NYC-Boston Amtrak service resumes after lightning causes malfunction

NEW YORK CITY, New York: Amtrak announced on July 6 that its rail service between New York and Boston, which had malfunctioned due to a lightning strike, had been restored.

The malfunction resulted in a power outage beginning in the afternoon on all tracks between Penn Station in New York and Union Station in New Haven, Connecticut.

Evening trains between Boston and Virginia were operating on schedule. Mo