An Amtrak train took a wrong turn headed to New York City and wound up lost in the Philadelphia suburbs last Thursday, and officials are still trying to figure out exactly how such a mistake happened.
CBS-3 Philadelphia reports:
It sounds wild but Amtrak officials confirm it did happen and what they can tell us so far is this: Amtrak Train 644 that left 30th Street Station for New York City accidentally ended up on the SEPTA tracks. The train actually traveled several miles before the mistake was finally caught and the train stopped at the Bala Cynwyd station.
Peter Menendez of Princeton, NJ said, "I think mistakes happen, I come from that industry and the utilities and it’s hard to coordinate systems like that. I feel bad for those folks."
It happened last Thursday and according to Amtrak, the 130 passengers on-board may have been inconvenienced but everyone was safely brought back to Philly, put on a different train and taken to New York, this second time around, without incident.
