{"id":127766,"date":"2026-02-09T17:40:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T17:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/127766\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T17:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T17:40:12","slug":"nj-transit-suspends-2-lines-in-and-out-of-penn-station-due-to-wire-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/127766\/","title":{"rendered":"NJ Transit suspends 2 lines in and out of Penn Station due to wire issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Riders on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/video\/nj-transit-trains-still-getting-back-on-track-with-full-service-expected-wednesday\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NJ Transit<\/a>\u00a0should expect delays as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.njtransit.com\/abc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wire issues suspended<\/a>\u00a0two lines in and out of Penn Station on Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The incident started when a piece of debris from overhead wire infrastructure struck the windshield of the train at North Elizabeth Station, officials said. The train, which was already delayed due to earlier Amtrak wire issues, lost power and became disabled.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>An engineer was hurt during the incident and transported to a local hospital with minor injuries. None of the riders was hurt, according to a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>NJ Transit lines being affected\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The rail service is suspended on the Northeast Corridor Line between Penn Station in New York and Trenton.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Service is also suspended on the North Jersey Coast Line between Penn Station in New York and Woodbridge, according to the NJ Transit website.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Raritan Valley Line trains will originate and terminate at Newark Penn Station.<\/p>\n<p>Rail tickets and passes are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NJTRANSIT\/status\/2020885868051943471\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">being cross-honored<\/a>\u00a0by NJ Transit buses, private carriers and PATH at Newark, Hoboken and 33rd Street in New York.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, officials were saying service was subject to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NJTRANSIT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">60-minute delays<\/a> due to a disabled train near Newark. A diesel rescue engine pulled up near Newark Liberty Airport Station to try to salvage the morning commute, but it was a little too late for some riders.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Headaches for commuters<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was originally traveling to school in Montclair, but now I&#8217;m just trying to get home,&#8221; said Nathan Carthena, who had already been on the train for four hours.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rider Lisa Edmonds said she was supposed to be going from Newark Penn Station to Trenton, but the train kept getting delayed. When she finally boarded, the train only traveled as far as Newark Airport.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They made an announcement that the train lost power, and the train ahead of it. The wire broke,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>\n          More from CBS News\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Riders on NJ Transit\u00a0should expect delays as\u00a0wire issues suspended\u00a0two lines in and out of Penn Station on Monday.\u00a0&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127767,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10,7607,55189,17250,7968],"class_list":["post-127766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-newark","tag-newark-penn-station","tag-nj-transit","tag-penn-station"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}