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Reuters 4:01 a.m. CST, December 2, 2013
By Noreen O'DonnellDec 2 (Reuters) - Commuters from New York City's northern
suburbs braced for travel delays on Monday morning following a
seven-car train derailment that killed four people and injured
11 critically.A portion of a Metro-North Railroad line between the Bronx
and part of Westchester County could be closed for a week or
more after the accident on Sunday, in which a Manhattan-bound
commuter train ran off the tracks while rounding a sharp curve
in the Bronx.
Service was suspended on the railroad's Hudson line, which
serves 26,000 on an average weekday, between the village of
Tarrytown and Manhattan's Grand Central Terminal, according to
state's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), the parent
company of Metro-North.
The MTA was providing bus service as an alternative, and
urged Westchester County residents to use its Harlem line.
"I think it's fair to say that tomorrow people who use this
line should plan on a long commute or plan on using the Harlem
