{"id":248392,"date":"2026-05-30T00:30:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T00:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/248392\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T00:30:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T00:30:19","slug":"amtrak-fire-causes-commuter-chaos-in-new-york-city-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/248392\/","title":{"rendered":"Amtrak fire causes commuter chaos in New York City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A fire erupted on Amtrak work trains in a Hudson River tunnel between New York and New Jersey early Friday, suspending Penn Station service for NJ Transit and Long Island Rail Road commuters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">LIRR service resumed by the morning rush hour, but the NJ Transit suspension into Penn Station lasted through mid-day Friday. Around 1 p.m., NJ Transit said it was resuming trains into and out of Penn Station, but it warned that commuters should still be prepared for delays and cancelations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Two Amtrak work trains collided in the Hudson River tunnel at about 1:25 a.m., impacting the electrical system and igniting a fire, said Janno Lieber, head of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Several workers were injured, <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/post\/penn-station-service-disrupted-train-fire-nj-transit-lirr-suspended\/19191629\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:according to ABC New York station WABC.;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;according to ABC New York station WABC.&quot;}\" class=\"link \">according to ABC New York station WABC.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"@grep_now\/X - PHOTO: A passenger on a train photographs a fire on a maintenance vehicle in a tunnel under Penn Station in New York City, May 29, 2026.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0d7ec99584693584b68da2b1d40d3852.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>@grep_now\/X &#8211; PHOTO: A passenger on a train photographs a fire on a maintenance vehicle in a tunnel under Penn Station in New York City, May 29, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/GMA\/Travel\/southwest-updates-extra-seat-policy-size-passengers\/story?id=133399738\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Southwest updates extra-seat policy for plus-size passengers;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Southwest updates extra-seat policy for plus-size passengers&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> Southwest updates extra-seat policy for plus-size passengers<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">One NJ Transit passenger called the experience &#8220;frightening,&#8221; telling ABC News, &#8220;Someone yelled there was a fire on the track &#8230; there was a very loud explosion that shook the train and caused the lights to go out. We didn&#8217;t move for maybe 8 to 10 minutes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I rely on NJ Transit to get to work, so I am now deeply concerned about how I will commute safely moving forward,&#8221; the New Jersey resident said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Amtrak service was also impacted. Trains south of Penn Station were suspended all Friday morning and Amtrak warned of &#8220;lengthy delays&#8221; north of Penn Station.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On Friday afternoon, Amtrak announced that its Penn Station service resumed, but said travelers should expect residual delays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A fire erupted on Amtrak work trains in a Hudson River tunnel between New York and New Jersey&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248083,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[6922,96957,33083,2533,9,24,55,54,17250,56,7968],"class_list":["post-248392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-amtrak","tag-amtrak-service","tag-hudson-river-tunnel","tag-metropolitan-transportation-authority","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-nj-transit","tag-ny","tag-penn-station"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248392","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=248392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}