According to the National Transportation Safety Board the number of Metro-North accidents over the last year – including the Bridgeport derailment that injured 65 people – was the result of a failure across the system to follow recommendations.
Acting chairman of the NTSB, the nation’s top safety investigator, Christopher Hart said at a press conference that all of the accidents were preventable, and the underlying cause of all of them was safety management problems.
The report from the NTSB discusses the five major Metro North accidents in less than a year which killed four people and injured more than 100.
The report not only blames Metro North but also the Federal Railroad Administration for failure to require them to follow the NTSB safety recommendations and for exempting them from inspecting tracks on foot every two weeks.
Newly appointed Metro-North President Joseph Giulietti acknowledged the NTSB’s criticism and said they would take the issues to heart and continue the safety improvements already implemented.
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