Penn Station commuters faced another transit nightmare Monday.
New Jersey Transit service in and out of midtown Manhattan was temporarily suspended during Monday night’s rush hour — the fourth time in less than a week commuters have been saddled with delays and cancellations.
The latest headache was blamed by NJ Transit on “Amtrak overhead wire issues in one of the Hudson River tunnels.”
Service was interrupted around 7 p.m., but resumed 30 minutes later — albeit with delays of up to an hour, NJ Transit announced in a series of tweets.
Train disruptions left commuters frustrated.
A rider commuting home in Linden called last week a “f-cking nightmare” and said he was “really f-cking upset” because of the constant disruptions at NJ Transit.
“It’s just been really horrible,” said Jordan Garcia, a makeup artist who has dealt with constant service snafus.
“I told my friend now, I don’t even know if I’ll go to work tomorrow, because you don’t know if sh-t will work,” said the 29-year-old.
Another angry commuter just wanted to get back to Florham Park.
“I’ve been angry all day … not because of transit, but I’ve been angry all day and I’d like to go home,” said Carl, 45, as he blew off some steam.
“And then I get here and it’s late and I’m even angrier now.”
Hannah Ahn, a human resources technician, was coming to New York from Princeton when she was told her train would be stopped. She and other riders stayed on the tracks for more than an hour.
“You’re raising our rates, you’re not doing anything to improve,” the 25-year-old said.
Amtrak service was also affected by the wire problems, with all trains running between New York and Philadelphia running late.
Train service at Penn was slowed last Tuesday due to a disabled train, while equipment problems left commuters stranded Thursday and again Friday as temperatures soared.
The agency blamed damaged overhead wires for last week’s setbacks.
The service problems are reminiscent of the so-called “Summer of Hell” of 2017, when commuters faced travel nightmare after nightmare at Penn — blamed on Amtrak’s power supply.
Past commuters have dealt with a stranded NJ Transit train in 2017, an Amtrak derailment the following year, and server/signal issues this past New Year’s Eve.
Problems emanating from Penn could cause commuters to flood the PATH train in Hoboken and buses.
Amtrak and NJ Transit have long pointed fingers at each other — and officials have blamed service delays and suspensions on destroyed equipment and outdated wiring belonging to both agencies.
Carl, a fed-up Florham Park resident, said his message to both agencies was “fix this, fix it.”