A power failure at the peak of morning rush hour knocked out service on Amtrak and regional trains serving New York's Penn Station for nearly three hours, temporarily stranding thousands of passengers traveling between New York and points south.
Amtrak personnel received the first reports of low voltage on the power lines that feed Northeast Corridor trains at 8:45 a.m. The outage shut down service in both directions between New York and New Jersey and also disrupted Amtrak service to Boston, Albany, and points west in New York State, as well as service to Philadelphia, Washington, and points west and south of those cities.
Some New Jersey Transit commuter trains were rerouted to Hoboken, where passengers transferred to PATH trains to Manhattan. While Penn Station filled with frustrated passengers whose travel was delayed, no trains were canceled as a result of the power failure, and Amtrak reported that no trains were stranded in the Hudson River tunnels as a result of the outage, nor did the outage leave trains without heat or light.
Full power was restored at 11:35 a.m. Amtrak advised passengers in a written statement after the interruption to expect residual delays throughout the day as stalled trains resume their journeys.
Written by Sandy Smith
For HULIQ.com
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