77 ran late with an average delay of 48 minutes. The problem of course was the snow and ice that still covered tracks and switches. We came across crews working by hand to clear it all. But for much of the day five l. I. R. R. Branches had no service, including the hempstead line where we found this woman waiting. How long have you been waiting here . Two hours. Reporter her english was limited but her expression needed no translating when we told her that trains werent running. Still cant get to work and the snows been stopped since yesterday. Were paying a lot of money for the railroads. Crazy. Reporter communication between the railroad and its riders seemed to make a difficult day tougher. The Commuters Council which represents riders says that communication was so poor some trains were nearly empty, others hopefully it will be here soon. Its cold. Reporter and tonight the Commuters Council is actually calling for an investigation of the l. I. R. R. s communication practices. Were
By the time they get here, they tend to be rain showers. Look at the temperatu s tss afternoon. At nn time increase in clouds. There will be sun at times but spotty showers. High temperature of 44 degrees. Well check out the rest of tha forecast in a bit. Heres lauren. Thanks, chris. No major problems on the roads ju yet but lets talk about the rails. L. I. E. Rr, expected to be delayed between 6 00 and 6 30 a. M. The rest of it to come back be atwee6 00 and 6 30. Anfod path commuters still no rail servise between newark and Journal Square. But starting at about 6 00 a. M. , theyll start offer Something Limited Shuttle Bus Service from newark over to Journal Square as well as harrin toe. Ournal square. Are having a tough time getting back to normal. Were going to begin witp today in new yorks Tracie Strahan. Tracie, schools in newark closed once again today. Reporter its all because of snow remtoval efforts. The snow removal efforts will originate today, but all of the snst on north 5t
Delaware and south jersey. Were seeing those showers finally taper off. Just a few rain drops now in southern central delaware connot county heading towards Cape May County but most of the rain is done and the temperatures are falling. 30s right now in pottstown, allentown and trenton, while its in the low 40s in northeast philadelphia Philadelphia International and wilmington. Theyll stay there for the next several hours as the clouds thin out during the morning hours. That will leave us with partly sunny skies this afternoon with temperatures warming up a bit. By noontime, 43 degrees. It will be dry. But Colder Weather is on the way. Ive got your hourbyhour forecast in ten minutes. Right now, lets check in with jillian mele, nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter. Jillian . Good morning to you, bill. To you at home as well. 76 off to a good start this morning. We had longterm construction westbound side, Spring Garden street offramp is closed but its not slowing anything down. This is 7
Road. No accidents, no delays as you can see. The northeast extension also free of any accidents right now. As far as the pennsylvania turnpike goes you can see this long line of green means no delays on the turnpike at all. So your drive times between bensalem and valley forge about 22 minutes both ways. So, thats a good start if you need to head out on the turnpike. And finally, the one problem that we have been dealing with all morning long is still out there. A downed pole from an earlier accident in lower moreland byberry road is blocked between Huntingdon Pike and masons mill road. Stick to county line road as your alternate. Tracy . New from overnight, police are looking for the person who carried out a Home Invasion in the kensington section of philadelphia. Police say a masked gunman forced his way into the home on kip street around 2 00 this morning and stole cash and jewelry. Police say security cameras captured the whole thing. No one was hurt. Also new from overnight, fire
Its 42 at Philadelphia International. But the numbers will continue to fall. 32 degrees at 9 00. By lunchtime just 34. And 35 blustery conditions continue this afternoon. Thats today. Snow for tomorrow. Weve got a look at the future weather when im back in ten. Right now, lets check in with first alert traffic reporter jillian mele. Good morning jillian. Good morning to you, bill. Starting off with a problem on septa, the Lansdale Doylestown line has suspended service due to overhead wire problems. That took effect about 20 minutes ago. That is the only problem on mass transit so far this morning, so that is something i will continue to follow for you. 95 southbound approaching the walt whitman bridge a vehicle fire has been extinguished, but you can see a line of red with a slowdown as drivers approach the scene with one lane blocked in the area. Lower merion an accident rose glen road and youngsford road. And we also continue to follow repair work from an overnight accident in lower