Hundreds Crowd South Norwalk Train Station After Crash

NORWALK, Conn. -- Hundreds of rail riders were stranded at the South Norwalk train station Friday evening when service was suspended after a Metro-North train crash in Fairfield.

Stranded commuters crowd the parking lot at the South Norwalk train station after service was suspended.
Photo Credit: *Casey Donahue*

Buses are available to take stranded riders from the South Norwalk train station to New Haven.
Photo Credit: *Casey Donahue*

Casey Donahue

05/17/2013 9:15 p.m.

Travelers crowded the station and parking lot in South Norwalk. Buses were picking up riders at the train station and at the nearby Norwalk police station to take them to New Haven. There was also a shuttle to take people to the DoubleTree Hotel in Norwalk.

Trains were operating to Grand Central Station for passengers who were looking to return to New York City.

"Norwalk Transit has buses arriving to transport passengers to Fairfield and Bridgeport," Norwalk Police Chief Tom Kulhawik said via Twitter @NPDChief. "Officers directing commuters to the arriving buses."

He reported that a number of officers were at the South Norwalk station "assisting with traffic and passengers temporarily stranded due to derailment. Patience is key."

Traffic was very congested in the South Norwalk area due to the large number of cars arriving to pick up stranded commuters. Police were in the area directing traffic and keeping order.

All Metro-North and Amtrak service was suspended between South Norwalk and New Haven.

More buses were reportedly being sent in to assist in shuttling the stranded passengers.

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