(Bloomberg) -- Amtrak resumed service on trains between New York’s Penn Station and New Haven, Connecticut, after a brush fire near East Tremont Avenue in the Bronx spurred power outages starting on Tuesday.
Service was restored around 3:20pm New York time, according to a statement from the railroad. Tracks were closed for almost a full day by the fire, halting all trains between the two cities.
Amtrak personnel spent the past 24 hours assessing and repairing damage done to the tracks. Customers traveling between New York and New Haven were encouraged to use Metro-North trains from Grand Central Station.
The tracks are part of the Northeast Corridor, the busiest stretch of rail in the US, and one that’s bedeviled by problems ranging from balky overhead wires to weather-related delays.
Brush fires have become more common in New York and New Jersey after months of parched conditions across the Northeast brought on the worst drought in more than two decades. Earlier this month, firefighters worked to extinguish a blaze in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, an indication of just how dry this fall has been in New York City.
(Updates with train service resuming)
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