Metro-North Train Service Resumes In New Canaan After Derailment: MTA

NEW CANAAN, CT — Metro-North service will resume Tuesday evening in New Canaan after a non-passenger train derailed near the New Canaan train station earlier in the day, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Kayla Shults, an MTA spokesperson, said Metro-North service at New Canaan would resume between 4:30 p.m. and 5 p.m.

Metro-North Railroad also confirmed on Twitter train service on the New Canaan branch would resume with the 4:39 p.m. train from Stamford to New Canaan. The non-passenger train that derailed near New Canaan has been cleared, Metro-North officials noted.

MTA spokesperson Marisa Baldeo confirmed Tuesday morning the train hit a bumping block at the New Canaan station around 7:24 a.m., causing one of its cars to partially derail.

No passengers were on board at the time of the derailment, Baldeo said. Service was suspended on the New Canaan branch for most of the day Tuesday as Metro-North and MTA officers investigated the cause of the derailment.

In an email, New Canaan Police Lt. Marc DeFelice said the department received a report of a train derailment at the Elm Street Station around 7:30 a.m.

MTA officers, as well as New Canaan fire officials and EMS, responded to the train station Tuesday morning. As a result, traffic in the area of Elm Street and Park Street was heavier than normal due to the ongoing investigation, DeFelice said.

In a tweet around 8:30 a.m., the railroad said they were attempting to secure buses but asked travelers to go to Stamford for service to Grand Central Terminal and other destinations.

The railroad then announced around 10:30 a.m. train service would be replaced by buses on the New Canaan branch following the temporary suspension.

News 12 Connecticut reports the train's conductor and locomotive engineer were taken to a hospital after the train derailed.

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