Long Island Rail Road crews have restored train service to one of two Main Line tracks damaged after a Saturday night train derailment in New Hyde Park that injured 33, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said early Monday, allowing for limited rush-hour service for commuters.
Limited train service will resume in time for the Monday morning commute on the LIRR’s Port Jefferson, Ronkonkoma and Oyster Bay branches, Cuomo said in a statement.
Limited train service will resume in time for the Monday morning commute on the LIRR’s Port Jefferson, Ronkonkoma and Oyster Bay branches, Cuomo said in a statement.
The LIRR has canceled 14 westbound trains as a result of the derailment, which Sen. Chuck Schumer said Sunday likely occurred because of a mistake by a crew member on an LIRR maintenance train.
The one-car maintenance train sideswiped the Huntington-bound passenger train just after 9 p.m. Saturday, knocking its first three cars off the south track and injuring 26 passengers and seven LIRR employees, officials said. The MTA said the speed of the derailed train will be determined as part of the investigation.
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