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List of rail accidents (2010–2019) The 2019 Westbury train collision was a level crossing collision that involved one vehicle and two separate trains heading in opposite directions. One of the trains derailed and collided into a nearby platform .
Long Island Rail Road service has been partially suspended in both directions between Babylon and Patchogue after a person was struck by a train.
1963 Chualar bus crash, Chualar, California; 32 killed plus 25 injured. Remains the deadliest U.S. traffic accident to date and California's deadliest to involve a train; also one of a series of events that led to closer scrutiny of migrant labor conditions and fueled the emergence of the chicano and farmworkers labor movements [179] [180]
Pages in category "Accidents and incidents involving Long Island Rail Road" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
That’s one way to beat traffic. An alleged drunk driver was arrested Monday for driving his SUV on LIRR train tracks in a caught-on-camera joyride that ended when the vehicle burst into flames ...
The LIRR had suffered from years of underinvestment, as the cars involved in this crash were built during the 1910s and their ages were typical of the fleet's as a whole. The New York Public Service Commission had prevented the LIRR from increasing fares between 1918 and 1947, despite the railroad's increased operating costs. At the time of the ...
On February 17, 1950, two Long Island Rail Road trains collided on the Montauk Branch just west of Rockville Centre station in Rockville Centre, New York, killing 32 and injuring several dozen more. At the time, it was the deadliest collision in the railroad's history until the Kew Gardens train crash later that year.
The overhaul of the LIRR concourse is part of a $559 million project that includes the construction of a shiny new entrance to Penn Station at 33rd St. and Seventh Ave., which opened in late 2020.