The
Fairfield train crash occurred on May 17, 2013, when a
Metro-North Railroad passenger train derailed between the
Fairfield Metro and
Bridgeport stations in
Fairfield,
Connecticut, in the
United States. The derailed train fouled the adjacent line and a train heading in the opposite direction then collided with it. There were at least 72 injured among the 700 people on board the two trains.