New Haven Commuters Shaken Up After Hoboken Crash

Union Station in New Haven, much like the terminal in Hoboken, has commuter trains that run to and from New York and after the crash on Thursday morning, some Connecticut commuters are a little shaken up.   

Yaselin Cabrera, of Bridgeport, said she can only hope to get to and from her destination safely.

"I just ride and pray every day that everything goes fine. And get to work safe and back home safely," she said. 

News of the mishap in Hoboken startled commuters in Connecticut who rely on trains to get between home and job safely. 

"I've still got to get to work, I still have to provide for my family," said Jesse Brown. "But it's definitely a concern to hear that could happen at any time." 

A spokesperson for Metro-North said it is installing a speed control system called Positive Train Control (PTC) on its track between New York and New Haven.  

"Broadly speaking, we are making very significant progress and we're on pace to have PTC implemented by 2018," said Aaron Donovan of Metro-North in a statement.

Commuters in Waterbury said now when they look at the end of the rail line there, they wonder what would stop a train that didn't stop itself.

One of the biggest concerns on the minds of Connecticut commuters after the crash in Hoboken: how?

"How? How?", asked Morrell Hargrove, who said he rides trains every day between New York and Waterbury. "It's more of a how thing I suppose than what happened, cuz how did it happen that you did not know you were that close? Were you going too fast? How did the train get off the track? Did the train jump the track? Did the train hit something else? How? Like how does that happen?"

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