(The Associated Press circulated the following article on August 26.)
NEW YORK — After three days of extensive delays and cancellations caused by a freight train derailment, Amtrak announced Thursday that it anticipated normal train operation between New York City and Boston this weekend.
Regular service between the two East Coast cities will resume Friday, although an Amtrak statement warned that riders could expect 10- to 15-minute residual delays between Pennsylvania Station and New Haven, Conn. Service on the Acela and Metroliner trains also will resume after two days of cancellations.
On Tuesday morning a CSX freight train derailed in the Oak Point Yard in the South Bronx, blocking some tracks and damaging the overhead electrical lines. The tracks owned by CSX run next to the tracks for Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor service.
By Thursday afternoon, significant progress was made in fixing the heavily damaged lines, allowing the restoration of a full schedule even as repair work continued. Amtrak runs nine northbound and nine southbound trains between Boston and New York on a typical weekday.
On Tuesday, all service between Penn Station and New Haven was suspended; it resumed a day later with extensive delays. On Wednesday and Thursday, all Acela and Metroliner trains scheduled to operate between Boston and New York were canceled.