One issue with automated trains is when something inevitably goes wrong, if it happens in a heavy trafficked system like in NYC you might have dozens to hundred

One issue with automated trains is when something inevitably goes wrong, if it happens in a heavy trafficked system like in NYC you might have dozens to hundreds of people dead Can you give an example of a subway accident (in NYC or another US system) that lead to that many dead? A head-on collision on the WMATA system resulted in only 9 dead: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_2009_Washington_Metro_train_collision http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_2009_Washington_Metro_trai... From this list of NYC subway accidents, the worst involved an accident in 1991 that killed 5 passengers: http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/Subway_FAQ:_Accidents http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/Subway_FAQ:_Accidents