Amtrak Service Resumes in Philadelphia After Derailment

By KARA SEYMOUR

Amtrak has resumed service on the Northeast Corridor line following a deadly derailment that killed eight people in Philadelphia on Tuesday.

The first Amtrak train since the derailment left 30th Street Station at 6:09 a.m. Monday morning, 16 minutes after its scheduled departure time, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.

“The safety of our passengers and crew remains our number one priority. Our infrastructure repairs have been made with the utmost care and emphasis on infrastructure integrity, including complete compliance with Federal Railroad Administration directives,” Amtrak President and CEO Joe Boardman said in a statement.

Boardman said Amtrak has been ”working around the clock” to repair the infrastructure necessary to restore service along the Northeast Corridor.

The investigation into the cause of the crash continues.

In addition to eight fatalities, more than 200 people were injured in the derailment, which happened at the Port Richmond area of Philadelphia.

The following people were victims of the crash:

• Laura Finamore, 47, of Douglaston, N.Y., who worked in corporate real estate, according to an online statement from the family.
• Italian national Giuseppe Piras, who was visiting the United States on business.
• Bob Gildersleeve, 45, of Maryland, who was reportedly in the first car of the traintraveling from Washington to New York when it crashed, according to NBCPhiladelphia. He was pulled from the wreckage of Amtrak train 188 Thursday, two days after it derailed north of Philadelphia, according to reports.
• Justin Zemser, 20, a student from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis;
• Derrick Griffith, 42, dean of student affairs and enrollment management at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, N.Y.;
• Jim Gaines, 48, an employee of the Associated Press who lived in Plainsboro, N.J.;
• Abid Gilani, a senior vice president at Wells Fargo; and
• Rachel Jacobs, CEO of a Philadelphia tech firm who lived in Manhattan.

Boardman expressed his sympathies to the families in his statement and said the company accepts full responsibility for the crash.

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