(The Associated Press circulated the following story on November 7.)
STAMFORD, Conn. — A high-speed Amtrak train became entangled in new overhead wires Friday morning, shutting down Metro-North service between New Haven and Stamford.
Thousands of commuters were delayed.
No one was injured, but about 120 passengers on the Acela Amtrak train were stranded for hours. A spokesman says the railroad was planning to tow the train back to the Stamford station.
The incident occurred at about 8:15 Friday morning about one mile south of the Stamford station.
Service resumed for trains heading to New York about an hour later and in both directions 20 minutes later.
The new wires are part of a $300 million project to replace the catenary system on 180 track miles of wire on the New Haven line of Metro-North. The original catenary are a series of overhead wires that power the electric trains and was built in 1907.