Mishap Disrupts N.J.-N.Y Train Service
November 18, 2007
Train service resumed Sunday afternoon between New Jersey and New York’s Penn Station, but passengers were warned to expect delays through the evening.
Service was restored at about 3 p.m. EST. It had been suspended in both directions just before 9 a.m. when an NJ Transit train approaching Penn Station struck overhead wires, the agency told The (New Jersey) Star-Ledger.
Agency spokesman Dan Stessel said 300 passengers were on the train. They were transferred to a Long Island Rail Road train and taken to Penn Station by 11 a.m.
Amtrak service also was suspended because of the incident.
The service interruption affected an estimated 17,000 passengers.