Amtrak was still facing service disruptions in the Northeast on Friday after service between New Haven, Connecticut, and Philadelphia was suspended Thursday afternoon.
“As of 8:24 a.m. ET, a commuter rail failure in New York (NYP) has caused all rail service between PHL and NYP to be delayed/changed,” Amtrak Northeast announced. Said A post on social platform X on Friday morning said: “Service is expected to resume at 12pm. Expect delays of at least 60 minutes. An update will be provided at a later date.”
Amtrak Northeast I got it. of cancel A malfunction on a commuter rail line caused some trains to be canceled in the New York area on Friday morning.
Amtrak service was halted between New Haven and Philadelphia due to a power outage on Thursday. In a series of posts on X, Amtrak Northeast said overhead power outages had been reported between New York and Newark, warning of “significant delays” while crews worked to fix the problem.
Just before 3 p.m. EDT on Thursday, rail service between New Haven and Philadelphia was suspended while crews worked to restore power to the New York area.
“Significant delays are expected,” Amtrak said. I said at the time X.
The company said in a statement that a circuit breaker failure caused a power issue, resulting in a loss of power on the line.
