Two people reportedly hit in separate subway train collisions
SUNSET PARK — SUBWAY TRAINS REPORTEDLY STRUCK at least two people in different parts of the city during Wednesday’s evening hour, affecting several lines, including in Brooklyn. NOTIFY NYC sent out alerts saying that B, D, N and R service was affected. MTA.info at 5:45 p.m. reported that trains were “running with severe delays in both directions after emergency teams responded to someone who was struck by a train at 53rd St.” There are two stations numbered 53rd St.: one in Sunset Park on the 4th Avenue BMT line, and one on Manhattan’s East Side, serving the F train. However, only the Sunset Park station services the R train. D and N trains are express lines.
An unrelated incident near the Cathedral Parkway station on Manhattan’s far Upper West Side was also reported that affected the B train. The station serves the vicinity of the Cathedral of St. John Divine and Columbia University. This collision has affected trains in both directions on the A, B, C and D trains.
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