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PATCO rush hour delays for 'technical difficulties'

PATCO riders heading home during the evening rush hour this afternoon are sitting on delayed trains — again, the second rush hour of the week's first work day that the embattled transit line has run into difficulties.

PATCO riders heading home during the evening rush hour this afternoon are sitting on delayed trains — again, the second rush hour of the week's first work day that the embattled transit line has run into difficulties.

The transit agency connecting Philadelphia and New Jersey said in a tweet on its account that delays of up to 20 minutes on both the east and west lines are due to "technical difficulties."

A spokesman for the Delaware River Port Authority was not immediately available.

At about 5:30, PATCO said on its website that riders should expect "significant delays" because of another train malfunction.

"At 5:16 p.m., a motor shorted-out on a six-car train headed eastbound onto the Benjamin Franklin Bridge. The first two cars are filling with smoke and passengers are being evacuated," PATCO said in a statement. "No reported injuries. Rush hour passengers are advised to expect significant delays."

One rider reported smoke inside the train cars, which had come to a complete stop.