NJ TRANSIT Riders Fed Up After Back-To-Back Nights Of Delays, Overcrowding
An aging Amtrak-operated portal bridge that crosses the Hackensack River was the culprit Tuesday night.
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An aging Amtrak-operated portal bridge that crosses the Hackensack River was the culprit Tuesday night.
Commuters in New York and New Jersey may have found something scarier than a Halloween ghoul – having to rely on NJ Transit.
Riders say it was crowded, hot, and one of the most frustrating rides of their lives so CBS2 went demanding answers to find out what happened.
CBS2 demanded answers from NJ Transit about a potentially dangerous situation at the Metropark Station and on Monday commuters saw action.
New Jersey Transit's problems over the year have been blamed on a lack of funding. Now, the agency is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on an outside consultant.
It was a hectic commute Monday morning for some New Jersey Transit riders. New schedule changes are in effect as the railroad races to finish installing a new safety system.
As if the crowds and the delays weren't enough, New Jersey Transit riders are now being hit with another inconvenience on their commutes.
New Jersey TRANSIT riders, here's your chance to speak your mind.
A stairwell closed for repairs is making a crowded, narrow train platform even worse for New Jersey residents.
People are literally running off trains that pull into the busy Metropark Station to avoid hundreds of passengers all trying to get down one stairwell at once.
"We are not going to let this audit collect dust," Gov. Phil Murphy said.
A train on the Montclair Boonton line derailed around 6:20 p.m. Thursday when the wheels on the first car came off the track shortly after leaving Penn Station.
NJ TRANSIT service was temporarily suspended into and out of New York Penn Station Thursday evening following a 'slow speed derailment' near the transit hub.
The #34 bus had 58 people on board at the time.
The accident took place in the westbound lanes of I-495 at the helix, right outside the Lincoln Tunnel.
There's good news and bad news for rail commuters who use NJ TRANSIT.
A rail rider in New Jersey managed to shoot video that shows a door wide open on a moving NJ TRANSIT train.
A man who was mocked online after he was recorded shaving at his seat on a commuter train headed out of New York City said he was just trying to clean up after days spent in a homeless shelter.
Proponents say the new measure will help the agency increase its staff as it deals with delays and cancellations that have crippled NJ TRANSIT since the start of the summer.
NJ TRANSIT problems started Friday night when two trains were disabled because an overhead wire became dislodged.
Northeast Corridor Train 3886 became disabled around 11:45 p.m. Friday on its way into the station when Amtrak overhead wires dislodged, causing a metal bracket to fall onto a train car.
The head of the union says morale is down, spare parts are lacking and stress is everywhere to meet positive train control deadlines - and commuter frustration is growing.
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy met with NJ TRANSIT board members on Thursday following a recent rash of last-minute train cancellations.
Riders fed up with NJ TRANSIT got a chance to give the agency's board members an earful on Wednesday.
The NJ TRANSIT Board will vote Wednesday on an operating budget for fiscal year 2019.
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Fortunately, the rail was fixed just before 8 a.m., leading to service getting back on track.
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