LONG BRANCH, NJ – Regular service has been restored on the North Jersey Coast Line after an early morning incident where a train hit a vacant car on the tracks.
The interruption affected the morning travel between Bay Head and Long Branch. The incident occurred around 6 a.m. Monday at the Cedar Avenue intersection in Long Branch involving a train en route to Penn Station.
Officials verified that the car was unoccupied when the train made contact, and all 50 passengers on the train were unharmed.