This was the scene, tonight at 30th street station in philadelphia, hundreds of commuters found themselves stranded, when septas Paoli Thorndale Regional Rail line went down. Septa spokesperson said during the rush hour it is probably the worst time for this to happen. Shes got that right. It the is thursday night, and the big story on action news tonight is a power outage on amtrak which shares its tracks with septa. That turned the evening rush hour into a nightmare for both transit agencies. Action News Reporter jeff chirico is live at 30th street station. Jeff, what is the status of the outage . Is there a potential problem for the morning rush hour . Reporter jim, there is a big question mark over the morning commute. Now amtrak is reporting hour long delays, on the keystone line between here and harrisburg. Septa suspended it rail service to paoli. It was a hectic evening here meaning many commuters did not make it home in time for dinner they stood and waited, hundreds of septa
It is a green screen, whatever people use. Lets get right to you. They get outside here, follow thanks use septa paoli lines, services restore this morning. Heres the first line of trains, first train left malvern a at 5 44. The first inbound train left thorndale at the 5 50 and first outbound left temple at 5 32. Expect delays during the rest of the morning rush hour. The trains have not run for the last 12 hours. Lets roll video last night the whole story behind it, amtrak power problems, forced the shut down of the Paoli Thorndale line at 5 30 last night. Over 22,000 people used that line, daily, and they have had to to be shuttle bused from center city back out to the main line and figure out how to get to the train station where they parked their car. It was a hot mess last night, for commuters, but commuters, this morning had some good news. Trains are starting to role, Service Resumed but expect delays, during the morning rush hour, and also expect delays on amtraks keystone lin
Forecast is 80 degrees and record is 76. That will fall, since back in 2006, with our high temperatures today. It is cruising once again so 65 degrees, what to expect in the 9 00 oclock hour. More cloud around today calling in a mix of sun and clouds. The a as we head in the afternoon hours we have a chance of a late day shower but better chance of showers overnight the tonight. We will talk about the timing of the shower activity, if it will clear out by friday morning commute and if this warmth will last in the upcoming weekend coming up in a couple minutes. Gorgeous, lauren, it looks so pretty behind you too. We can see that the sun wants to arrive, happy thursday to you. Well, outside we are dealing with an accident here in the eastbound platt bridge block ago this left lane, probably starting to cause real significant slow downs right there. Just make note of. That we will have volume levels putting on pressure but we will have that gaper delay. For those heading out to the platt
Mid 50s in cape may, new jersey. On the bus stop this morning not too shabby, partly cloudy and mild. 5 degrees by 6 00. 57 by 8 00 a. M. , so maybe a light jacket for the kids. I came in in just the suit coat and fell just fine this morning. 11 00 a. M. , 70s, mid 70s at 1 00 p. M. High of 80 will be another record at 3 00 p. M. Clouds and sun, by 6 00 p. M. , down to 71 degrees. More on the showers on future tracker 6, some of which could be pushing into the morning rush hour tomorrow morning, matt. Cooler air on the way in the seven day. Another day like yesterday sounds good to me, live in center city along the vine street expressway, everything has reopened after overnight construction shut it down in both directions, crews return at 11 00 and close once again. For now youre go ahead to go on the schuylkill expressway where construction has cleared. The schuylkill expressway westbound broken down vehicle south on the boulevard heading west on 76. June juniata they are investigatin
Breaking news at 11 00, an officer shot on the streets in West Philadelphia tonight. A dangerous city and a lot of guns out there. The 24yearold officer tackled the suspect and then was shot. Were live on the scene. The officer, a twoyear veteran of the force is expected to be okay and Police Say Two suspects are in custody. The shooting happened just before 9 00 tonight. A few blocks from 60th and spruce where an officer was shot at point blank range inside his car back in january. Were bringing you live coverage. Were live at the hospital where the officer is being treated t this hour. But we begin with drew smith and break down what we know right now. Reporter well, denise, right now this is a very large crime scene. Im going to show you where investigators have been focusing their attention right near the 60th and market station which remains closed. From what we know, what investigators just briefed us in the past hour, it was shortly before 9 00 when this started. An officer and