Amtrak, NJ Transit running on modified service due to wire issues

Eyewitness News has team coverage as Amtrak and New Jersey Transit run on modified service into Penn Station New York.
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[@ewnyMetroExpress]

This is our infrastructure.

[@tyrese3745]

No sh-! And NJT wants *_us_* to pay a 15% increase in fares come this July 1st??? F-k that! The system is crumbling down. In fact, I plan on going to a MVC building to learn how to drive. Now how does *_that_* grab them?

[@YAZZYUTUBE]

"Take the PATH to Brooklyn"? Clearly, she won't be making it to Brooklyn if she plans on riding the PATH there.

[@23h109hh]

She could take the path to world trade center and then the subway from there but definitely not ideal

[@qjtvaddict]

To get the subway from WTC

[@TheRailwayDrone]

This is what happens with decades, DECADES of not investing in our infrastructure.

[@thiresalazar3194]

The federal government will not do that all the money since 2016 will go to Israel.

[@thiresalazar3194]

The federal government perfer to send money overseas since 2016 to Israel a rich country.

[@TheRailwayDrone]

@@thiresalazar3194 It goes further back than 2016. We're fortunate that the current administration and congress FINALLY passed an infrastructure bill which is contributing to building the new Portal Bridge as well as the tunnels that just started construction. But this should have been done a LONG time ago...but, you know, "Reaganomics."

[@TheRailwayDrone]

@@joshuacoldwater Absolutely correct. Those tunnels would be operational by now had it not been for Chris Krispy Creme.

[@ECDT1089-EtheLamborghini]

@@joshuacoldwater Better late than never

[@cliffpadilla5871]

Don't they mean Long Island Railroad? Metro North doesn't stop at Penn Station.

[@robotx9285]

How the hell did they get multiple basic facts wrong?

[@thetrainguy1]

This is terrible. Spend the money and fix the damn trains!!

[@johnnytoobad7785]

These so called "wire issues" are just neglected maintenance of the "overhead" high voltage wire system.

[@jaymorgenthal9479]

Amtrak needs to put a pulley/ Weight system on the catenary to keep it from sagging in hot weather. Metro north installed it on the New Haven Line and it eliminated that problem.

[@94metsboy]

AGAIN , NO WAYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@unionash1]

How do companies still want employees to be in the office 3 days a week? Better pay more to deal with this BS or keep them remote

[@golfberg1]

Metro North. isnt in Penn Station you Doofus 😂

[@JABJABKINGWORLD]

Metro north doesn’t go to pen metro north is working really well so is LIRR

[@RebekahEhrlich]

Terrible reporting. The Metro North doesn't service Penn station yet. The only metro North that might be affected is west of the Hudson

[@jaymorgenthal9479]

Metro North west of Hudson is all diesel running from Hoboken to Spring valley and Port Jervis. it does not use the NE Corridor.

[@CJ-fh5xq]

Even the 7 train between Manhattan and Flushing was down for a long time today

[@ajs11201]

Think of all the money our country has saved by not investing in infrastructure and public works.

[@Buc_Stops_Here]

This comes down to the tunnel between NY and NJ that is about 100 years old and is suffering from salt water damage from Hurricane Ida in 2021. While Amtrak and NJ Transit did their best to repair the tunnel the salt in it is slowly but surely destroying the infrastructure. In addition, the decision to cancel the ARC project by Chris Christie destroyed any chance of stopping this from happening. It was an estimated budget for the project was $8.7 billion. Construction began in mid-2009 and the project was slated for completion in 2018, but it was cancelled in October 2010 by Chris Christie, the governor of New Jersey, who cited the possibility of cost overruns and the state's lack of funds. Now they are working again but the solution won't be in place until 2028 earliest.

[@tdadp]

This is why I love the third rail over over head.

[@danedawes7122]

If they're having wire issues the catenary wires need to get replaced because that's what's happened on the Fox Chase line in Philly a few years ago, but some of the catenary system has been replaced already.😊

[@Acehitman369]

See we need to stop sending money overseas and start fixing up our stuff

[@jaymorgenthal9479]

Fix our stuff yes. But abandon Israel and Ukraine: never. If Russia takes over Ukraine they will turn west towards NATO and that’s WW3

[@kristainviayoutube500]

5:59 does she mean the Long Island Railroad? I don’t think Metro North goes to Penn Station as of now.

[@user-ih8cj6pc4p]

I work for NJ Transit

[@BrianHornak]

This must come to an end

[@Michele_PoeTreeWitch]

SlamTrak OWNS the lines and the tracks. They are responsible for track issues up and down the northeast corridor.

[@sheldonhchambliss1385]

What's going on?

[@mgzuck]

There is NEVER Metro North service into Penn station. At best you are referring to Metro North west of Hudson trains (Operated by NJ Transit) where passengers transfer in Secaucus. NJTransit you don't give the same detail that they did - like Mid-town direct going to Hoboken.

[@williamerazo3921]

Ok why they going to Penn Station when they can take the Path at Hoboken or Penn Station and take the subway at WTC . Bad commuter choices

[@Atrail_Mckinley4786]

It's much quicker. The PATH is slower.

[@tyrese3745]

@@Atrail_Mckinley4786At least it’s an alternative, but then again, that’s my opinion.

[@dicdicd1767]

Path is not going to penn station lol

[@tyrese3745]

@@dicdicd1767 33rd Street in Manhattan is the closest to NYPS.

[@dicdicd1767]

@@tyrese3745 correct 33rd St herald square

[@davidthaler7018]

Oh ABC…how do you not know that MetroNorth doesn’t serve PSNY, nor would it be affected by a problem across the Hudson?

[@williamerazo3921]

Why not getting diesel locomotives to run these trains until the wires are fixed

[@joaquinjr2570]

I believe there’s something with ventilation in penn station and the tunnels also some of the Amtrak and nj transit trains are only electric

[@retroguy1976]

@@joaquinjr2570 correct diesels cant even go into NY penn newark and hoboken are fine just NY penns off limits

[@R262SubwayTrain]

​@@retroguy1976 What about Dual Mode Engines

[@subzerofromny735]

@@R262SubwayTrainthere’s only a handful of dual modes available. And even if there was enough they can’t use the diesel mode because of the emissions and CO2, and they’d have to wait for the overhead wires to get fixed in order to operate on electric

[@DavidNightjet]

​@@joaquinjr2570exactly this. When the Pennsylvania Railroad built the station and tunnels in the 1900s they didn't want diesel fumes to seep into the station. They also didn't have the tech back then to equip the tunnels with ventilation shafts since they went under the river (look over in Hoboken for tunnels of similar age with ventilation shafts; they lead into Hoboken station and have open cuts twice along the length of the tunnels to allow fumes to vent out, rather than using air pumps. Not exactly possible under the Hudson). These two factors are why running diesels into Penn isn't possible. Any diesels you see in Penn are dual mode locomotives running off of electric power.

[@sheldonhchambliss1385]

Engine engine 99

[@dicdicd1767]

The correct word is catenary! Not wires...

[@HenggaoCai]

Just work from home

[@markmilitant]

The problem is people expect a commute of 1hour to be perfect everyday it’s a overhead train that can be interrupted everyday due to weather

[@qjtvaddict]

PATH should be through running

[@redpandaz5146]

>Decades of not investing in infrastructure >Infrastructure stops working

[@DavidNightjet]

Surprised Pikachu face

[@TheAZPro-yi8bu]

But we need more tax cuts for billionaires!

[@mtasubwaymartasubway]

The metro north doesn't go to penn station, LIRR does, not to bright!

[@ozz350]

Metro North does not leave out of PSNY. What kind of B.S. News report is this?

[@x-men69-96]

Look at Chinese subway and the US. 1 word: The US system is trash

[@TheSouthernMensch]

We could be like other countries, but no, greedy politicians.

[@stevenvanheemst9556]

Instead of spending money on military hardware to Israel. Let's fix the train situation This goes for waisteful grants We can go on

[@zfr33ze87]

People are too greedy and don’t give a shit

[@retroguy1976]

thats on amtrak's end and then nj transit upping the fare is a slap in the face i hate commute by train daily

[@golfberg1]

Time to switch to Diesel or even Steam ! (No Wires)😊

[@CaseysTrains]

Sure, run a bunch of diesel train emitting carbon monoxoide into Penn Station, and when your boarding the train and wondering "why do i feel so dizzy and sleepy all sudden", just remember this comment you made because your final destination won't be hamilton.....it'll be Heaven. Theres a fucking reason why diesel trains cant run into Penn Station. Unless you plan on paying for a bridge and station through the heart of manhattan to keep said diesel trains ventilated, the wires stay.

[@robocop581]

Amtrak trains were like China's 20 years ago

[@ImaKMS.]

Amtrak is an embarrassment

[@R262SubwayTrain]

It said NJ train problem 💀

[@StefanWithTrains3222]

​@R262SubwayTrain This is Amtrak infrastructure, but it is a lack of investment in the last decades.

[@stephenheath8465]

I am here for Europeans to clown us,about our shitty Railroads lol

[@thomasgrabkowski8283]

Diesel trains should be deployed when there’s problems with electric wires

[@CaseysTrains]

Sure and when the power goes out in your house, you should keep the gas generator in your garage so you don't get wet filling it back it up....oh wait there's a reason why they say not to do that....I think it involved a noxious oderless gass called Carbon Monoxide. You know...that stuff that kills people. Yeahhhhh there a reason why they can run diesel trains into Penn Station. That's like firing off 100 gas generators in a giant garage.

[@commanderbell1965]

Cyber Attack

[@commanderbell1965]

Diesel Power more reliable

[@damnjustassignmeone]

I’m sure diesel would work well going through the tunnel…

[@williamerazo3921]

Nope but for emergencies like these they can get other agencies to give them diesels. We are 20% of GDP of this country

[@travisbeagle5691]

It isn't though. Electric trains are far more reliable, the issue with them is that when things go south, they can really go south. That's often why newer rolling stock often has small battery packs to address issues like sectional power loss. Even with that, the biggest issues here is that the corridor lacks proper redundancies especially between New York and Newark Penn Stations and much of what is there predates Amtrak.

[@retroguy1976]

not going into NY Penn and the tunnels its not even ventilated

[@CaseysTrains]

Alright, put a diesel generator in your garage with the door closes and lemme know how reliable it is after an hour or two.