Each year, hundreds of subway riders pull the emergency brake for no good reason. Last week, that kind of vandalism led to a derailment that injured dozens. By Ana Ley The collision between two subway ...

In New York City, it only takes the pull of a handle to bring a subway train to a screeching halt. It’s so easy, in fact, that vandals do it hundreds of times per year. The most recent incident where ...

The emergency brake on Amtrak train 501 was automatically activated in a train derailment near DuPont early Monday morning. Bella Dinh-Zarr with the National Transportation Safety Board said in a news ...

Pranksters pulling the subway brakes for no reason are abusing the system, but sometimes the brakes are important safety devices. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Friday. Today we’ll look at when ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO — The CTA operator onboard a ...

An official of the Metro Railway said that the emergency brakes of a Dakshineswar-bound train, suddenly got activated, ...

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You never know what’s going to happen on a New York City subway. Maybe you’ll have a quiet ride; or maybe you’ll be serenaded by a mariachi band, be crammed into a car full of high schoolers visiting ...

A 34-year-old woman has been fined VND5 million (US$205) after her car became stuck on a prohibited railway crossing in central Vietnam, forcing a freight train to make an emergency brake to avoid ...