New York — Paramedics at the site of a subway derailment in Brooklyn.
The transit authority said the accident happened around 12:30 p.m. Wednesday on the F train line at the West 8th Street station in Coney Island.
No injuries have been reported so far. FDNY is working to remove 37 passengers from the train.
NYCEM is responding to an F elevated train derailment on Neptune Avenue. Emergency personnel are on scene, including the MTA subway derailment team. The FDNY will use two trains to remove the 37 passengers still on the train. https://t.co/jpj1T6zdOO
— New York City Emergency Management (@nycemergencymgt) January 10, 2024
The fire department said that one of the wheels came off the tracks in the fourth car of the train.
Video from the scene shows trains upright on the tracks and firefighters on the platform.
F trains were delayed in both directions.
New York City Transit has announced the following service changes:
- The last stop on F trains to Coney Island will be Kings Highway or Avenue X
- Some F trains run on the D Line in both directions between Coney Island and Stillwell Avenue and West 4th-Washington Square.
- For service to and from Coney Island/Stilwell Avenue, customers must use D/N/Q trains. For service to and from Neptune Street, bus B68 should be used. For service to and from West 8th Street-New York Aquarium, use the Q train
- G trains run with delays in both directions
Click here for the latest service status and changes from the MTA.
Robert Baswell, a civil engineer at City College, told CBS New York’s Dana Tyler that there are several possible reasons for a derailment on an elevated track.
“There’s something in the tracks. The tracks might be dislodged, or the track might be broken. It could be weather or it’s dislodged. It could be a bad wheel on the car, the wheel might have come off,” Baswell said. “It may have been because the train operator suddenly stopped or started suddenly that caused some of the cars to collide with each other.”
The deviation comes less than a week later A collision on the first line caused it to derail and injure dozens.
Check back soon for more information on this developing story.