Amtrak Says Service Between New York and New Haven Will Return in Afternoon

The train service suspension, caused by a fire in the Bronx, was expected to disrupt the Wednesday morning commute in the New York City area.

A suspension of Amtrak train service from New York City to New Haven, Conn., was expected to disrupt the Wednesday morning commute across the northeastern United States, with normal operations unlikely to resume before the afternoon.

Amtrak service was expected to restart at about 2 p.m., the rail operator said in an advisory late Tuesday, after it assessed and repaired damage to tracks from a brush fire in the Bronx that cut off power to trains in the area.

The disruption will affect passengers traveling on the Northeast Corridor intercity rail line between New York City and New Haven, according to Olivia Irvin, a representative for Amtrak. The Northeast Corridor runs from Washington, D.C., to Boston.

Seven Amtrak trains from Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan to New Haven were listed as canceled on Wednesday. On a typical Wednesday, it operates about 10 trains between 5 a.m. and 2 p.m. between the two stations.

The brush fire prompted Amtrak to suspend service indefinitely starting Tuesday afternoon. A Con Edison spokesman said that the fire had started as Amtrak employees were working on a high-voltage cable at a substation in the Bronx.

A Fire Department official said that firefighters had responded to two almost simultaneous fires in roughly the same part of the Bronx, one at the Amtrak substation and another at a large warehouse.

People traveling between New York and New Haven were encouraged to use Metro-North Railroad, which was honoring Amtrak tickets between Grand Central Terminal and New Haven because of the disruption.

Passengers arriving at Penn Station who want to take that alternative route must make their own way to Grand Central, Amtrak said.

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