Second Round Of Penn Station Repairs Underway
Rail officials said the impact on commuters won't be as significant as the changes riders dealt with last summer.
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Rail officials said the impact on commuters won't be as significant as the changes riders dealt with last summer.
Train commuters from Long Island and New Jersey were bracing this weekend for a second round of track repairs at Penn Station that will cause the cancellation of some trains and the re-routing of others.
The schedule changes beginning Monday won't be as widespread as those that occurred during the summer, but they will last longer — until late May.
Penn Station was packed Wednesday evening as NJ TRANSIT trains were subjected to major delays during the afternoon rush.
A power outage on the tracks at New York's Penn Station has affected train service on Amtrak and New Jersey Transit.
The next round of Amtrak repairs at Penn Station is urgent enough that officials say it cannot wait for the slow season.
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Amtrak wrapped up the extensive summertime track repair project on Thursday.
The not-so-hellish "Summer of Hell" comes to a close ahead of the Tuesday morning rush.
Amtrak has completed the track work at Penn Station that forced the railroads that share the busy transit hub to curtail service for eight weeks.
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Trains have been operating on a modified schedule for most of the summer to accommodate much-needed track work.
The train had a conductor, but no passengers on board when it went off the tracks at 5:18 a.m.
Major Penn Station repair work that runs from July 10 to September 1 will close some of the station's 21 tracks, requiring a roughly 20 percent of reduction in service.
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Amtrak's work on Penn Station is reaching the halfway point.
The people at the controls of Penn Station are responsible for making sure 600,000 people get in and out safely every day.
Tuesday morning's issues all came amid ongoing track repairs and corresponding schedule cutbacks for Penn Station commuters that began last week.
Just hours after Amtrak and NJ TRANSIT announced trains were back on track Saturday, riders faced more delays in and out of Penn Station due to overhead wire problems.
Hundreds of workers on site have already replaced two switches on Interlocking A, while two other switches are in the process of being replaced.
Amtrak said it is making good progress as the first week of the dreaded "Summer of Hell" repair work at Penn Station wraps up.
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