Shortly after 8 a.m. Monday, Amtrak spokeswoman Christina E. Leeds said there were no delays in the Lancaster area or corridor related to the explosions in New York City and New Jersey.
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The other four devices will be seized and inspected by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
There was no immediate report of injuries or damage.
Some reports said it contained as many as five explosive devices.
NBC News, citing a senior law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the investigation, said authorities believe Rahami is the man seen in surveillance footage Saturday night in Chelsea. Two men discovered the backpack, filled with suspicious devices, in a trash can just 500 feet from the train tracks.
Yesterday evening, two men found the backpack in the garbage can and alerted the police when they saw wires and a pipe. The New Jersey Transit line was part suspended Monday after the incident.
With investigation underway, train service has been suspended between Newark’s Liberty Airport and Elizabeth, while New Jersey-bound Amtrak trains from NY are being held at the Penn Station.
The explosion in Elizabeth, about 20 miles from Manhattan, is the third since Saturday morning.
An FBI bomb squad arrived on scene and a robot was sent to examine the devices.
Police and officials gather in the doorway of a building early Monday, Sept. 19, 2016, in Elizabeth, N.J.
Following an explosion at 12:30 a.m., Mayor Bollwage said one of five devices found inside exploded as it was being disarmed by a robot. As of now, there is still no indication that these two incidents are connected, although authorities are reportedly looking into a possible terror cell in NY and NJ, law enforcement sources tell CNN. Amtrak said 2,400 passengers were affected and trains were being brought in to other stations for people to get other transportation.
It wasn’t immediately known if the blast was a controlled explosion.
The pipe bombs were similar to the one that detonated in Seaside Park, New Jersey, over the weekend before a Marine race.
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More details emerged about the NY bombing overnight, with several US media sites claiming that the explosives were described as being pressure cookers filled with shrapnel, the same method used in the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013.
