Newark Penn Station bull disrupts NJ Transit – NBC New York
A loose bull on the tracks at Newark Penn Station wreaked some havoc for NJ Transit riders late Thursday morning, prompting delays and chaos as crews worked to corral the animal.
The bovine bedlam broke out before 11 a.m. when the bull escaped closer to Newark International Airport, then ran up to the train station.
It wasn’t immediately clear how the bull, seen running along one of the tracks, got loose, but video showed it running up and down tracks at the station as stunned onlookers watched with bewilderment.
After its jaunt through Newark Penn Station, the bull went back down toward the airport. Police caught up with it behind a building on Frelinghuysen Avenue near Victoria Street, down the tracks from the station.
Newark and Port Authority police officers were able to corral the beast inside a fenced lot, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said. He added that a local animal sanctuary would come to retrieve and take care of the young bull.
No injuries were reported.
Here’s video of the bull on the loose this morning – it went onto the tracks at Newark Penn. I’m told they caught it. It apparently escaped near the airport – ran toward Penn – then ran back toward airport (Elizabeth) and was caught. pic.twitter.com/G0DzbTJH6j
NJ Transit was reporting 45-minute delays between Newark Penn and New York Penn Station as of 11 a.m., citing “police activity.” Photos from the scene showed officers looking at the bull.
NJ Transit rail tickets were being cross-honored by PATH.
NJ TRANSIT rail service is subject to up to 45 minute delays between Newark Penn and PSNY, due to Police activity near Newark Penn Station. NJ TRANSIT rail tickets and passes are being cross-honored by PATH and Hoboken, Newark Penn and 33rd Street New York.
Police activity: pic.twitter.com/XrtIEK5ZGH
This is not the first rodeo for emergency personnel when it comes to lassoing a rogue bull disrupting transit in the NYC area. In 2021, a loose bull forced a highway shutdown on Long Island. Another caused a stir on the streets of Brooklyn a few years earlier.
