'Disaster Every Day': More NJ Transit Delays Leave Penn Station Packed With Angry Riders
Commuters in New York and New Jersey may have found something scarier than a Halloween ghoul – having to rely on NJ Transit.
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Commuters in New York and New Jersey may have found something scarier than a Halloween ghoul – having to rely on NJ Transit.
At least six trains were affected by the trespasser, who was in the tunnel near Penn Station.
A train on the Montclair Boonton line derailed around 6:20 p.m. Thursday when the wheels on the first car came off the track shortly after leaving Penn Station.
Northeast Corridor Train 3886 became disabled around 11:45 p.m. Friday on its way into the station when Amtrak overhead wires dislodged, causing a metal bracket to fall onto a train car.
Long Island Rail Road riders are facing service changes Monday morning due to two separate incidents.
A Long Island Rail Road train with two derailed axles caused service changes Wednesday along the Port Washington Branch.
At one point, there were delays of up to 45 minutes in and out of Penn Station after a train became disabled in one of the Hudson River tunnels.
The work will take place at Penn Station, as well as in the Empire Tunnel and on the Spuyten Duyvil bridge.
Cancellations and delays across the board made the commute almost as messy inside as the weather outside.
NJ TRANSIT says riders are facing delays up to 60 minutes in and out of Penn Station Thursday morning.
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Some train service was suspended into and out of Penn Station late Sunday afternoon due to a power outage.
Members of the Long Island FAILroad Facebook group commiserated at a Penn Station bar one night during rush hour and banded together to take their gripes about train service to social media.
Rail officials said the impact on commuters won't be as significant as the changes riders dealt with last summer.
Train commuters from Long Island and New Jersey were bracing this weekend for a second round of track repairs at Penn Station that will cause the cancellation of some trains and the re-routing of others.
The schedule changes beginning Monday won't be as widespread as those that occurred during the summer, but they will last longer — until late May.
Penn Station was packed Wednesday evening as NJ TRANSIT trains were subjected to major delays during the afternoon rush.
A power outage on the tracks at New York's Penn Station has affected train service on Amtrak and New Jersey Transit.
The next round of Amtrak repairs at Penn Station is urgent enough that officials say it cannot wait for the slow season.
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The not-so-hellish "Summer of Hell" comes to a close ahead of the Tuesday morning rush.
Amtrak has completed the track work at Penn Station that forced the railroads that share the busy transit hub to curtail service for eight weeks.
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