More NJ Transit cancelations and delays due to heat

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Thursday, July 18, 2024
NJ Transit expected to experience heat related delays and cancelations
John Del Giorno reports from NewsCopter 7 over the scene of a NJ Transit train in Secaucus.

NEW YORK (WABC) -- NJ Transit is again warning that select trains will not operate Thursday and Friday due to "heat-related rail equipment issues."

NJ Transit said its crews are "working around the clock to make repairs."

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LIRR's Port Jefferson branch is back on track after a downed tree caused signal problems between Hicksville and Huntington.

The tree was caught in electrical wires east of Syosset. There was also a lightning strike that damaged a signal substation near Cold Spring Harbor.

The problems were fixed before 6 a.m. on Thursday.

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