Disabled train causes more headaches for New Jersey Transit users

NEW YORK (WABC) –

New Jersey Transit passengers went to another early nightmare after a rail car was broken due to a mechanical failure in the north tube of the Hudson River tunnel.

Delays at the entrance and exit of the Penn Station New York Station exceeded 60 minutes and lasted several hours when Amtrak attempted to remove the broken down train, but efforts were slowed down when the train derailed.

The workers were finally able to push back the train and release the train from the tunnel, and normal operations resumed around 10:30.

"Amtrak would like to apologize to our customers, the NYP commuters and our suburban partners for the delays they experienced this morning during their trips to New York Penn Station," said the agency. communicated. "At approximately 2:30 am, a railway maintenance equipment car – and not a passenger train – was disabled due to a mechanical failure occurring in the north tube of the North River tunnels, outside the New York Penn Station Railway Station.Amtrak forces immediately sent a rescue train to move the rail car maintenance out of the tunnel when attempting to move the wagon equipped with maintenance of the rails, a wheel train of it derailed.At about 6:55, the disabled equipment was upgraded.It was determined that the infrastructure was not damaged. "

PATH and NYC Transit were honor tickets to help commuters.

Still, many riders reported that the constant delays were getting older.

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