PHILADELPHIA — Approximately 250 passengers on were stranded for about an hour this morning (Thursday, Feb. 22) when their Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority Regional Rail train was misrouted onto a de-energized track on the Northeast Corridor, KYW Radio reports.
A SEPTA spokesman said the train was misrouted by Amtrak. Passengers remained on the inbound train until about 9 a.m., when a rescue train arrived to take them into Philadelphia. The error resulted in some delays on the Wilmington/Newark line but no other portion of the SEPTA system was affected.
Multiple Philadelphia-area news outlets reported they had contacted Amtrak for a comment but had not received a response.
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