The incident happened at around 5:15 p.m. on the southbound tracks between 161st and 149th streets. The MTA said all the passengers on the train were evacuated safely.
NEW YORK CITY (WPVI) -- A man has been arrested for allegedly tossing debris onto subway tracks in Manhattan Sunday morning, causing a train to derail and snarling service for much of the day.
UPDATE: The train that derailed at the Summit Station was an NJ Transit work train, authorities said. An earlier version of this story incorrectly said it was a freight train. NJ Transit service along ...