An NYC subway just derailed and smashed into a wall as MTA problems pile up

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June 27, 2017 4:32 PM

The A train was traveling between 135th and 125th streets when it derailed and hit a wall, witnesses say.

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A New York City subway train derailed and smashed into a wall Tuesday.

The Metropolitan Transit Authority confirmed on Twitter that a subway derailed at 125th street and that emergency responders were on the scene.

Witnesses told Gothamist a southbound A train was traveling between 135th and 125th streets when it began shaking violently. One passenger posted a photo of broken glass that he said was caused by the impact of the train hitting a wall.

The derailment has caused service disruptions on the A, B, C, D, E, F, and M lines.

The MTA did not immediately return Business Insider's request for comment.

The derailment is the lastest in a string of subway fiascos that have put Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state-operated MTA under the spotlight.

A video of passengers trying to claw their way out of an F train went viral on social media earlier this month. The passengers were stuck in a subway car without air conditioning when the train was stuck between stations for over an hour.

The number of subway delays has more than doubled, to 70,000 a month, from about 28,000 a month in 2012, The New York Times reported in February.

The MTA is channeling resources into the aging subway system as disruptions pile up.

The MTA last month announced a new initiative complementary to its five-year, $29.5 billion funding plan that directs $14 billion toward improving the subway system. The new initiative primarily tackles short-term solutions, like improving equipment failures.

Cuomo has said he will give $1 million "Genius" target="_blank" grants to the three people with the best solutions for the subway system's problems, some of which, like an aging signal system, are directly connected to delays.

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