NJ Transit, Amtrak Trains Resume With Delays After Earlier Fire

Amtrak and New Jersey Transit trains to and from New York City’s Penn Station have resumed with residual delays and cancellations after a fire near the Hudson River tunnels disrupted service across the Northeast early Friday.

Earlier, both transit agencies were forced to suspend trains in and out of the nation’s busiest passenger rail hub.

The blaze, which was aboard an Amtrak work train, broke out around 1:30 a.m. on Track 11 just outside Penn Station, according to FDNY Deputy Chief Michael Barvels. More than 100 firefighters responded, battling heavy smoke and electrical hazards in the confined tunnel space before ...