Power Outage Paralyzes PATCO Trains: Thousands of Philadelphia Commuters Stranded
Transit Shutdown: What Happened This Morning Philadelphia’s regional PATCO Speedline (operated by the DRPA) sputtered to a halt at the worst possible time – the Wednesday morning commute. At about 8:30 a.m., PATCO announced all trains were suspended due to a power failure linked to PSE&G inquirer.com fox29.com. (“PSE&G” is the New Jersey utility that supplies electricity to the line.) By 8:35 a.m. news outlets like NBC10 and FOX29 confirmed the shutdown, noting there was no timetable for service restoration inquirer.com fox29.com. PATCO (which carries roughly 34,000 riders per weekday patch.com) said crews were on site but could not say when trains