PHILADELPHIA — A train on the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority’s Market-Frankford rapid-transit line derailed late Saturday night, with crews finding and repairing a broken rail during overnight repairs, the website Billy Penn reports.
SEPTA reported about 100 people were aboard when the train derailed shortly before midnight, and that there were no injuries, although a local TV reporter tweeted that one woman was taken to the hospital after complaining of knee pain.
The derailment, on SEPTA’s most-used transit line, occurred between the 2nd Street and Spring Garden stations, and involved the third car in a six-car trainset. The line is normally closed between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m.; service was restored about 10 a.m. on Sunday.
A SEPTA spokesman said the cause is still under investigation.
Looks like the linked article is well detailed.
The MFL, Frankford-bound, curves left almost as soon as it exits the 2nd St. station, so not much chance to accelerate before hitting the curve.