Due to power problems, Amtrak services between Boston South Station and New York Penn Station were suspended earlier in the day. However, they were all restored on Saturday night.
Amtrak reported that a “malfunctioning circuit breaker” caused a major power outage on all of its lines extending between Penn Station and New Haven Union Station in Connecticut, causing hours of disruption to service between the two Northeastern cities.
Amtrak said in a statement that all service between New York and Boston had been fully restored as of 9 p.m. ET and that a lightning strike was the source of the power outage.
Most Sunday trains, according to Amtrak, will run as scheduled; but, several trains are canceled because of where certain trains were when the power went out.
According to the statement, the business is rebooking customers who were impacted by the disruption immediately.
Due to a power outage, the corporation said on Saturday morning that all services were “suspended until further notice”. By the time of the morning announcement, several delays and cancellations had already occurred, and they persisted throughout the day, according to the Amtrak Northeast account on X.
According to updates on the X account, the firm had predicted that services would resume at 12 p.m. ET, but throughout the afternoon, it continued to cancel trips.
Amtrak halted all trains departing from Boston just before noon, with an expected 3 p.m. return time for service. However, it announced at 3:30 p.m. that it was stopping service between Boston and New York because of an electrical problem.
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