January 09, 2017
Thom Carroll/for PhillyVoice
A PATCO train crosses the Benjamin Franklin Bridge from New Jersey headed to Pennsylvania.
PATCO riders were hit with a one-two punch of inconvenience on Monday afternoon as the transit agency canceled four outbound Philadelphia trains and evacuated a fifth train in Camden due to reports of smoke.
Rush hour commuters heading back to South Jersey from Philadelphia Monday afternoon were advised that some of PATCO's regularly scheduled trains would not be running due to snow and equipment issues.
PLEASE NOTE: The 4:45p, 5:06p, 5:10p and 5:39p EBs out of 16th/Locust will be canceled due to the snow and equipment issues.
— PATCO (@RidePATCO) January 9, 2017
Large parts of South Jersey were hit with heavy snow over the past week as two storms barrelled across the region. Saturday's storm dropped snow totals ranging from 4-10 inches, including 5.5 inches in Lindenwold where the PATCO line ends.
At about 5:30 p.m., PATCO riders were evacuated from a train filled with white smoke at the City Hall stop in Camden. According to some of their tweets, many walked to the Broadway stop to await a train.
Current @RidePATCO situation... My train started smoking and we had to evacuate at City Hall in Camden. pic.twitter.com/PF26Up4kxI
— Jenn (@littlemissjenn) January 9, 2017
@RidePATCO what is up with train #239...stopped at city hall...heard *poof* then smoke...we had to get off train #smoke pic.twitter.com/OgRtD2p46N
— Denise Romani (@Neesey208) January 9, 2017
PATCO temporarily suspended service and then shortly afterward announced that all eastbound and westbound has been fully restored, with residual delays.
PLEASE NOTE: We currently have suspended service due to an OOS train at CH. Please seek alt transportation. Trains running EB Ferry-LW only.
— PATCO (@RidePATCO) January 9, 2017
PLEASE NOTE: We are back in service in both EB & WB service. We have residual delay of about 15 mins in both directions.
— PATCO (@RidePATCO) January 9, 2017
