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'At least 100 injured' in New Jersey train crash

The scene in Hoboken, New Jersey, after a commuter train crashed into the rail station. Photo: Twitter/@big_Poppa_Chop 
The scene in Hoboken, New Jersey, after a commuter train crashed into the rail station. Photo: Twitter/@big_Poppa_Chop  The scene in Hoboken, New Jersey, after a commuter train crashed into the rail station. Photo: Twitter/@big_Poppa_Chop 

A commuter train has crashed into a New Jersey rail station during the Thursday morning rush hour, causing serious damage.

The New Jersey emergency management system has reported more than 100 people have been injured with some trapped among the wreckage.

TV footage and photos from the scene show damage to the rail car and extensive structural damage to the Hoboken station.

Radio station WFAN anchor John Minko told New York radio station WINS that the train "went right through the barriers and into the reception area".

Rail service was suspended in and out of Hoboken, which is seven miles outside New York City.

Hoboken is the final stop for several train lines, and the images show a train that appears to have gone through the bumper stop at the end of a track.

The train came to a halt in a covered area between the station's indoor waiting area and the platform.

A metal structure covering the area collapsed.

A passenger said the train was crowded and ploughed through the platform at the end of the line.

Bhagyesh Shah told NBC New York he saw a lot of people bleeding and a woman pinned under concrete.

Mr Shah said he was in the back of the train, but that many people use the front cars, since it makes for an easier exit.

He said the incident lasted only for a couple seconds, "but it felt like an eternity".

He told the TV station that passengers in the second car broke the emergency windows to get out.