A Metro-North signal maintainer was struck and killed by a train on the New Haven Line at Rye, New York after Friday 's evening rush. According to the Journal News, The man's identity was not released pending notification of his next of kin, said Marjorie Anders, railroad spokeswoman, who ruled out a suicide. All service was suspended on the New Haven Line after 8:00pm while MTA police and local emergency workers patrolled the area around CP 223 (known as "PIKE"). Some trains were cancelled, others were turned at the nearest station and sent back towards New Haven or New York. Amtrak trains were also delayed as a result. By 9:30, Track 4 was reopened for restricted movements through the interlocking, which allowed the dispatcher to fleet delayed trains eastward. Soon after, trains were run westbound through the single open track. By 11:30pm, all four tracks had been released, and dispatchers worked to return service to normal levels. An investigation is pending regarding the fatality. All this came after a Friday morning fire in the Park Avenue Tunnel around West 50th Street closed Grand Central Terminal and disrupted late morning service.
