Queens F Train Service Back To Normal After Subway Derailment
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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Service on the F train was back to normal Sunday morning after a subway derailment Saturday night.
Two wheels of a Manhattan-bound F train jumped the tracks just before 8 p.m. between Parsons and Sutphin boulevards.
Officials say the emergency brakes were automatically activated.
F train service was suspended in both directions between the Briarwood and Jamaica 179th Street stations.
Nearly 200 passengers were evacuated. No one was hurt.
The MTA is also investigating why a third rail protection mat, which is usually used by maintenance workers, was found underneath the train.
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