That was the third NJ Transit derailment at the station since March.
"So they had to rescue that one and send another one, I think." And then sent another car in to rescue us, to pull us out, and there was a problem with that car," one passenger recalled. We were stuck for about an hour without power. "We heard something, and then the engine just went dead. The Amtrak train disabled in the Hudson River Tunnel because of an overhead power issue, officials said. The NJ Transit train, which could not move forward and carried about 800 people, had to move backwards to Secaucus. The NJ Transit train disabled and was stuck behind the Amtrak train, which disabled just before 11:30 a.m., officials said.
The train stalled around 4:45 p.m., the city fire department said.Ī New Jersey Transit and Amtrak train, carrying close to 1,000 people between them, got stuck in a Penn Station tunnel earlier Saturday, officials said. after it experienced overhead power issues.Īmtrak crews are investigating what caused those power issues. A second New Jersey Transit train stalled at Penn Station on Saturday, officials said.Īn Amtrak official said the train was towed into the station at 5:05 p.m.