NEW YORK—A woman was apparently pushed to her death in front of a subway train at the Times Square station Saturday, police said. Police had someone they described as a person of interest in custody in connection to the woman’s death. She was waiting for a southbound R train around 9:40 a.m. when she was…
NTSB Issues Safety Alert to Subways, Rail Over Wheel Defect
The National Transportation Safety Board on Wednesday issued a safety alert to subway systems and commuter railroads over a wheelset problem that led to a derailment in the nation’s capital, saying the defect is difficult to detect and potentially devastating. The investigative agency released a preliminary report of its ongoing probe into the Oct. 12…
Subway Sandwich Chain Co-Founder Peter Buck Dies at 90
DANBURY, Conn.—Peter Buck, whose $1,000 investment in a family friend’s Connecticut sandwich shop in 1965 provided the genesis for what is now the world’s largest restaurant chain—Subway—has died. He was 90. Buck, a nuclear physicist who was born in Portland, Maine, in 1930, died at a hospital in Danbury, Connecticut, on Nov. 18, Subway said…
New Lawsuit Over Subway Tuna Alleges Lab Results Show Traces of Chicken, Pork, and Cattle
A new version of a lawsuit filed against Subway accusing the fast-food restaurant franchise of deceiving the public about its tuna products claims that lab testing shows they contain animal proteins such as chicken, pork, and cattle, and not the advertised “100% tuna.” The complaint, filed on Monday in U.S. District Court in California by Karen Dhanowa and Nilima…
DA: ‘Not True’ That Train Rape Case Witnesses Filmed and Did Nothing to Intervene
A Pennsylvania prosecutor on Thursday pushed back against the narrative that Philadelphia subway riders filmed the rape of a woman on Oct. 13 and did nothing to intervene. Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer, who is leading the case, made the remarks during a press briefing as he urged witnesses to come forward, stressing that…
Failure Begets Failure in New York’s Government Subways
Commentary Private trains can’t make money and provide good service. Only the government can run trains. Give it more dollars. That’s been the transportation bible of New York’s political/media elites going back to the early 20th century goo-goos. They opposed any private subway component. Their descendants consistently funded pricey city and state transit agencies. The…
NYPD Officer Saves Man, 60, Who Collapsed onto Subway Tracks Seconds Before Train Arrives
A New York City transit officer leapt to help a commuter who had collapsed and fallen onto the subway tracks just moments before a train pulled into the station. With the help of his colleagues and a good Samaritan, the officer lifted the half-conscious man to safety in the nick of time. On Aug. 19,…
‘Unprecedented’ Power Outage Crippled Half Of NYC Subway Sunday Night
August 30, 2021
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A momentary power surge disrupted half of the New York City subway system for several hours and stranded hundreds of passengers, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said on Monday. The unprecedented breakdown affected more than 80 trains on the subway system’s numbered lines, plus the L train, from shortly after 9 p.m. Sunday to about…
Video Shows Man in Wheelchair Fallen on Subway Train Tracks, Good Samaritan Saving Him
It was almost like an action sequence from a Hollywood film. A dramatic rescue unfolded in a New York City subway station when a man in a wheelchair somehow ended up sprawled out on the train tracks. Video footage taken at Union Square station on Aug. 4 shows a male good Samaritan jump down from the…
NYC Subway Back on Track After Videos Show Commuters in Waist-Deep Waters
As Tropical Storm Elsa was moving towards the New York City region with heavy rain and high winds, heavy downpours suddenly hit several areas in the state, flooding some streets and subway stations. People on social media posted videos of the flooding that show commuters moving through waist-deep water in some subway stations in order to…
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