Thursday, September 8, 2011

Update: Amtrak Suspends Harrisburg To Philly Service



Update - 6:00 PM - Due to flood conditions in the Harrisburg area, Amtrak will operate limited Keystone Service between New York/Philadelphia and Lancaster, PA, for the remainder of today, September 8th.

In addition, The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission announced that it has closed the Turnpike between the Reading Interchange and the Harrisburg East Interchange because floodwaters are impacting the bridge that carries Turnpike traffic over the Swatara Creek in Dauphin County.

Update - 7:00 AM on 9/8 - Keystone service between Harrisburg and Philadelphia has been restored.  SEPTA's Paoli/Thorndale line is back in service as well.

Update - 8:00 PM - While Amtrak is making progress on restoring service between Harrisburg and Philadelphia, no estimate for full operation is available.  SEPTA's Paoli/Thorndale train service is expected to resume Thursday morning (Sept. 8) with train #514 departing Thorndale at 4:58 AM.

Update - 4:00 PM - Amtrak continues to work to resolve service suspension between Harrisburg and Philadelphia.  No estimate for restoring service is available. 

Update - 2:17 PM  Service outage is due to a large tree across the tracks near the Berwyn Station in eastern Chester County.


Check back again later this afternoon for updates.
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Amtrak suspended service in both directions along their Harrisburg - Philadelphia corridor due to flooding this afternoon.

SEPTA has also suspended their Paoli/Thorndale service for the same reason until Thursday morning.

Check back around 4:00 PM this afternoon for an update.




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