Disabled train, vehicle fire snarl New York City trip

Two separate incidents led to major delays for commuters headed into New York City and got one motorist arrested. A westbound New Jersey Transit North Jersey Coast Line train with 200 passengers broke

News 12 Staff

Aug 17, 2015, 6:58 PM

Updated 3,362 days ago

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Two separate incidents led to major delays for commuters headed into New York City and got one motorist arrested.
A westbound New Jersey Transit North Jersey Coast Line train with 200 passengers broke down in the Hudson River rail tunnel at 7:05 a.m. Monday. NJ Transit spokeswoman Jennifer Nelson says the passengers were taken to Secaucus once the train began moving and it was out of the tunnel by 8:40 a.m.
There were rail delays of up to an hour.
Meanwhile, NJ Transit's buses that were bound for New York diverted to Secaucus Junction because a car caught fire in the New Jersey bound tube just before 7 a.m.
The tunnel reopened by 8:20 a.m.
Port Authority Police spokesman Joe Pentangelo says police checking on motorists found a 61-year-old New York City man smoking a marijuana cigarette. He was charged with possessing a small amount of marijuana and driving under the influence.