Amtrak back on track after derailment
Amtrak is back on track today, with service resumed on the busy New York-New Haven-Boston route, where 2,000 feet of track has been repaired in five days.
The Northeast Corridor route from New York to Boston—the fastest way to travel downtown to downtown—has been out of service since Friday evening, when a derailment and crash injured 70 people, tore up the tracks, and ripped down overhead wires.
Residual delays are expected today on regular Amtrak and Acela high-speed trains, the railroad said, as standard procedure after track work is to drive slowly.
Indeed, things are a little off schedule; Don Hinkle-Brown, for example, tweeted that the NYP 2171 was 50 minutes late this morning.
Limited Metro-North train service between Connecticut and New York also has been restored, said officials at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
Investigators say no foul play was involved in the derailment, though they have not said what did cause it.
Two trains were traveling about 70 mph during the Friday evening rush, carrying 700 passengers, when a commuter train from New York’s Grand Central Station derailed and sideswiped a train headed in the opposite direction.
Four commuters remain in the hospital, one in critical condition.
by Cheryl Rosen
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