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Penn Station, NY
Newark, NJ
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Downed Lines Disrupt Amtrak, NJ Transit Service Between NJ, Penn Station
It's certainly not convenient. Amtrak and NJ Transit customers were livid over service disruptions between Penn Station and Newark due to downed power lines blocking the tracks on Wednesday evening, May 22. In a statement posted to X, Amtrak said service was stopped at 5:36 p.m. with no estimation of restoration. As of 10 p.m., widespread delays were being reported by Amtrak. Service along NJ Transit's Northeast Corridor was also suspended between Penn Station and Metropark in Edison, and along the North Jersey Coast Line between Penn Station, and Long Branch. The Raritan Valley Line was s…
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
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Man Fatally Struck By NJ Transit Train In North Jersey
A man was fatally struck by an NJ Transit train Tuesday, Nov. 7. The Morris & Essex Line train struck the man just west of the Madison station around 3:30 p.m., an NJ Transit official said. None of the 60 passengers on the train were hurt. The train had left Penn Station and was scheduled to arrive in Dover at 4:05 p.m. Rail service was experiencing an hour delay in both directions at 5:50 p.m., NJ Transit officials said.
Brentwood, NY
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Police Release Background Information On 'Gilgo Four'
In a renewed commitment to solve the Gilgo Beach serial killer murders on Long Island, police are releasing new information on the first four of the 10 victims and have increased the reward amount to $50,000. Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney K. Harrison on Thursday, May 5, announced the release of information on victims Maureen Brainard Barnes, Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, and Amber Lynn Costello, also known as the "Gilgo Four.” The four women were located within a quarter-mile of one another near Gilgo Beach in December 2010. All of the new information, along with in…
Brentwood, NY
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Person Struck By
Lirr
Train
A man standing on tracks of the Long Island Rail Road was seriously injured after being struck by an eastbound train. According to officials, the person was struck around 12:50 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 9 near the New Hyde Park station. The 12:14 a.m. train originated from Penn Station en route to Ronkonkoma, MTA officials said. The man was transported to an area hospital, his condition was not revealed. As a result of the hit, there were disruptions on LIRR service on the Ronkonkoma, Oyster Bay, and Port Jefferson Lines which started at approximately 12:45 a.m., and service wa…
Newark, NJ
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Person Killed By NYC Bound Train In Millburn
A male was struck and killed by a train early Tuesday morning in Millburn, NJ Transit officials said. The victim was struck by the Morris and Essex Train 6602 -- which departed from Dover at 4:16 a.m. -- east of the Millburn station around 5:15 a.m., NJ Transit spokeswoman Mariluz Garcia-Diaz said. None of the 25 passengers on board were injured. The victim's age and identity were not immediately known. The train was set to arrive at Penn Station in New York at 5:44 a.m. Rail service between Dover and East Orange was delayed by one hour.
Brentwood, NY
Breaking News
Person Struck, Killed By
Lirr
Train
Train service was delayed after a person was struck and killed by an LIRR train. The incident took place around 5:39 p.m., Monday, June 21, in Nassau County when the pedestrian was struck by the train at Bellmore Station, said MTA officials. It was the 5:12 a.m. train from Babylon due to arrive in Penn Station at 6:14 a.m., MTA said. Service was never suspended but was restricted to a single track in the area. The incident train was held at the station and customers were accommodated by other trains, MTA officials said. During the incident, there were 18 peak period delays, mostly …
Brentwood, NY
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80 Passengers Evacuated After Train Misses Hitting Car Struck On Tracks On Long Island
An LIRR train missed hitting an empty vehicle stopped on the tracks but caused some 80 passengers to take a bus to their destination. The incident took place around 10:34 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 21, when a train out of Penn Station headed for Hempstead, reported an automobile on the tracks near Stewart Manor, said Michael Cortez, spokesman for the MTA. The train did not come into contact with the automobile nor did it proceed any further. Eighty customers were on board the train and were safely evacuated and transferred to bus service to complete their trip, Cortez said. The aut…
Middletown, NJ
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Female Struck, Killed By Train In Monmouth County
A person was struck and killed by a train just before the Red Bank station Saturday morning, NJ Transit officials said. North Jersey Coastline Train 7216 struck the female pedestrian at 8:10 a.m. -- four minutes after leaving the Long Branch Station, NJT Spokesman Jim Smith said. Service was suspended between Little Silver and Middletown, with bus service offered as a substitution. None of the 37 customers or crew were injured, Smith said. The train was scheduled to arrive at Penn Station at 9:43 a.m. Local and NJ Transit police were on scene investigating.
North Hunterdon, NJ
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CT Man Indicted For Shooting At Police Officer, Fleeing Ocean County Stop After Kidnapping GF
A Connecticut man who authorities said fired at a police officer following a Jersey Shore traffic stop was indicted on attempted murder, kidnapping and other charges, authorities said. Miguel Angel-Villegas, 29, of New Haven had threatened to kill his then-girlfriend if she didn't drive him from Connecticut to New Jersey, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. After making the woman give the Tuckerton police officer a bogus name during the traffic stop last Nov. 21, Angel-Villegas forced her at gunpoint to speed away, Billhimer said. She hit the gas and the vehicle struck…
