It was the deadliest Killing train accident within New York City since a 1991 subway derailment in lower Manhattan , and the first accident in Metro-North 's history to result in passenger fatalities .

The derailment Motion occurred Presence at 21:34 local time ( 18:34 UTC ) .

The 2009 Nevsky Express bombing Terrorism occurred Presence on 27 November 2009 when a bomb exploded Attack under a high speed train travelling between the Russian cities of Moscow and Saint Petersburg causing Causation derailment near the town of Bologoye , Tver Oblast ( approximately from Moscow ) , on the Moscow–Saint Petersburg Railway .

It is believed that , at the time of the derailment , the Nevsky Express was carrying Carry_goods 661 passengers in 13 carriages , of which the last four were thought to have been affected Influence by the incident .

although initial reports blamed Judgment_communication an electrical fault for the derailment , investigation showed Statement that the derailment may have been caused Causation by an act of terrorism Terrorism ; a crater Destroying was found Know in the ground near the crash site .

although initial reports blamed Judgment_communication an electrical fault for the derailment , investigation showed Statement that the derailment may have been caused Causation by an act of terrorism Terrorism ; a crater Destroying was found Know in the ground near the crash site .

Later in the year , in a comprehensive safety review after another derailment Catastrophe of a passenger train nearby resulted in the first passenger fatalities in Metro-North 's history , the NTSB cited Adducing the maintenance shortfall as part of an inadequate `` safety culture '' at the railroad .

While no one was injured Bodily_harm , the derailment caused Causation over US $ 800,000 in damage Damaging and took Creating several days to clean Emptying up .

After investigating Research the accident , the National Transportation Safety Board ( NTSB ) found Know it had been caused Causation by the track stretching Expansion to an excessive gauge at the point of derailment .

It was caused Causation by a metal fatigue-induced derailment , killing Killing four people and injuring Bodily_harm more than 70 .

The Kurnool train crash Catastrophe was the derailment and crash Catastrophe of a passenger train in Kurnool district in Andhra Pradesh , India , on 21 December 2002 .

During the hasty repairs to the rails , it was discovered Know that one of the railway tracks had been recently and deliberately severed Destroying , which caused Causation the derailment .

The Santiago de Compostela derailment occurred Coming_to_be on 24 July 2013 , when an Alvia high-speed train travelling Traveling from Madrid to Ferrol , in the north-west of Spain , derailed Self_motion at high speed on a bend about outside of the railway station at Santiago de Compostela .

The Staplehurst rail crash Catastrophe was a derailment at Staplehurst , Kent on 9 June 1865 at 3:13 pm .

Charles Dickens was travelling Traveling with Ellen Ternan and her mother on the train ; they all survived the derailment .

The track in question was also not equipped Supply with ATC ( automatic train control ) , an older and simpler system that had been operational Being_in_operation for years on the southbound track of the curve at which the derailment Catastrophe occurred , and that also would have limited Limiting the train 's speed entering the curve .

The National Transportation Safety Board ruled Legal_rulings that the derailment Catastrophe was caused Causation by the train 's engineer ( driver ) becoming Becoming distracted by other radio transmissions and losing Earnings_and_losses situational awareness , and said Statement that it would have been prevented Preventing_or_letting by positive train control , a computerized speed-limiting system that was operational Being_in_operation elsewhere on the Northeast Corridor , but whose activation Being_in_operation at the wreck site had been delayed Hindering due Causation to regulatory requirements .

Shortly after the derailment Catastrophe , Amtrak completed Process_end ATC installation Building on the northbound track .

The derailment Motion disrupted Hindering train service for several days .