A bull strayed onto the tracks at Newark Penn Station Thursday morning, causing significant delays on NJ Transit and PATH trains between New Jersey and New York City.
According to NJ Transit, the bull was no longer on the tracks shortly after noon, but service between Newark Penn Station and New York Penn Station in Manhattan was still delayed by up to 45 minutes.
It wasn't immediately clear how the bull ended up on the tracks, but the transit authority shared a photo of it on X, formerly Twitter:
NJ Transit said PATH honors rail tickets and passes at the Hoboken, Newark Penn and 33rd Street stations.
The Newark Public Safety Department said police responded to Frelinghuysen Avenue near Victoria Street near Newark Liberty International Airport around 10:46 a.m. following a call that a bull was loose behind a building.
Members of the department's emergency services and Port Authority police then found the bull and contained him “without incident in a fenced property,” according to Fritz Fragé, Newark's public safety director.
Newark police said the bull was being recovered and protected by a local animal shelter, but did not specify which one.
PATH service between Newark and World Trade Center stations had resumed with residual delays by late morning, the commuter rail line said.
This story has been updated with new information. Brittany Kriegstein contributed reporting.