But Monique Quiles of Edison, who experienced delays of 90 minutes in the morning, wasn’t even going to try the rails. Philadelphia resident Adam Dvorin said even a half-hour delay going home could mean he wouldn’t get to see his young children before their bedtime. His ride home didn’t look much better, as trains were combined or canceled and passengers were told to expect crowding.Īt Newark Penn Station during the evening rush, commuters watched the schedule board pop with new delays and cancellations. The derailment left limited access to and from the rail tunnel and New York Penn Station, NJ Transit officials said. Delays of up to 105 minutes were experienced in and out of New York after the train cars derailed just before entering the Hudson River rail tunnel around 8 a.m. Amtrak and Long Island Railroad riders also were affected, as the agencies had to share limited track space. In a statement today, the agency said: "NJ Transit apologizes for the delays and inconvenience. When he found out later that his 80-minute delay was caused by a derailment, Glassman was furious over what he saw as a failure to communicate. Glassman, who rides the Trenton-to-New York Northeast Corridor Line, was among thousands of commuters stranded today after a train derailed outside New York Penn Station, setting off a domino effect of delays that lasted through the evening rush hour. Lately, though, communication on the trains has been so spotty, Glassman said, that he doesn’t know what to believe anymore. After 23 years of making one of America’s toughest commutes, Jerry Glassman thought he knew the code words.
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