Fire in train car near New York City’s Penn Station injures five and disrupts service
Amtrak car caught fire in Hudson River tunnel resulting in overhead wire damage, according to New Jersey Transit
A fire in a rail yard train car near New York’s Penn Station injured five people and disrupted service for many commuters early on Friday, authorities said.
The fire resulted in train delays on the New Jersey Transit and Amtrak rail services into New York and briefly suspended Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) service, more than a week after a strike had shut down that system.
New Jersey Transit posted on X that it was an Amtrak train car that was on fire “in one of the Hudson River tunnels”. It said the fire resulted in “overhead wire damage”.
“Impacts are expected to last through the morning rush hour,” it said.
Amtrak posted on X that it suspended its service until at least noon due to maintenance resulting “from a now extinguished fire in the New York area”. It said lengthy delays were expected for trains traveling north of New York.
It did not post any information about the fire itself. An email seeking comment was sent to Amtrak.
Fire officials said 100 firefighters responded to the fire early on Friday and that five people were hurt. Two of them were taken to a hospital. Their conditions were not immediately known.
Penn Station, underneath Madison Square Garden, can serve roughly 600,000 passengers daily via Amtrak, the New York subway system, New Jersey Transit and the LIRR.
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So the bottom line is it did not post any information about the fire itself. Wonder how this will land.
When you look at new Jersey Transit posted on X that it was an Amtrak train car that was on fire “in one of the Hudson River tunnels”, the implications are hard to ignore.
So the bottom line is amtrak posted on X that it suspended its service until at least noon due to maintenance resulting “from a now extinguished fire in the New York area”. Wonder how this will land.
New Jersey has been vocal about this, good to see them staying on it.
Think about it: amtrak posted on X that it suspended its service until at least noon due to maintenance resulting “from a now extinguished fire in the New York area”. That speaks volumes.
It did not post any information about the fire itself. Meanwhile amtrak car caught fire in Hudson River tunnel resulting in overhead wire damage, according to New Jersey.
Considering new Jersey Transit posted on X that it was an Amtrak train car that was on fire “in one of the Hudson River tunnels”, it raises some real questions about what happens next.
Still waiting to hear what Hudson River actually plans to do about it.
Basically it did not post any information about the fire itself. What matters is whether anything changes because of it.
Considering amtrak car caught fire in Hudson River tunnel resulting in overhead wire damage, according to New Jersey, it raises some real questions about what happens next.
The bigger issue here is new Jersey Transit posted on X that it was an Amtrak train car that was on fire “in one of the Hudson River tunnels”. That changes the calculation.
New Jersey Transit posted on X that it was an Amtrak train car that was on fire “in one of the Hudson River tunnels”. Meanwhile amtrak posted on X that it suspended its service until at least noon due to maintenance resulting “from a now extinguished fire in the New York area”.
The bigger issue here is amtrak posted on X that it suspended its service until at least noon due to maintenance resulting “from a now extinguished fire in the New York area”. That changes the calculation.
So the bottom line is new Jersey Transit posted on X that it was an Amtrak train car that was on fire “in one of the Hudson River tunnels”. Wonder how this will land.
What stands out is new Jersey Transit posted on X that it was an Amtrak train car that was on fire “in one of the Hudson River tunnels”. That is the part worth paying attention to.