Pittsburgh Freight Train Derails, Falls Onto Light Rail Tracks

Pittsburgh Freight Train Derails, Falls Onto Light Rail Tracks

PITTSBURGH, PA — A Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in Pittsburgh and several cars fell onto the Port Authority’s light rail system, known as the T line. Twitter users posted photos of the derailment and said it happened around 1 p.m. on the city’s South Side, near Station Square.

The Port Authority tweeted that all inbound and outbound rail service had been suspended due to the derailment. Cars had fallen down to Station Square from the hill above, the agency said. Emergency and Port Authority crews were at the scene assessing what it called “extensive damage.” There were no reported injuries.

Riders can still get in and out of the city. The Blue Line will go as far as South bank where passengers can transfer to a bus. The Red Line will go as far as Potomac Station in Dormont.

Port Authority has established a bus shuttle from Wood Street Station to Potomac Station on the Red Line and from Wood Street Station to South Bank on the Blue Line.

Riders at the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball game can use the light rail service from the North Shore to Wood Street Station and then get on one of the shuttle buses to Potomac on the Red Line and to South Bank on Blue Line.

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Monongahela Incline has also been closed.

Bus routes 4, 41, 48, 51 and 39, as well as all Y routes are being detoured due to the train derailment, Port Authority said.

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