A live bull running through the track area of New Jersey’s Newark Penn Station on Thursday morning caused delays across several of the state’s transit lines, authorities said.
Videos and photos of the bull running through the station went viral on social media, as passengers captured the frenzied moment while facing 45 minute delays to their Amtrak, PATH train, and New Jersey Transit commutes, according to posts on X from each of the train operators.
“We’re bullish on keeping you moving, but this situation was bull!” the PATH train wrote in a post on X, alongside a picture of the animal in the station.
NBC New York reporter Adam Harding captured photos of the bull being tied up and hauled into a police truck.
“Members of the Newark Police Emergency Services Unit assisted Port Authority PD in locating the animal and contained it inside a fenced lot without incident,” said Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé in a statement. “The animal will be retrieved and safeguarded by a local animal sanctuary.”
Chrishetce Robinson, who witnessed the incident, told NBC New York that police had to run around while trying to capture the bull to avoid its horns.
“It was amazing because I’ve never seen that in real life,” said Robinson. “I’ve finally seen a real bull instead of like on the Animal Planet channel. It was shocking.”
“Can’t make this stuff up. Another day on the railroad,” another passenger wrote on an Instagram post which shows the bull pausing on the tracks to look around.
Amtrak Northeast referred to the bull as “debris blocking the tracks” in their original post about lengthy train delays, causing some netizens to joke about how that “debris” has a name.
No injuries were reported, according to the Newark Public Safety Director.
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