Service is suspended for NJ Transit and the LIRR, and there are significant delays on Amtrak.
If you rely on Penn Station, your morning commute will be severely impacted after a fire broke out in the West Side Rail Yard. Right now, service is suspended for NJ Transit and the LIRR, and there are significant delays on Amtrak.
This will have a major impact on commuters Friday morning, as service remains suspended for NJ Transit and the LIRR, while Amtrak is experiencing delays of up to an hour. There is a heavy emergency response at 10th Avenue and 31st Street, where a thick cloud of black smoke filled the street around 1:30 a.m. This follows an engine fire on Track 11 just west of Penn Station.
Crews have been working at the scene since then and have been seen going in and out of a doorway across the street. Beyond the doors spotted from the street is a stairwell that allows firefighters to access areas below ground. The engine went up in flames, prompting firefighters to call a second alarm and run hoses into the yard to bring the fire under control.
Crews were still working to fully extinguish the fire and determine how many tracks remain operational. Commuters are urged to take alternate routes to avoid the area along 10th Avenue between 31st and 33rd streets. Authorities say five workers, believed to be railroad employees, were injured and treated for smoke inhalation. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
- 34 St-Penn Station, Forest Hills-71 Av, Kew Gardens-Union Tpke, Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport on the E line- Midtown Direct service is being diverted to Hoboken. NJ TRANSIT rail tickets and passes are being cross honored by NJ TRANSIT and private carrier bus and PATH at Newark Penn Station, Hoboken and 33rd Street, New York. Have a breaking news tip or an idea for a story we should cover? Send it to Eyewitness News using the form below.
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