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Holiday travel chaos returns with a vengeance with lines at transit hubs across Northeast

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Nov 24, 2021

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Passengers wait in line inside the terminal at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., November 24, 2021.
Passengers wait in line inside the terminal at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, NJ, November 24, 2021. Eduardo Munoz/REUTERS

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A passenger walks with her dog though the terminal at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., November 24, 2021.
A passenger walks with her dog though the terminal at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, NJ on November 24, 2021. Eduardo Munoz/REUTERS

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Holiday travelers are pictured in Moynihan Train Hall waiting to board their Boston bound train the day before Thanksgiving.
Holiday travelers are pictured in Moynihan Train Hall waiting to board their Boston-bound train the day before Thanksgiving in New York. Seth Gottfried for NY Post

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Holiday travelers are pictured inside LaGuardia's new terminal B as New Yorkers fly out for the long Thanksgiving weekend.
Holiday travelers are pictured inside LaGuardia’s new terminal B as New Yorkers fly out for the long Thanksgiving weekend. Matthew McDermott for NY Post

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Crowds of travelers wait to board trains in Moynihan Train Hall in Penn Station.
Crowds of travelers wait to board trains in Moynihan Train Hall in Penn Station. Edna Leshowitz/ZUMA

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Holiday travelers are pictured in Moynihan Train Hall waiting to board their Boston bound train the day before Thanksgiving.
Holiday travelers head down at Moynihan Train Hall to board their Boston-bound train the day before Thanksgiving. Seth Gottfried for NY Post

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Holiday travelers are pictured in Moynihan Train Hall waiting to board their Boston bound train the day before Thanksgiving.
Lines pile up at Moynihan Train Hall as passengers await their trains the day before Thanksgiving in New York. Seth Gottfried for NY Post

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Holiday travelers are pictured inside LaGuardia's new terminal B as New Yorkers fly out for the long Thanksgiving weekend.
Holiday travelers are pictured inside LaGuardia’s new terminal B as New Yorkers fly out for the long Thanksgiving weekend. Matthew McDermott for NY Post

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Holiday travelers are pictured inside LaGuardia's new terminal B as New Yorkers fly out for the long Thanksgiving weekend.
Holiday travelers trek through LaGuardia’s new terminal B as New Yorkers fly out for the long Thanksgiving weekend. Matthew McDermott for NY Post

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Holiday travelers are pictured in Moynihan Train Hall waiting to board their Boston bound train the day before Thanksgiving.
Travelers wait for their pending trains in Moynihan Train Hall just before Thanksgiving in New York. Seth Gottfried for NY Post

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Holiday travelers are pictured inside LaGuardia's new terminal B as New Yorkers fly out for the long Thanksgiving weekend.
Long lines build and build inside LaGuardia’s new terminal B as New Yorkers fly out for the long Thanksgiving weekend. Matthew McDermott for NY Post

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Travelers look for seats as they board an Amtrak train ahead of the Thanksgiving Day holiday at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021.
Travelers look for seats as they board an Amtrak train ahead of the Thanksgiving Day holiday at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021. Matt Rourke/AP

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Holiday travelers are pictured inside LaGuardia's new terminal B as New Yorkers fly out for the long Thanksgiving weekend.
Families tow their luggage inside LaGuardia’s new terminal B as New Yorkers head out for the Thanksgiving weekend. Matthew McDermott for NY Post

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View of I95 in Woodbridge, Virginia, the Wednesday before Thanksgiving Day weekend on November 24, 2021.
View of I95 in Woodbridge, Virginia, the Wednesday before Thanksgiving Day weekend on November 24, 2021. MediaPunch

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Passengers wait to board an American Airlines flight to Dallas at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on November 24, 2021 in Arlington, Virginia. FAA expects the number of travelers for Thanksgiving to reach pre-pandemic levels, with more than 53 million people traveling in total in the days leading up to the holiday.
Passengers wait to board an American Airlines flight to Dallas at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on November 24, 2021 in Arlington, Virginia. FAA expects the number of travelers for Thanksgiving to reach pre-pandemic levels, with more than 53 million people traveling in total in the days leading up to the holiday. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

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Travelers board a bus bound for New York at Union Station ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday in Washington, U.S., November 24, 2021.
Travelers board a bus bound for New York at Union Station ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday in Washington DC on November 24, 2021. Evelyn Hockstein/REUTERS

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Passengers board a train bound for Boston on the day before Thanksgiving at Union Station on November 24, 2021 in Washington, DC.
Passengers board a train bound for Boston on the day before Thanksgiving at Union Station on November 24, 2021 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

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