Passenger Trains > 28APR: SEPTA Regional Rail Resumes After Amtrak Power Problem

Regional Rail Service Resumes After Amtrak Power Problem
ASSOCIATED PRESS
APRIL 28, 2017
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> PHILADELPHIA — Service on a regional rail line serving suburban
> Philadelphia has been restored an hour after Amtrak power problems
> halted trains during big events including the NFL Draft and the Penn
> Relays track and field competition taking place in the city.
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> The service halt came in the middle of the Friday evening rush.
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> The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority says the Paoli
> Paoli/Thorndale service (formerly the Pennsy side of the R5) is back up and running.
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> An Amtrak spokeswoman says there was an issue with the overhead power
> system but it has been repaired.
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> Some SEPTA riders took to Twitter to complain they were stuck on an
> unmoving train for nearly an hour with no announcements.

https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/04/28/us/ap-us-septa-service-suspended.html?emc=eta1&_r=0

It is warm and humid in the Philadelphia area, too. With no catenary power
for air conditioning and ventilation, the SEPTA coaches had to be getting pretty
miserable inside after that long.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 04/29/17 09:16 by GenePoon.

Amtrak has been updating the power delivery system in NJ. They built an almost entirely new facility at Jersey Avenue, mp 34.

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