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Rockland, Orange Commute Returns to Normal After Last Night's NJ Transit Derailment
A train derailed in a Hudson River tunnel into Penn Station with nearly 200 people aboard Thursday night.
Rockland and Orange County commuters on Metro-North's West of Hudson train lines have near-normal commutes this morning as New Jersey Transit operates on or close to schedule hours after a train derailed at Penn Station.
(1of2) NJ TRANSIT will resume its regular service into and out of Penn Station New York including Midtown Direct service.
— NJ TRANSIT - NEC (@NJTRANSIT_NEC) July 7, 2017
The train that derailed was arriving into Penn Station from Long Branch on the North Jersey Coast Line, according to NJ Transit officials. The nine-car train was in a Hudson River tunnel when it was involved in a "minor" slow-speed derailment around 9 p.m.
All other NJ Transit trains were halted in and out of Penn Station Thursday night after the derailment. All mid-town direct trains were diverted to Hoboken.
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