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Fire Halts All Train Service At Penn Station
SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2004

All entrances and train service to and from Penn Station has been shut down due to power problems caused by a fire in a nearby tunnel.

All Amtrak, Long Island Rail Road and New Jersey Transit trains are affected.

The fire broke out in a tunnel at 30th Street and First Avenue at about 1 p.m., knocking out power to track signals.

It is unclear when regular service will resume. In the meantime, the LIRR says its tickets are being honored on area subways until the problem is fixed.

"We have lost signal power, so LIRR customers and their tickets are being honored on the subway at Jamaica, [Queens], Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn and Penn Station itself, as well as Woodside, [Queens], for people traveling on the Port Washington branch,? said LIRR spokesman Brian Dolan.

PATH trains between New Jersey and Manhattan are also accepting New Jersey Transit tickets.

New Jersey Transit says its North Jersey Coastline and Northeast Corridor trains are ending and beginning service at Newark, and Midtown Direct service has been diverted to Hoboken.

For more information on New Jersey Transit, call 1-800-772-2222 for updates.

Transit officials are recommending commuters take the subway, PATH trains or ferries to get in and out of Manhattan.

NY1 will have more on this breaking news story as soon as more information becomes available.
 
I was walking by Penn Station when the fire broke out. They were filming L&O:CI down the street, so I thought all the sirens were for that, then all the firetrucks started screaming by. Must've been a pretty bad fire...
 
I actually don't think it was that bad. They said they weren't evacuating, but they also weren't letting people in because no trains were running. Anywho, I get the Metro-North out of Grand Central so I'm not affected. In fact, there might be less people on the subway with me heading up to Penn Station so it might be less crowded than usual.
 
oh good. my commute home will be awesome today.

i commute out of hoboken but i'm sure everyone who would normally go to penn will be in hoboken.
 
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