{"id":244855,"date":"2026-07-16T13:49:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T13:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/244855\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T13:49:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T13:49:18","slug":"amtrak-trains-in-philly-region-to-operate-at-reduce-speeds-due-to-heat-wave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/244855\/","title":{"rendered":"Amtrak trains in Philly region to operate at reduce speeds due to heat wave"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amtrak trains may be delayed this week, because the railroad may reduce train speeds during the day due to scorching hot temperatures. <\/p>\n

Through Friday, trains may be delayed between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Riders who already have purchased tickets have been notified. Amtrak<\/a> advised them to check the statuses of their trains in its app or\u00a0website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Dramatic temperature changes can cause overhead wires to expand and contract, potentially leading to system failures, Amtrak officials said. If a wire gets damaged, power must be shut down, and that leads to service delays or suspensions. Rails also can expand during a heat wave and cause misalignment on the tracks. Slowing down puts less stress on the system and helps prevent these issues. <\/p>\n

“Heat waves tend to be regional, so the impacts can be huge,” Jacob Helman, a former climate consultant at Resilient Analytics, told Grist<\/a>, a news outlet that covers climate, in 2024. “It can impact the entire Northeast Corridor over the course of five days.”<\/p>\n

The National Weather Service predicts temperatures to reach nearly 100 degrees on Wednesday, with a maximum heat index of 109 degrees. Thunderstorms with damaging high winds are expected to begin at 4 p.m. “near, north and east” of Philadelphia. The high temperatures on Thursday and Friday are forecasted to be in the mid-to-high 90s. <\/p>\n

Also, surface smoke from Canadian wildfires is expected to move into the Philadelphia area on Wednesday and Thursday. It likely will reduce visibility and cause a smell and air quality issues, NWS said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Amtrak trains may be delayed this week, because the railroad may reduce train speeds during the day due…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244856,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[36118,3667,69,71,70,2155,4491,1133],"class_list":["post-244855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-amtrak","tag-heat-wave","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-transportation","tag-travel","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244855\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}