PITTSBURGH — Two cars of a Pittsburgh Regional Transit Red Line light rail train derailed Monday afternoon, causing no injuries but leading to significant service delays.
The transit agency reported on social media site X that about 15 people were on aboard at the time of the 4 p.m. derailment at Willow Station in the borough of Castle Shannon, south of downtown Pittsburgh. Rerailing the two cars “will take some time,” PRT said at 4:30 p.m.. “There’s special equipment used to lift the cars so they can be placed back on the tracks. We haven’t seen a two-car derailment in some time.” Portions of the light-rail system were single tracked because of the incident, allowing service to be restored, but with 1-hour delays for the remainder of the day.
The PRT website is not listing any residual issues at the site as of this morning.
According to the map above Willow Station is not on the Red Line?
You are correct, Sir!