2016 Hoboken train crash
The cab car surrounded by the destroyed canopy
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 Location within Hudson County, New Jersey
Location within Hudson County, New Jersey
Location within Hudson County, New Jersey
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| Date | September 29, 2016 |
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| Time | about 8:38 a.m. EDT (UTC-4) |
| Location | Hoboken, New Jersey |
| Coordinates | 40°44′5.64″N 74°1′40.08″W / 40.7349000°N 74.0278000°WCoordinates: 40°44′5.64″N 74°1′40.08″W / 40.7349000°N 74.0278000°W |
| Country | United States |
| Rail line | Pascack Valley Line |
| Operator | NJ Transit |
| Cause | Under investigation |
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| Deaths | 1 |
| Injuries | 114 |
On September 29, 2016, a NJ Transit commuter train crashed at Hoboken Terminal in Hoboken, New Jersey. The accident occurred during the morning rush hour, at one of the busiest transportation hubs in the New York metropolitan area. The events leading up to the crash remain unclear but are being investigated. One person died, and 114 others were injured. The train operator, who was in the cab car, was among the injured.
NJ Transit is the third-busiest commuter railroad in the United States. Before the 2016 crash, the last fatal incident on the railroad occurred in 1996.
NJ Transit had been under audit by the Federal Railroad Administration since June 2016, before the crash. The probe was prompted by an increase in safety violations and led to federal citations of the agency.
Pascack Valley Line train #1614 left the Spring Valley station in Spring Valley, New York, at 7:23 a.m. EDT, bound for Hoboken. Entering the Hoboken terminal around 8:45 a.m., the train went over the bumper block and through the rail concourse, coming to rest at the wall right before the station's waiting area. The cab car sustained major structural damage.
One witness reported that the train "never slowed down" as it entered the station, which is located at the end of the line.
The train involved in the crash reportedly did not have an automatic brake system using positive train control (PTC), which is used to slow the train in case the engineer does not apply the brake in time. It is unclear whether PTC would have prevented the crash.
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