At the West Trenton station, teens and families waited impatiently for a train in the dark around 6:10 a.m. SEPTA employees with bullhorns called for people to step back from the yellow caution line for safety as the train pulled into the station around 6:30 a.m.

But 45 minutes later, the West Trenton station was nearly empty, with more SEPTA workers than passengers. That train made the run all the way into Philadelphia mostly empty, with startled passengers saying, "I never thought I'd seen an empty train."