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And now, Preston and Steve's news update with Kathy Romano.

March 23rd, Thursday. Good morning, Kathy.

Good morning in the news this morning.

Most service has been restored after multiple brush fires near train tracks in New Jersey

disrupted New Jersey Transit and Amtrak rail service along the Northeast corridor on Wednesday afternoon.

Trains began being impacted by the fires at 2.45 just before the start of the evening rush.

At one point, New Jersey Transit said service was suspended on its northeast corridor line between New York Penn Station and Trenton.

It led to a commuting hassle for train riders as large crowds gathered at Penn Station and were left to figure out how to get home after the shutdown.

Rail service has since resumed with significant delays in both directions between New York Penn Station and Trenton.

Customers are being advised to transfer at Princeton Junction for eastbound service back to McCutcheon, Edison, and New Brunswick, as they will bypass that on the westbound service. Was it you person that told me you were on a train? There's a story just recently. We were getting stalled on a train and there was some work being done. Yeah, that was a complete stop. We were on our way to Boston and that was it. We had to stop and it was another train that had a problem. Right. We had to stop and pick up all those passages and take them to the next station. And it was pretty wild because we'd stopped in the middle of nowhere and these people got off of this other train and they got on ours and I guess there were enough seats available I guess maybe some people in the car I was in

nobody had to stand but yeah we had to pick up everybody else it's wild right were you just on a train

that was attacked by de mentors oh yes yes I was yes briefly but thankfully we did the patroness

charm and they went away yeah Yeah, that happens too.

I'm sure that's what they did at Penn Station.

Frustrated Amtrak travelers at 30th Street Station had to make alternate plans to get to their destination.

Ride shares became hard to come by.

Some offered to share rides with stranded strangers.

An official at Middlesex County said the fires were caused from sparks emitted

from a freight train. Officials reported three brush fires in Middlesex County, including New

Brunswick at Rutgers Gardens, Edison, and Highland Park. Big flames could be seen at a fourth

location in Madawan where the fire spread to a nearby abandoned train trestle. New Jersey transit rail tickets and passes will

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