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Downed catenary halts Amtrak and commuter service between New York and PhillyBy Trains Staff | May 23, 2024Delays are expected to continue today from the roughly five-hour outage that began on Wednesday evening
Amtrak and commuter service between New York and Philadelphia was suspended for hours at the height of the evening rush hour on Wednesday after catenary came down in Kearny, N.J.
Service between New York and Newark, N.J., was initially suspended at 5:05 p.m., prompting backups that cascaded along the Northeast Corridor. An Amtrak spokesman told the New York Times that some northbound trains bound for New York were terminated in Philadelphia, where passengers had to find their own alternate transportation.
Limited service was restored around 10 p.m. “As of 10:34 p.m. ET, due to downed power lines east of New York (NYP), trains experienced extensive delays. As crews work to restore power, trains are single tracking and will experience residual delays throughout the night,” Amtrak said in a service advisory.