By Gabriela Resto-Montero and Serena Solomon
DNAinfo Staff
MANHATTAN — The Long Island Railroad plans to cancel several eastbound trains and will run on a reduced schedule during the evening commute on Monday, according to a statement on their website.
Approximately 20 eastbound trains from Penn Station will be canceled and combined with other trains Monday afternoon.
LIRR service was disrupted when an Amtrak train got stuck in a tunnel after a minor derailment on Sunday.
Service problems during the morning and evening commutes are expected to continue through Wednesday while crews clear equipment and make repairs, according to the MTA.
Westbound LIRR service will terminate at Jamaica starting around 4:30 p.m. on Monday, and will terminate at Woodside on the Port Washington Branch. All Far Rockaway trains will depart from Atlantic Terminal instead of Penn Station, according to the MTA's website.
Shanna Accarino, works in the garment district, said she's worried about the trip home.
"I have a doctors appointment so I will have to watch what goes on," said Accarino, who is expecting. "I might have to take a half day to be sure."
The MTA says NYC Transit will honor LIRR tickets on the E train to New York at Jamaica and at Woodside on the No. 7 line.
Commuters should expect scattered 10 to 20 minute delays on all trains leaving from Penn Station.
The derailment made for a sluggish ride into Manhattan on Monday morning.
The MTA canceled 23 westbound lines out of Jamaica, Queens, affecting a quarter of all LIRR trains at Penn Station.
"I was leaving to take the 6:18 train," Massapequa resident Bill Mark said. "They canceled the 6:18."
Mark, a stagehand with theater local 1, missed out on a days work because of the LIRR problems.
"I was late this morning so I didn't get work," the 50-year-old stagehand said. "It sucks, because I'm building my house and I'm recently divorced."
Authorities rerouted another six trains Monday morning at the Jamaica station where commuters were transferred to other trains headed to Penn Station or board the E subway train.
In total, five Amtrak coaches and a locomotive were derailed Sunday evening as a result of a broken rail at one of the tunnels in Jamaica, said Danelle Hunter, a spokeswoman for Amtrak.
There were no passengers on the train at the time of the derailment, Hunter said.
"We hope to have the situation resolved and the train moved as soon as possible," she said.
In a separate train incident Sunday, a New Jersey-bound PATH train crashed into an abutment at the Hoboken Station, leaving 33 people injured.
All of the 33 injuries were minor, according to a Port Authority of New York and New Jersey spokesperson.
Monday morning, all PATH trains were running regularly with some commuters completely unaware that an accident had taken place, the Associated Press reported.
Commuters can find the latest LIRR travel updates online or by calling 718-217-5477.
