CENTER CITY

Delays End on SEPTA Regional Rail After Morning Power Issue Stranded 800 Passengers on Trains

Downed wires were reportedly the cause for the shutdown at about 8:30 a.m. SEPTA rushed to fix the issue by the evening rush hour.

About 800 SEPTA Regional Rail riders were stranded on trains for about 90 minutes during the morning rush hour Thursday after downed wires "in the gut of the system" crippled service.

Delays of up to two hours on Regional Rail lines lingered into the early afternoon even after trains started moving again about 10 a.m., SEPTA said. A speed restriction and an out-of-service track bogged down train movement as repairs were made, a SEPTA spokesman said. 

Downed wires were reportedly the cause for the shutdown at about 8:30 a.m.

By the evening rush, delays were down to 20 minutes. The wiring issue between 30th Street and Suburban stations that caused all the problems was repaired by 2:30 p.m.

"These are just residual delays," a SEPTA spokesman, John Golden, said.

The Airport line was among the train lines that were stopped for more than an hour.

A rescue train eventually picked up the 800 stranded passengers after they were stuck on a Media-Elwyn train and a Trenton train just west of the Center City tunnel connecting 30th Street and Suburban stations.

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