SEPTA officials said the issues began around 5:20 p.m. and became more apparent around 6 p.m.
Officials said the issues began around 5:20 p.m. Monday and became more apparent by 6 p.m. The issue was still not resolved as of 11 p.m.
Officials say the communication system's malfunction impacted the ability of the signals to communicate with the SEPTA dispatch center. Officials explained that this type of manual operation requires low-speed travel, which has caused major delays that could last into Tuesday.The Philadelphia International Airport, Chestnut Hill East, Chestnut Hill West, Fox Chase, Doylestown, Media, Norristown, Thorndale, Trenton, Warminster, Newark, and West Trenton regional rail lines are all dealing with delays, SEPTA said.The transit agency also noted that an ongoing project is in place to replace this specific portion of the signal system.
"SEPTA sincerely apologizes for the inconvenience to our customers. Tonight's signal issues are due to a failure in the communications system within the signal equipment at Wayne Junction. This has impacted the ability of the signals to communicate with our dispatch center. To maintain safe operations, we immediately stopped trains when the issue arose at about 5:15 p.m., got crews in place, and then resumed with our field personnel manually throwing the switches so trains could move.
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