(New Haven-WTNH/AP, Oct. 29, 2004 Updated 8:00 AM) _ Metro North says it has resumed service on the New Haven Line. Metro North says the first train from New Haven was the 6:24 a.m. Four earlier trains left from Bridgeport.
Service is back on one track. Metro-North says there may be some delays for trains headings into New Haven from points south since only one track is open. Amtrak is reporting a 90 minute delay and Metro North is reporting 10 minute delays.
The problem began last night when an Amtrak train from Boston to Washington, D.C., got stuck on the tracks in New Haven when the rear passenger car derailed. Two passengers suffered minor injuries.
Metro-North service from the New Haven, Milford and Stratford stations was disrupted. Morning commuters at those stations took buses to Bridgeport, where Metro-North resumed.
The Amtrak Acela Express, was backing up slowly after having just left Union Station when the rear coach derailed shortly after nine last night.
The train was carrying 60 passengers and 12 employees when the problem happened between Plymouth and Lamberton streets, about one mile south of Union Station. Five people were in the rear coach when it derailed. A Metro-North train carried the train's passengers back to Union Station, where they took buses to their destination.
One passenger was taken to Yale New Haven Hospital with minor injuries, and another was treated and released.