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Amtrak service resumes between Philly and Connecticut after power outage on rails in New York area

Trains between 30th Street Station and New Haven Union Station were halted because of a reported malfunctioning circuit breaker, Amtrak said.

File photo of Amtrak Acela trains sit in the Amtrak yard adjacent to 30th Street Station in Philadelphia last August. A power outage had halted train service between Philadelphia and Connecticut, Thursday afternoon.
File photo of Amtrak Acela trains sit in the Amtrak yard adjacent to 30th Street Station in Philadelphia last August. A power outage had halted train service between Philadelphia and Connecticut, Thursday afternoon.Read moreElizabeth Robertson / Staff Photographer / Elizabeth Robertson / Staff Phot
    by Robert Moran
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Amtrak service has resumed between Philadelphia and Connecticut after an earlier power outage on the tracks near New York, Amtrak said Thursday evening.

As of 5:30 p.m., “power has been restored, and all rail service has resumed” between 30th Street Station and New Haven Union Station, though commuters can expect “significant delays,” Amtrak announced on social media.

Trains between Philadelphia and Connecticut had been halted because of a reported malfunctioning circuit breaker, resulting in a loss of power on the tracks between New York Penn Station and Newark Union Station, Amtrak said in an earlier statement.

With temperatures in the mid-90s, the disruption caused widespread commuter woes, including reports of people stuck on stopped trains with no air-conditioning.

“Attention @Amtrak hundreds of us are trapped on a stalled and steamy train without power just before the tunnel to NYC and it’s incredibly uncomfortable and needs to be addressed ASAP,” one commuter posted on social media.

NJ Transit said service in and out of Penn Station had been halted because of the power outage.