Monday evening’s derailment of a Long Island Rail Road train near Pennsylvania Station threw a very large wrench into today’s commute.
Thirty-four morning-rush trains bound for Manhattan have been either canceled or diverted to terminals in Brooklyn and Queens, and trains that are running are having serious delays. Express trains are adding local stops to pick up overflow passengers. Click for latest status.
At the terminals outside Manhattan - Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn and Jamaica and Hunterspoint Avenue in Queens - commuters have to change to the subway, which is cross-honoring Long Island Rail Road tickets.
Just after 6 p.m. Monday, a 10-car train derailed as it was pulling out of Penn Station. No one was injured, but the accident blocked one of the four rail tunnels under the East River.
Amtrak trains are also delayed into and out of Penn Station, but the railroad is running a full schedule.
