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NY-Boston Amtrak Train Stranded For Hours; Twitter No Help

NY-Boston Amtrak Train Stranded For Hours; Twitter No Help

A New York-to-Boston Amtrak train has been stalled outside Providence for over 4 hours because of an "electrical" issue, stranding passengers inside with only one working bathroom  — and Twitter isn't coming to their rescue. Despite numerous passengers tweeting at theh #amtrak hashtag, the train — which left NYC at 6:20 a.m. and stalled somewhere in the neighborhood of 9:15 a.m., according to one passenger —  is still parked in place. According to passenger Susan McPherson,the train is "down to one working bathroom" after the journey from NYC to Boston suddenly got a lot longer. (more...)



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