Top of SEPTA Train Caught in Overhead Wire, Causing Power Outage
Written by Jennifer McLawhorn, Managing Editor
David C. Lester
PHILADELPHIA - SEPTA addressed the reason for its service disruption earlier this week. Equipment located on top of a train car had become entangled with an overhead wire. This led to a power outage.
According to 6ABC, the train was coming out of a rail yard near Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station. Concurrently, two other trains were “disabled between 30th Street and Suburban stations, leaving only one available track.”
SEPTA’s interim general manager Scott Sauer said, “Our response teams worked as quickly as possible to restore service – clearing multiple trains that were out of service, assisting passengers who were on stranded trains, and making required repairs to re-open tracks. Unfortunately, we could not fully restore service until 7:25 p.m., and we know that many passengers experienced delays of two hours or more.”
