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Wednesday 5 april 2017
Day after derailment, return of full rail service a mystery

whose trains were can- the city to give a lecture
celed because of the de- at Columbia University,
railment were scrambling had a ticket on a 5:47 p.m.
to get home Tuesday. train to Albany on Tuesday
Tim Willins was trying to get but got an email Monday
to Secaucus, New Jersey. night telling her the train
He said he was on an NJ was canceled. She’s taking
Transit train into New York a 4:40 instead.“I have no
at the time of the derail- idea why they canceled
ment Monday and it was the later one,” she said. “...
“chaos.” On Tuesday he I was on hold with Amtrak
was trying to figure out if for about 40-some-odd
he needed to go through minutes last night trying to
Hoboken to get home but get onto this 4:40.”The two
couldn’t get any informa- derailments renewed calls
tion online. for accelerating progress
“Fifteen, 20 minutes I’m on an ambitious, $20 bil-
waiting for the next train lion-plus project, known as
out to Secaucus,” he Gateway, to add a new
complained.It’s estimated rail tunnel under the Hud-
about 750,000 people ride son River and expand Penn
trains between Washing- Station.The current tunnel
ton, D.C., and Boston daily, is more than 100 years old
A transit official directs crowds with a megaphone at Hoboken Terminal in Hoboken, N.J., Tues- either on Amtrak or on vari- and operates at capacity
day, April 4, 2017. A minor derailment on Monday at Penn Station involving a New Jersey Transit ous commuter rail lines.NJ during peak commuting
train and other rail issues are causing major problems for New York City metro area commuters.
(AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Transit is operating on a hours. It suffered extensive
limited schedule it normally saltwater damage from
DAVID PORTER derailment. Three cars in tion and the track compo- uses on holidays, Execu- Superstorm Sandy in 2012
Associated Press the middle of an inbound nents involved, it was not tive Director Steve Santoro and is a regular source of
NEW YORK (AP) — Rail of- NJ Transit train dislodged believed to be related to a said. That has caused de- delays due to overhead
ficials offered no estimate from a track as it ap- March 24 incident in which lays and frustration for the wire problems.The cost of
Tuesday for when full ser- proached a platform. an outbound Amtrak train estimated 100,000 people the tunnel, estimated at
vice would be restored at The derailment damaged derailed at Penn Station who ride into New York roughly $10 billion, is to be
Penn Station a day after a the track and a switch and and scraped against an in- each weekday.The Long split among New York, New
second derailment in less knocked out service on bound NJ Transit train. Island Rail Road canceled Jersey and the federal gov-
than two weeks wreaked eight of 21 tracks, said Scot No serious injuries were re- 10 trains to Penn Station ernment, but supporters
havoc for hundreds of Naparstek, chief operating ported in either derailment. on Tuesday morning and fear Republican President
thousands of commuters officer of Amtrak. The train Naparstek also didn’t offer a 18 more in the afternoon Donald Trump’s budget
and long-distance travelers was moved back onto the guess on when all 21 tracks and evening. Eight more released last month could
on the Eastern Seaboard. rail early Tuesday, he said. would be operational.“It evening trains were being jeopardize the federal slice
Amtrak and New Jersey Naparstek didn’t specu- is our plan to have service diverted to other stations. of the project by proposing
Transit officials said crews late on what might have restored as quickly as pos- Amber Wiley, a professor of to pay only for projects that
were working to repair the caused the derailment. He sible,” he said. American Studies at Skid- have advanced to the final
damage from Monday’s said because of the loca- Penn Station travelers more College who was in contract stage.q
Reward offered in shooting of 4 men near school; 3 dead

RON TODT block near St. Malachy emann University Hospital. down the street, and be- identify suspects. Investi-
Associated Press Catholic School just after A 26-year-old man shot in fore these four knew what gators also have been ex-
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Po- 3:30 p.m. Monday when the stomach was in stable hit them, two of these indi- amining social media but
lice are combing through they were approached by condition, police said. viduals were firing shots at haven’t found any threats
surveillance video and at least two people who Homicide Capt. James them,” Clark said. All four that might have preceded
have announced a re- fired numerous shots at Clark told reporters Tues- victims have prior arrests, the gunfire. Police plan to
ward they hope will lead them. day that the shooting ap- he said. step up patrols to “flood
to quick arrests of suspects Tyair Jabbar, 20, was pro- parently happened “pretty Two suspects may have the area” with police fol-
in a quadruple shooting nounced dead minutes quickly,” noting that a gun fled in a small gray sport lowing the shooting.
near a Catholic school in later, and Ronald Fenwick, was recovered from one of utility vehicle, which was “We’re always worried
north Philadelphia where 32, was pronounced dead the victims who died at the being sought, he said. about retaliation, we’re al-
three men were killed and soon afterward at Temple hospital and he was unable Clark said the area had a ways worried about them
a fourth wounded. University Hospital. Marcello to get it out in time to return lot of surveillance cameras, coming back and shooting
Authorities said a group of Robertson, 27, died shortly fire. and investigators plan to or injuring more individuals
men were standing on the before midnight at Hahn- “It appears they came review hours of it to try to in the area,” he said.q