(The Newark Star-Ledger posted the following article on its website on November 3.)
NEWARK, N.J. — About 75 passengers traveling from Montclair State University to Manhattan were stuck for more than an hour yesterday in a tunnel beneath the Hudson River when their NJ Transit train struck a large piece of metal debris, authorities said.
Train No. 6230 on the Montclair-Boonton Line came to a halt around 12:45 p.m. in the south tube of the Amtrak tunnel passenger trains use to travel between New Jersey and Midtown Manhattan.
The riders were transferred onto a second NJ Transit train and moved out of the tunnel just after 2 p.m., NJ Transit spokesman Dan Stessel said.
The south tube of the tunnel remained closed until 3:40 p.m. Amtrak and NJ Transit trains traveling between New York and New Jersey were routed through the north tube of the tunnel until the south one reopened.
NJ Transit trains were running between 30 and 45 minutes late through the afternoon, Stessel said.
Amtrak spokeswoman Tracy Connell reported delays of about 10 minutes. All trains were back on schedule by the evening rush hour, Stessel and Connell said.