Penn Station Train Derailment: Travel Options For NJ Transit, Amtrak and LIRR Riders

PENN STATION, NY — For the second time in as many weeks, a train derailment has left travel through Penn Station a commuter's nightmare. An NJ Transit train arriving at the terminal Monday morning left the track as it pulled into the station. The incident caused five non-life-threatening injuries, cancellations and major delays, not just for that provider but for Amtrak and the Long Island Railroad.

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Here's where everything stands:

• Limited NJ Transit service has resumed after all trains were suspended during the morning. Midtown Direct trains will be re-routed through Hoboken for the rest of the day, and Northeast Corridor and New Jersey Coast Line service is likely to be delayed. Raritan Valley Line service is suspended between Newark and Penn Station.
• Acela service on the Acela Express and Northeast Regional lines will be delayed between Newark and New York. The company said Keystone Service may also be modified, but that Empire Service was operating as usual on Monday morning.
• The Long Island Rail Road is anticipating a slew of delays and cancellations during the evening rush hour. The LIRR said to expect service changes between 4 and 8 p.m. Here's the latest list of impacted trains; 18 have been canceled. Trains before and after the evening rush hour will likely operate with some delays.

Penn Station was crowded and trains were heavily delayed during Monday's evening commute.

The transit mess comes 10 days after an Amtrak train derailed at the station.

On March 24, that train sideswiped a NJ Transit train and clogged service for the rest of the day.

An Amtrak spokesman told Patch Monday that the company, which owns most of the tracks at Penn Station, was investigating both derailments. Inspectors from the U.S. Federal Railroad Administration were also at Penn Station on Monday morning, the agency said.

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