‘This Week Was a Nightmare’: Amtrak, NJ Transit Outages Cause Mayor Delays for Northeast Commuters

A travel nightmare for commuters struck the Northeast on Thursday as power issues related to a heat wave caused significant delays and closures for New Jersey Transit and Amtrak trains.

Issues with both transportation services plagued commuters and travelers at New York’s Penn Station, the busiest transit hub in the Western Hemisphere which sees over 600,000 passengers pass through daily.

Related: Horned Bull on Penn Station Tracks Causes Commuter Delays

Early Friday morning, NJ Transit told customers that rail service in and out of New York’s Penn Station was suspended due to “AMTRAK overhead wire issues” and that all tickets were being cross-honored by NJ Transit buses and PATH Trains (a

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