{"id":364826,"date":"2026-10-05T14:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T14:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/364826\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T14:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T14:38:09","slug":"nj-transit-delays-in-and-out-of-penn-station-caused-by-broken-rail-amtrak-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/364826\/","title":{"rendered":"NJ Transit delays in and out of Penn Station caused by broken rail, Amtrak officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NJ Transit riders are facing delays Monday morning as crews work to repair a broken rail.<\/p>\n<p>Rail service is subject to 60-minute delays into and out of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/penn-station-renovation-renderings\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Penn Station<\/a> New York. Amtrak officials said the rail broke in one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/hudson-tunnel-boring-new-york-new-jersey\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hudson River tunnels<\/a>.\u00a0  <\/p>\n<p>Midtown Direct trains are being diverted to Hoboken. NJ Transit rail tickets and passes are being cross-honored by NJ Transit, private carrier buses and PATH at Newark Penn Station, Hoboken and 33rd Street in New York City.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There is no word on when trains will be running normally.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In May, New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill rolled out a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/gov-mikie-sherrill-nj-transit-rapid-action-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">new plan<\/a>\u00a0to tackle common complaints about the transit system, including frustrating delays.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The plan includes promises of cleaner stations, better lighting and a newly redesigned mobile app with GPS for more accurate and real-time updates.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story. Check back for updates.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n          More from CBS News\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NJ Transit riders are facing delays Monday morning as crews work to repair a broken rail. Rail service&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364827,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10,17250],"class_list":["post-364826","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-nj-transit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364826","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=364826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}