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Hundreds Of Commuters Briefly Stranded In SEPTA Debacle

Some 250 Philadelphia commuters were left stranded on a "dead" track in West Philadelphia Thursday morning, Feb. 22, transit authorities confirmed to Daily Voice. 

A SEPTA train

A SEPTA train

Photo Credit: Unsplash/Andrew Adams

It happened during the morning rush hour around 7:30 a.m., SEPTA said. 

"Amtrak mistakenly routed a Center City-bound SEPTA Regional Rail train to a dead track that was not receiving power," a spokesperson wrote.

The marooned passengers were rescued when a second train was brought in and shuttled them to 30th Street Station, SEPTA said. 

No one was injured and there was "never a chance of a collision," the spokesperson added. 

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