Penn Station Shut Down

It's still interesting to Gothamist that Penn Station would be shut down not during the Republican National Convention, but rather on a regular fall day, due to some sort of fire in a tunnel. The AP says the fires might be rubbish and transformer related. All entrances are closed and train service for LIRR (alert), NJ Transit, and Amtrak has been affected. Amtrak's spokesperson said, "Evening rush hour is going to be messy." Yes, even Gothamist, with no formal training in transit study, knows that much. Good luck in getting home, commuters.

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By Jen Chung in News on September 27, 2004 4:11 PM

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K

Me too - took 3 hours from my midtown office to my home in Princeton (usually only takes an hour and a half). Insanity! I've never seen a train so packed in my life. People literally were fighting to get on.

Ellewiz

This completely blew! My co-worker and I rode the W train to Cortlandt Street, then took the PATH to Newark. PATH was honoring NJ Transit tickets, but they sure weren't advertising the fact. If I hadn't asked a worker standing nearby, we would have had to pay the fare. Then no NJ trains were running from Newark as of 5:30. I hitched a ride with 2 guys who got a car service to pick them up in Newark. I ended up getting home 1 1/2 hours late, and I was one of the lucky ones.