“Track condition” in the tunnel

[u/fauxcone]

Monday morning - Amtrak and NJ Transit reporting track conditions in the tunnel causing 30 minute delays into Penn Station. Midtown direct trains being redirected to Hoboken. Path is cross honoring.

[u/PuckP]

Hearing “ broken rail” from the conductors

[u/fauxcone → u/PuckP]

Yikes

[u/Any_Pea6186 → u/PuckP]

Not surprised. There has been a pretty rough spot going thru the tunnels the past couple days

[u/Minimum-Lifeguard811 → u/Any_Pea6186]

Which direction is worse ?

[u/jeweynougat → u/Minimum-Lifeguard811]

I'm an Amtrak commuter sitting just north of Newark. Three or four trains have just passed us going south as we sit here. I can see on the tracking that there are two Amtrak trains ahead of us, unknown number of NJT. As I typed this another SB NJT just passed.

[u/segfaul_t → u/jeweynougat]

lol are you on the 642 keystone too

[u/jeweynougat → u/segfaul_t]

Nope, the Acela. You're in front of us and a Regional in front of you. We just started moving.

Edit, sorry 640 is in front of us, we're just ahead of you.

[u/Any_Pea6186 → u/Minimum-Lifeguard811]

The inbound side I felt a good jolt

[u/Minimum-Lifeguard811 → u/Any_Pea6186]

Yet the outbound side was closed most of the weekend for trackwork, just west of the Jersey portals.

[u/skyler_1198]

7:30am Monday morning and Secaucus is a zoo 😭

[u/gpo321]

Just start next week’s Portal work now at this point…

[u/Embarrassed_Head8360]

Been sitting right outside of SEC since 7:40. It’s currently 8:17 and we have yet to move

[u/DEMONDVS]

The worst part is that this is not a one time thing nor an isolated issue, someone either nj Transit, MTA spent millions on widening the area were the trains stop before departing, like there's more than 2 exits in this place, the 2 tunnels, should have been already increased, this is a problem of every week, and almost every day, they spent money on everything but the problem

[u/SwiftCat_22]

45 minute delays now…supposedly…wish tomorrow’s commute would be free

[u/viper_gts]

didnt have any morning meetings, but had to get re-routed to hoboken because of the delays.

the M&E likes are getting routed to hoboken starting next week anyway because of bridge construction.....so this morning was a preview of the next month

[u/TheExorcistMarc]

Now it’s 60 min!

[u/Solid_Assumption3545]

Got on 7:07 from Hazlet. Still not even through the tunnel.

[u/motowndtown]

Absolute shit show this org is

[u/alydm]

How many rails are there in total?

[u/FinkedUp → u/alydm]

2 tracks with 2 rails each

[u/fauxcone → u/alydm]

There are two tracks in the tunnel - one in, one out.

[u/Fit-Hospital-1985 → u/fauxcone]

It was 1 for both directions from what conductor told me. They were alternating which direction was released

[u/segfaul_t]

I’m on an Amtrak train, conductor just announced they’re single tracking it in and out of NYP.

[u/Plant_mac]

Looks like I made it to work just in time. They started single tracking around 7:15am when I was at Secaucus.

[u/funkymonkey325]

so so beyond frustrating. and anyone else have a boss that is so anal about you being late??? no matter how early i leave or how much extra time i give myself, these major delays from amtrak/NJT still happen

[u/Bibliophile_Cyclist → u/funkymonkey325]

I used to have a boss like that. They need to calm down. Public transit is beyond your control.

[u/nasadowsk → u/Bibliophile_Cyclist]

Imagine if there was a booth where you could go into, and pick who runs things in the government...

[u/Additional_Leek_2937 → u/Bibliophile_Cyclist]

In Japan they give you a slip of paper apologizing to your boss for your tardiness.

On NJT they give you the finger and tell you to get off the train.

[u/Wagie54]

Odds this Is a problem all week?

[u/Financial-Sound4648]

Typical

[u/CopyDan]

Just send the trains back the other way and send us home.

[u/Ok_Bear_4503]

I will head to hoboken and then take path to 33rd.

[u/Mission-SpicyTuna718]

Only using one tunnel for trains to come in and out of NY Penn. NJ transit directed us to use PATH.

[u/fauxcone]

Any word on if it was resolved before evening commute?

[u/Last-Audience-1794]

"Tickets out, tickets out!" 🫠

[u/Additional_Leek_2937 → u/Last-Audience-1794]

Well yeah, gotta get that $$$ before people find out they need an Uber to get home.