Excuses

Common excuses

27,698 Mechanical Problem 17,796 Congestion 13,567 Equipment Availability 8,436 Track Maintenance 6,783 Operational Problem 4,504 Signal Problem 4,009 Late Train 3,301 Engineer Availability 3,280 Disabled Train 3,160 Police Activity 2,562 Switch Problem 2,046 Crew Availability 1,815 Late Connection With Train 1,783 Amtrak Signal Problem 1,739 Late Connection

Newest excuses

1 Police Investigating Freight Train Trespasser Strike 1 Police Investigation For Trespasser 1 Opening Of Oceanport Bridge For Marine Traffic 1 Opening Of Ocean Port Bridge For Marine Traffic 1 Originally Engineer 1 Ly Late Connection With Train 1 Request For Track Level Boarding 1 Crew Availability Time Of Departure 3 Engineer's Availability 1 Mechnaical Problem 1 Accommodating Canceled Train 1 #7817 1 Originally Engineer Not Availabile 23 Damaged Amtrak Overhead Wire Infrastructure 1 Downed Overhead Wires Red Bank

The blame game

1,783 Amtrak Signal Problem 1,485 Amtrak Track Maintenance 1,084 Amtrak Switch Problem 1,022 Disabled Amtrak Train 979 Amtrak Overhead Wire Problem 589 Amtrak Track Work 585 Conrail Delair Bridge Opening 358 Late Amtrak Train 327 Amtrak Overhead Power Problem 288 Amtrak Track Condition 284 Amtrak Ice Patrol 243 Opening Of Conrail Delair Bridge 242 Opening Of Amtrak Portal Bridge 165 Opening Of Conrail Delair Bridge For Marine Traffic 160 Delayed Amtrak Train

Morbid

417 Trespasser Fatality 321 Trespasser Strike 207 Trespasser Incident 61 Amtrak Trespasser Strike 60 Trespasser 48 Police Attempting To Remove Trespasser 33 Amtrak Trespasser Fatality 30 Motor Vehicle Struck By Train 27 Portal Bridge Being Struck By Tug Boat 19 Police Removal Of Trespasser 17 Police Investigating Trespasser Incident 15 Trespassers 15 Amtrak Trespasser Incident 13 Police Investigating Trespasser Strike 12 Motor Vehicle Being Struck By Train

Mother Nature

205 Weather Related Conditions 160 Winter Weather Conditions 153 Inclement Weather 147 Weather-related Conditions 146 Weather Related Problem 108 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 56 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

168 Accommodating Passengers 139 Heavy Passenger Travel 43 Request For Police Assistance For Unruly Passenger 40 Unruly Passenger 36 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 Accommodating Passengers For Cancelled Train 5 Ill Passenger 4 Accommodation Of Passengers 4 Accomodating Passengers 4 Additional Passenger Travel 4 Accommodating Passenger Travel

Latest alerts

April 12th, 2026 at 5:38pm: Northeast Corridor; NEC train #7656, the 7:09 PM departure from Rahway scheduled to arrive in PSNY at 7:52 PM, is canceled in Rahway due to equipment availability. Please take train #7660, the 7:46 PM departure from Rahway, scheduled to arrive in PSNY at 8:32 PM.

April 12th, 2026 at 4:27pm: Northeast Corridor; NEC train #7661, the 5:01 PM departure from PSNY scheduled to arrive in Rahway at 5:39 PM, is canceled in PSNY due to equipment availability. Please take train #7861, the 5:14 PM departure from PSNY, scheduled to arrive in Rahway at 5:52 PM, making additional stops.

April 12th, 2026 at 1:07pm: Pascack Valley Line; PVL train #2111, the 1:26 PM arrival to Spring Valley, is up to 20 min. late due to congestion near New Bridge Landing,

April 12th, 2026 at 12:50pm: Pascack Valley Line; PVL train #2112, the 1:21 PM arrival to Hoboken, is up to 25 min. late due to congestion resulting from late train #2110.

April 12th, 2026 at 12:27pm: Pascack Valley Line; Update: PVL train #2110, the 12:33 PM arrival to Hoboken, is up to 40 min. late due to earlier police activity at Nanuet.

April 12th, 2026 at 12:22pm: Pascack Valley Line; PVL train #2110, the 12:33 PM arrival to Hoboken is up to 35 min. late due to police activity at Nanuet. An update will follow.

April 12th, 2026 at 12:06pm: Northeast Corridor; NEC train #7842, the 2:20 PM departure from Trenton, scheduled to arrive in PSNY at 3:43 PM is cancelled due to crew availability at the time of departure. Please take train #7844, the 2:58 PM departure from Trenton, scheduled to arrive in PSNY at 4:33 PM.

April 12th, 2026 at 9:42am: Northeast Corridor; NEC train #7624, the 10:41 AM departure from Rahway, scheduled to arrive in PSNY at 11:31 AM, is cancelled due to equipment availability. Please take train #7824, the 10:50 AM departure from Rahway, scheduled to arrive in PSNY at 11:34 AM, making an additional stop at North Elizabeth.

April 12th, 2026 at 9:36am: North Jersey Coast Line; NJCL train #7220, the 10:41 AM arrival to PSNY, is up to 25 min. late due to earlier equipment availability resulting from track maintenance.

April 12th, 2026 at 9:30am: Northeast Corridor; NEC train #7629, the 9:07 AM departure from PSNY scheduled to arrive at 9:47 AM in Rahway, was cancelled due to crew availability at the time of departure. Please take train #7829, the 9:14 AM departure from PSNY, scheduled to arrive at 9:52 AM in Rahway, making an additional stop at North Elizabeth.

April 12th, 2026 at 9:11am: North Jersey Coast Line; Update: NJCL train #4721, the 8:35 AM departure from Long Branch, scheduled to arrive in Bay Head at 9:20 AM, is up to 30 min. late due to an earlier delayed connection with train #7221.

April 12th, 2026 at 9:01am: North Jersey Coast Line; NJCL train #4721, the 8:35 AM departure from Long Branch, scheduled to arrive in Bay Head at 9:20 AM, is up to 25 min. late due to a late connection with train #7221. An update will follow.

April 12th, 2026 at 8:48am: North Jersey Coast Line; NJCL train #7221, the 8:30 AM arrival to Long Branch, is up to 30 min. late due to earlier congestion resulting from track maintenance at Red Bank.

April 12th, 2026 at 8:44am: North Jersey Coast Line; NJCL train #7216, the 9:42 AM arrival to PSNY, is up to 25 min. late due to earlier congestion resulting from track maintenance at Red Bank.

April 12th, 2026 at 8:19am: Atlantic City Rail Line; (1/2) NEC train #7620, the 9:45 AM departure from Rahway, scheduled to arrive in PSNY at 10:34 AM, is cancelled due to equipment availability resulting from mechanical issues.

April 12th, 2026 at 8:18am: Atlantic City Rail Line; (2/2) Please take train #7820, the 9:52 AM departure from Rahway, scheduled to arrive in PSNY at 10:36 AM, making an additional stop at N. Elizabeth.

April 12th, 2026 at 8:13am: Atlantic City Rail Line; (1/2) NEC train #7625, the 8:07 AM departure from PSNY, scheduled to arrive in Rahway at 8:31 AM, is cancelled due to equipment availability resulting from mechanical issues.

April 12th, 2026 at 8:12am: Northeast Corridor; NEC train #7625, the 8:07 AM departure from PSNY, scheduled to arrive in Rahway at 8:31 AM, is cancelled due to equipment availability resulting from mechanical issues. Please take train #7825, the 8:14 AM departure from PSNY, scheduled to arrive in Rahway at 8:52 AM, making an additional stop at N. Elizabeth.

April 12th, 2026 at 7:43am: North Jersey Coast Line; Update: NJCL train #7208, the 7:42 AM arrival to PSNY, is up to 30 min. late due to earlier mechanical issues at Woodbridge.

April 11th, 2026 at 11:36pm: Northeast Corridor; NEC train #7803, the 12:43 AM departure from PSNY, scheduled to arrive in Trenton at 2:19 AM, is cancelled due to crew availability at time of departure. Please take train #7805, the 1:22 AM departure from PSNY, scheduled to arrive in Trenton at 3:04 AM.

April 11th, 2026 at 10:42pm: Northeast Corridor; NEC train #7879, the 10:02 PM departure from PSNY, scheduled to arrive in Trenton at 11:25 PM, was cancelled due to mechanical issues. Please take train #7885, the 11:14 PM departure from PSNY, scheduled to arrive in Trenton at 12:46 PM.

April 11th, 2026 at 9:49pm: Atlantic City Rail Line; 1 of 2. NEC train # 7883, the 10:57 PM departure from PSNY scheduled to arrive in Trenton at 12:18 AM, is cancelled in PSNY due to originally scheduled engineer not available at time of departure

April 11th, 2026 at 9:48pm: Atlantic City Rail Line; .2 of 1 Please take train #7885, the 11:14 PM departure from PSNY, scheduled to arrive in Trenton at 12:46 AM.

April 11th, 2026 at 7:01pm: Northeast Corridor; NEC train #7660, the 7:46 PM departure from Rahway scheduled to arrive in PSNY at 8:32 PM, is cancelled in Rahway due to crew availability at departure time. Please take train #7860, the 8:01 PM departure from Rahway scheduled to arrive in PSNY at 8:42 PM.