Amtrak service between New York and Boston suspended for the rest of Saturday

All Amtrak service between New York’s Penn Station and Boston’s South Station was suspended for the remainder of Saturday, the company said, citing power outages.

Amtrak said in a service update posted on its website at 3:30 p.m. ET on Saturday that trains would be cancelled due to a “malfunctioning circuit breaker” that caused a widespread power outage on all tracks between Penn Station and New Haven Union Station in Connecticut.

The company said it will continue to keep its customers updated as new information becomes available.

Holders of affected rail tickets would “typically be rebooked on trains with similar departure times or on a different day,” Amtrak said, adding that the company would waive any additional fees for people who wish to rebook their rail tickets due to the outage.

On Saturday morning, the company said all service was “suspended until further notice,” citing the power issue. According to Amtrak Northeast’s account on X, by the time the morning announcement was made, there were already a number of delays and outages that continued throughout the day.

The company had expected to resume operations around 12 p.m. ET, but continued to cancel trips throughout the afternoon, according to updates on the X account.

Shortly before noon, Amtrak suspended all trains from Boston and estimated at the time that service would resume around 3:00 p.m. ET.

According to AAA, 71 million people were expected to travel during the Fourth of July weekend, a record, or 5.7 million more than before the pandemic. The agency said more than 4.6 million people will travel by trains, buses and cruises.