{"id":829831,"date":"2026-05-29T10:21:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T10:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/829831\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T10:21:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T10:21:28","slug":"nj-transit-amtrak-suspended-at-penn-station-due-to-train-car-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/829831\/","title":{"rendered":"NJ Transit, Amtrak suspended at Penn Station due to train car fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A train car fire that erupted early Friday morning has shut down <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/video\/nj-transit-bus-driver-8-passengers-injured-in-collision\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NJ Transit<\/a> and Amtrak service at Penn Station.<\/p>\n<p>The overnight fire is growing into a major commuter headache for thousands of people trying to get into New York City for work.<\/p>\n<p>Amtrak and NJ Transit are suspended between Penn Station New York and Newark Penn Station. Long Island Rail Road trains are partially restored. <\/p>\n<p>What we know<\/p>\n<p>Emergency crews are at the scene after the FDNY declared a two-alarm fire inside the station. The video showed a chaotic scene with a massive response.<\/p>\n<p>Transportation officials said the fire was reported just after 1:30 a.m. on an Amtrak work train car in one of the Hudson River tunnels. The incident escalated to a second alarm response nearly an hour later.<\/p>\n<p>More than 140 fire and EMS personnel were called to the scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Two people are suffering serious injuries and were rushed to the hospital. Three others refused medical attention, according to officials.<\/p>\n<p>NJ Transit train alternatives \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Midtown Direct service is being diverted to Hoboken.<\/p>\n<p>Train tickets and passes are being cross-honored by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.njtransit.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">NJ Transit<\/a>, private carriers, and PATH at Newark Penn Station, Hoboken and 33rd Street, New York.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some LIRR trains being diverted<\/p>\n<p>While service has been restored, some trains will be diverted to Grand Central and Long Island City.<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mta.info\/agency\/long-island-rail-road\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here <\/a>to see the latest delays and cancellations for each branch.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Amtrak suspended until afternoon<\/p>\n<p>Amtrak officials said service to and from New Jersey to New York and points south isn&#8217;t expected until the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Service from northern and eastern locations is also reduced.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Amtrak apologizes for the inconvenience and is providing rebooking opportunities and refunds while it works to return to scheduled service levels,&#8221; a statement read.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n          More from CBS News\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A train car fire that erupted early Friday morning has shut down NJ Transit and Amtrak service at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":829832,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,133977,405,403,5226,5225,62117,5228,5227,101775,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-829831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-long-island-rail-road","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-nj-transit","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-penn-station","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116657369147941667","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=829831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/829832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=829831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=829831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=829831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}