Flooding on NJ Transit's Gladstone Branch has suspended eastbound train service between Gladstone and Summit for the rest of the day, while causing delays of up to 45 minutes on westbound trains from Summit to Bernardsville.

A photo on NJ Transit’s website showed the ground below the tracks was washed out, replaced by a river of brown rainwater under the tracks.

Westbound substitute shuttle bus service between Bernardsville and Gladstone is continuing, but eastbound substitute busing has ended.

The scheduled 6:37 p.m. Summit departure on train No. 0435 has been canceled, and passengers on train No. 6437 will make an extra stop at Summit station at around 6:45 p.m., officials said.

A line of thunderstorms that moved through central and northern New Jersey this morning and early in the afternoon pounded some areas with as much as 3 inches of rain, causing highway flooding and power outages.

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