New York Metropolis Transit is inspecting greater than 1,000 subway automobiles on the Nos. 2, 4 and 5 traces after an surprising decoupling left greater than 200 passengers stranded in a Bronx subway tunnel Sunday.
“We have a very rigorous inspection protocol for our trains, and in addition to our normal day-to-day inspection of trains we are also going to inspect all of the R142 car class to ensure that there’s no other issues remaining with the cars,” NYCT President Demetrius Crichlow informed reporters Monday.
The primary three automobiles of a southbound No. 4 prepare decoupled from the rear seven automobiles simply after 5:20 p.m. Sunday night time whereas the prepare was between stations simply north of 149th St.-Grand Concourse within the Bronx.
The decoupling triggered the emergency brakes on the prepare, bringing each sections of the subway to a halt within the tunnel, stranding these onboard.
That work, the supply mentioned, does contain disconnecting — and ostensibly then reconnecting — the five-car set.
The train-linkage system on the R142 is just like that discovered within the R142A automobiles of the No. 4 prepare and the R188 automobiles of the No. 7 prepare. The MTA didn’t instantly reply Monday as as to if these automobile lessons have been being inspected as effectively.
Initially Revealed: October 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM EDT
