Amtrak Locomotive Engineer Davis Grilley drove The Winter Park Express from Denver Union Station to Winter Park in Winter Park, Colorado on Friday, December 20, 2024.
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Amtrak briefly suspended all prepare service between New York and Philadelphia Sunday morning attributable to downed overhead energy wires that had been blocking the tracks.
The delays and cancellations come at one of many busiest journey intervals of the 12 months, simply days earlier than the Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa holidays and because the area faces freezing temperatures.
The journey suspension first occurred round 7 a.m. ET, with estimates of resumption solely round midday. As of 1:30 p.m., Amtrak mentioned that they had restored two of the 4 tracks for service via the impacted route, with trains working at lowered speeds and delays averaging an hour.
At least three trains had been canceled, in keeping with Amtrak’s X updates.
The Northeast Corridor is Amtrak’s most-traveled route, spanning a path of main East Coast cities from Boston to Washington, D.C.
“We are doing our greatest to maneuver trains in agenda order in hopes of minimizing delays,” Amtrak mentioned in a statement.
Amtrak will waive extra fees for patrons who change their reservation, and most clients had been accommodated on different trains, in keeping with a spokesperson.
The downed wires additionally impacted some NJ Transit trains, in keeping with an alert. The area can also be going through the coldest temperatures for this time of 12 months in two years, in keeping with the National Weather Service.
