Hoboken Light Rail Derails With Passengers Aboard, Probe Still Underway

HOBOKEN, NJ — Regular service resumed on the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail line around 2 p.m. after a minor train derailment in Hoboken station earlier Tuesday morning, NJ Transit said.

[WEDNESDAY UPDATE: Trains were suspended again, then resumed Wednesday with limited service and frustrated riders. Read more here.]

Agency spokesperson Jim Smith said Tuesday that at approximately 5:40 a.m., a Hudson Bergen light rail vehicle experienced a minor derailment of a single car on the viaduct leading from Jersey City into Hoboken Terminal.

"The vehicle remain[ed] upright," Smith said. "No injuries were reported to the two customers or the operator on board at the time. Crews are on scene assessing if there [was] any damage to the overhead wires or to the track. The cause remains under investigation."

NJ Transit tickets and passes were being crossed-honored by PATH between Newport and Hoboken Terminal Tuesday morning.

At 2:04 P.M., NJ Transit wrote:

The Hudson-Bergen Light Rail line runs from Bayonne along the Jersey City and Hoboken waterfront, then through Weehawken, North Jersey, Union City, and West New York. Plans to continue the line to Bergen County have been delayed.