What the records say
- When
- 24 Aug 1928
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 40.76° N, 73.99° W
- Description
- New York City Subway derailment
- Deaths
- 18
1928 Times Square derailment
New York City Subway derailment
During the evening rush hour on August 24, 1928, an express subway train derailed immediately after leaving the Times Square station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line. Sixteen people were killed at the scene, two died later, and about 100 were injured. It remains the second-deadliest accident on the New York City Subway system, after the Malbone Street wreck.
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