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Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Rail Service Suspended 3 Hours In NY Due To Power Problems (doh!)

New York

DOW JONES NEWSWIRES


Rail service was suspended at New York City's Penn Station for nearly three hours Wednesday due to power problems, disrupting commuter and holiday travel for several New Jersey Transit, Long Island Railroad and Amtrak lines.


The outage was first reported at 8:45 a.m. EST and crews were working to resolve the power issue, according to Amtrak. The cause of the power disruption is under investigation. An Amtrak spokesman said trains were moving again as of 11:36 a.m., although he expected there was a lot of congestion.


An NJ Transit spokesman said average ridership into Penn Station on ...