Gas leak stops trains through Westwood, ‘restricted’ service resumed

TRANSIT UPDATE: Train service has resumed at restricted speed on the Pascack Valley Line through Westwood after being halted for a little over a half-hour by a gas leak that local police said was caused during NJ Transit’s track overhaul project.

Photo Credit: *Cliffview Pilot File Photo*

Jerry DeMarco

08/05/2013 9:25 p.m.

“The gas line was hit by transit workers,” Westwood Police Chief Frank Regino told CLIFFVIEW PILOT at 5 p.m. “They have the trains coming through very slow now while PSE&G waits for a work crew to dig for the leak.”

NJ Transit at first made arrangements to run its trains to Emerson, where passes were being cross-honored on NJT and private bus lines headed up the line to Spring Valley, NJT spokeswoman Nancy Snyder said.

However, train service was resumed at 4:15 while the problem was tended to, she told CLIFFVIEW PILOT.

The incident occurred at First and Broadway in Westwood around 3:45 p.m.

NJ Transit emergency crews were on hand to assist with downtown traffic, Snyder said.

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