A three-car derailment near Bowie caused delays and cancellations Friday to passenger train service between Washington and Baltimore.
No one was injured when three cars of a CSX freight train turned over about 7 p.m. Thursday. The coal train was empty at the time it came off the tracks in Bowie. Investigators had not determined the derailment’s cause, but officials say bad weather could have played a role.
The train blocked two of three tracks near Lanham Severn Road in Bowie. It took down some power lines on a track shared with Amtrak trains, disrupting passenger and freight service. The train had 111 cars and three locomotives and was traveling from Benning to Woodzell, Md.
Amtrak resumed most of its service early Friday, but passengers still faced 20-minute delays on trains between the District’s Union Station and Baltimore Friday morning as CSX crews continued working to clear a derailment, Amtrak spokeswoman Karina Romero said.
Hundreds of passengers were stranded at the District’s Union Station Thursday and early Friday morning. Eleven buses transported passengers to Baltimore, where they were to resume traveling, Romero said.
Service on the MARC Penn line was suspended Friday and will resume Monday.
Camden Line trains were operating but they could only accommodate a fraction of the riders on the Penn Line, officials said. MARC tickets will be honored by Metro from both New Carrollton and Greenbelt.
