Transportation
NYC Subway Trains Hit Two People in Week Barrier Tests Begin
In 2022, the MTA’s customer injury rate dropped slightly to 3.27 per million customers.
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New York City subway service was disrupted on two consecutive days this week due to people being struck by trains, days after the Metropolitan Transportation Authority began testing platform safety barriers at one station in Manhattan.
A person was struck and killed by a train in Brooklyn on Tuesday, temporarily shutting down service on the B line and causing severe delays on both B and Q trains. Police are investigating the incident. On Monday, the N, Q, R and W subway lines had to be rerouted after a person was hit by a train at the 14th Street-Union Square station in Manhattan.