Excuses

Common excuses

29,110 Mechanical Problem 18,715 Congestion 14,551 Equipment Availability 8,863 Track Maintenance 6,825 Operational Problem 4,642 Signal Problem 4,206 Late Train 3,370 Disabled Train 3,323 Engineer Availability 3,251 Police Activity 2,635 Switch Problem 2,214 Crew Availability 2,049 Late Connection With Train 1,829 Late Connection 1,820 Amtrak Signal Problem

Newest excuses

1 Congestion At 1 Local Police Investigation 2 Police Investigation Into Trespasser 1 Amtrak Overhead Wire Problem East Psny 1 Police Investigation Regarding Trespasser 1 Late Connection To #3243 1 Weather-related Flooding 3 Police Investigation Of Trespasser 1 Congestion With Train 4613 1 Requesting Police Assistance For Unattended Bag 1 Original Engineer Not Available 1 Congestion For Amtrak Train 1 Making Additional Stops For Cancelled Train 6363 1 Canceled Train # 5445 1 Conrail Disabled Train

The blame game

1,820 Amtrak Signal Problem 1,578 Amtrak Track Maintenance 1,111 Amtrak Switch Problem 1,044 Disabled Amtrak Train 998 Amtrak Overhead Wire Problem 589 Amtrak Track Work 588 Conrail Delair Bridge Opening 360 Late Amtrak Train 328 Amtrak Overhead Power Problem 296 Amtrak Track Condition 284 Amtrak Ice Patrol 259 Opening Of Conrail Delair Bridge 242 Opening Of Amtrak Portal Bridge 174 Opening Of Conrail Delair Bridge For Marine Traffic 163 Conrail Switch Problem

Morbid

432 Trespasser Fatality 335 Trespasser Strike 207 Trespasser Incident 61 Trespasser 61 Amtrak Trespasser Strike 57 Police Attempting To Remove Trespasser 33 Amtrak Trespasser Fatality 31 Police Investigating Trespasser Incident 30 Motor Vehicle Struck By Train 27 Portal Bridge Being Struck By Tug Boat 26 Police Investigating Trespasser 20 Police Removal Of Trespasser 15 Police Investigating Trespasser Strike 15 Trespassers 15 Amtrak Trespasser Incident

Mother Nature

205 Weather Related Conditions 160 Winter Weather Conditions 153 Inclement Weather 148 Weather-related Conditions 146 Weather Related Problem 127 Weather-related Problem 73 Impacts Of Yesterday's Inclement Weather 68 Extensive Weather-related Damage To Catenary Pole 63 Extreme Weather Conditions 62 Weather Conditions 58 Weather-related Signal Problem 46 Inclement Weather Conditions 31 Weather Related Signal Problem 25 Severe Weather Conditions 25 Weather-related Overhead Wire Problem

Those pesky passengers

172 Accommodating Passengers 139 Heavy Passenger Travel 48 Request For Police Assistance For Unruly Passenger 45 Unruly Passenger 37 Police Assistance For Unruly Passenger 26 Extra Passenger Travel 14 Mechanical Problem Passengers 9 Slow-speed Non-passenger Work Train Derailment 8 Heavy Passengers Travel 6 Accomodating Passengers 6 Accommodating Passengers For Cancelled Train 5 Ill Passenger 4 Making Additional Stops To Accommodate Passengers 4 Additional Passenger Travel 4 Accommodating Passenger Travel

Latest alerts

September 17th, 2026 at 9:04am: Pascack Valley Line; PVL train #1650, the 8:56 AM departure from Anderson St, scheduled to arrive at Hoboken at 9:27 AM, is cancelled due to equipment availability. Please take train #1622, the 9:30 AM departure from Anderson St, scheduled to arrive at Hoboken at 10:00 AM, making an additional stop today.

September 17th, 2026 at 9:01am: Pascack Valley Line; PVL train #1618, the 8:55 AM arrival into Hoboken, is cancelled at Essex St due to mechanical issues. Please take train #1620, the 9:10 AM arrival into Hoboken.

September 17th, 2026 at 8:58am: Pascack Valley Line; Update 2: PVL train #1618, the 8:55 AM arrival into Hoboken, is up to 35 min. late due to mechanical issues. An update will follow.

September 17th, 2026 at 8:56am: Pascack Valley Line; PVL train #1620, the 9:10 AM arrival into Hoboken, is up to 15 min. late due to congestion from disabled train #1618 ahead. An update will follow.

September 17th, 2026 at 8:13am: Main/Bergen County Line; MBPJ train #1206, the 8:22 AM arrival into Hoboken, will bypass Lyndhurst due to heavy ridership. Please take train #0052, the 8:26 AM arrival into Hoboken, for service to Lyndhurst.

September 17th, 2026 at 7:22am: Northeast Corridor; NEC train #3932, the 8:26 AM departure from Trenton, arrival into PSNY at 9:40 AM, is cancelled due to equipment availability resulting from mechanical issues. Please take train #3934, the 8:54 AM departure from Trenton, arrival into PSNY at 10:13 AM.

September 17th, 2026 at 5:17am: Northeast Corridor; Update 2: NEC train #3813, the 5:14 AM departure from PSNY, scheduled to arrive in Trenton at 6:46 AM, is cancelled due to mechanical issues. Please take train #3815, the 6:06 AM departure from PSNY, scheduled to arrive in Trenton at 7:35 AM and train #3215, the 5:36 AM departure from PSNY for service to North Elizabeth.

September 17th, 2026 at 5:14am: Main/Bergen County Line; MBPJ train #1204, the 6:48 AM departure from Waldwick, scheduled to arrive into Hoboken at 7:50 AM, is cancelled due to equipment availability. Please take train #1206, the 7:21 AM departure from Waldwick, scheduled to arrive into Hoboken at 8:22 AM.

September 16th, 2026 at 8:33pm: Northeast Corridor; NEC train #3965, the 9:02 PM arrival into Trenton, is up to 40 minutes late due to earlier equipment availability.

September 16th, 2026 at 8:28pm: Raritan Valley Line; RVL train #5451, the 8:12 PM departure from Newark Penn Station, scheduled to arrive in Raritan at 9:12 PM, is up to 15 min. late due to a late connection with train #3883.

September 16th, 2026 at 8:01pm: Morris & Essex Line; M and E train #0881, the scheduled 8:04 PM arrival to Hackettstown is up to 40 minutes late due to congestion from a late train.

September 16th, 2026 at 7:40pm: Morris & Essex Line; M and E train #6667, the 8:05 PM from PSNY scheduled to arrive in Dover at 9:35 PM , is cancelled due to equipment availability. Please take train #6671, the 8:51 PM from PSNY scheduled to arrive in Dover at 10:23 PM.

September 16th, 2026 at 7:14pm: Morris & Essex Line; M and E train #6653, the scheduled 7:16 PM arrival to Dover is up to 40 minutes late due to congestion from a late train.

September 16th, 2026 at 7:09pm: Northeast Corridor; Update: NEC train #3867, the 7:01 PM arrival into Trenton, is up to 35 minutes late due to earlier equipment availability resulting from a late train.

September 16th, 2026 at 7:07pm: Raritan Valley Line; RVL train #5445, the 7:43 PM arrival into Raritan, is up to 15 minutes late due to congestion from a Conrail freight train near Roselle Park.

September 16th, 2026 at 6:44pm: Atlantic City Rail Line; Northeast Corridor train #3876, the 7:56 PM from Trenton, scheduled to arrive in PSNY at 9: 28 PM, is canceled due to equipment availability. Please take train #3880, the 8:42 PM from Trenton, scheduled to arrive in PSNY at 10:12 PM.

September 16th, 2026 at 6:16pm: Atlantic City Rail Line; ACRL train #4633, the 6:16 PM arrival to Atlantic City, is up to 20 min. late due to congestion at Egg Harbor.

September 16th, 2026 at 5:57pm: Morris & Essex Line; Morris and Essex Line train #6641, the 5:30 PM arrival into Dover, is canceled at Newark Broad St due to mechanical issues. Please take NJ transit extra service train.

September 16th, 2026 at 5:51pm: North Jersey Coast Line; NJCL train #3513, the 5:29 PM departure from Penn Station New York, scheduled to arrive in South Amboy at 6:34 PM is up to 15 min late due to earlier congestion east of Penn Station New York.

September 16th, 2026 at 5:40pm: Morris & Essex Line; M and E train #6355, the 6:19 PM scheduled departure from PSNY scheduled to arrive in Summit at 7:09 PM, is cancelled due to equipment availability resulting from a disabled train near Broad St. Please take train #6655, the 6:21 PM departure from PSNY scheduled to arrive Summit at 7:03 PM, making additional stops.

September 16th, 2026 at 5:32pm: Northeast Corridor; NEC train #3986, the 5:43 PM arrival into PSNY, is up to 20 minutes late due to congestion near N Elizabeth.

September 16th, 2026 at 5:27pm: Northeast Corridor; NEC train #3947, the 5:51 PM arrival to Trenton, is up to 15 min. late due to earlier power issues at Metro Park.

September 16th, 2026 at 5:25pm: Morris & Essex Line; Update: Morris and Essex Line train #6641, the 5:30 PM arrival into Dover, is canceled at Newark Broad St due to mechanical issues.

September 16th, 2026 at 5:16pm: Northeast Corridor; NEC train #3953, the 5:38 PM from PSNY scheduled to arrive in Trenton at 6:49 PM, is cancelled due to originally scheduled engineer not available at time of departure. Please take train #3871, the 5:50 PM from PSNY scheduled to arrive in Trenton at 7:20 PM.