NEW YORK TIMES: A major stretch of rail line remained shut Thursday after Tuesday night’s deadly Amtrak derailment, forcing thousands of commuters to adjust travel plans and generally muddle through an abrupt suspension of train service. The derailment in Philadelphia killed eight people and injured more than 200…
Amtrak said on Thursday that limited service between Philadelphia and New York could resume on Monday, with full service by Tuesday. In the meantime, the suspension is disrupting one of the busiest transportation corridors in the nation.
For those who urgently needed to travel along the East Coast, avoiding the ground by taking to the air seemed the best bet — if they could secure a ticket and afford the cost… (more)
EDITOR: Take a bus or car pool. We drove to Newark today and took N. J. Transit into Manhattan rather than get stuck in a possible huge traffic jam.
