Effects December 2013 Spuyten Duyvil derailment

wreck scene late afternoon

metro-north not passenger railroad experience service disruption. amtrak, empire service trains follow west shore line tracks accident site penn station, suspended service between new york city , albany day, stranding college students , others relying on train return school after holiday. afternoon had been restored, delays due reduced speeds , activity in accident area.

the next morning, many of 26,000 commute city via hudson line took inconveniences , detours in stride. not first time services had been disrupted, , fact had come due fatal train wreck lent of them perspective. nothing; have great, said receptionist sat on bus. re living kings , queens compared grieving families of dead. others said on future trips along hudson line sit elsewhere in train in case of accident.

some commuters temporarily switched buses, or drove themselves. across hudson, rockland county offered express bus service across tappan zee bridge tarrytown. drivers noted slight increase in traffic on saw mill river parkway well.

mta crews working through night lay new track

mta crews worked around clock remove derailed cars , repair damage caused tracks when left it. spent day after crash replacing ballast , laying new concrete ties. evening of dec. 2 cars had been righted , restored track. taken croton-harmon , highbridge yards, ntsb impounded them further investigations. crews siphoned 900 gallons (3,400 l; 750 imp gal) of diesel fuel locomotive before removing it, cleaned spilled fuel site other special equipment.

limited service on 1 of 3 tracks of hudson line through accident site restored on wednesday morning, december 4. separate trains combined make service possible. commuters waiting @ poughkeepsie on first train run same route @ same time told reporter surprised metro-north able line cleared , trains running again quickly. expressed sympathy rockefeller. while said had no fears of accident recurring, , indeed said safer driving, 1 woman surprised there had been no fail-safe systems have prevented derailment. thought had in place. united states.