PHOTOS: Amtrak, NJ TRANSIT Trains Involved In Minor Collision In Penn Station
Two trains clipped each other during the morning rush at Penn Station on Friday, March 24.
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Two trains clipped each other during the morning rush at Penn Station on Friday, March 24.
Commuter rail service was back for the Wednesday morning rush hour, but it was a challenging ride for some straphangers.
Metro-North is operating on a modified schedule into and out of Grand Central Terminal Wednesday.
Mass transit operations across the Tri-State are gearing up for possible changes ahead of a powerful winter storm expected to sweep the area Tuesday.
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The windy weather Thursday is causing some problems for NJ TRANSIT riders.
Northeast Corridor, North Jersey Coast line, Raritan Valley line and MidTown direct train service has resumed between New York City and Newark Penn Station with delays.
The crash involving two tractor-trailers and a car happened just south of Route 4 on the northbound side.
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A powerful, fast-moving winter storm that could dump as much as a foot of snow before moving out of the Tri-State area caused some delays and cancellations on mass transit Thursday.
About 125 people were stuck for about two hours aboard train #3232 to New York's Penn Station outside of Matawan due to the downed wires.
Autumn Matacchiera, who didn't know the mother or the 5-year-old girl, was arrested and charged with attempted murder, police said.
In the first incident, NJ TRANSIT claims 40-year-0ld Sakinah Brydie of Newark threw a hot cup of coffee in a bus operator's face after boarding at Broad and Market Streets in Newark around 7:30 am Jan. 20.
Trains are running on or close to schedule Tuesday after crews worked through the rain overnight to repair a series of mangled power lines in Linden.
Downed overhead wires near Linden are wreaking havoc along NJ TRANSIT's Northeast Corridor line, where service has resumed with residual delays in both directions between New York Penn Station and Trenton.
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An NJ TRANSIT bus went up in flames in Pequannock Township Tuesday evening.
NJ TRANSIT trains on the Morris & Essex Line were delayed Friday evening after a woman was struck and killed by a train.
Twelve NJ TRANSIT train operators have been pulled from service after they showed signs of sleep apnea, the transit agency said Thursday.
The effort by the transit agency stems from a Sept. 29 crash of a train from New York in Hoboken that killed one person standing on a platform and injured more than 100 others.
NJ TRANSIT said it's prepared to get its passengers to and from work in the winter.
According to NJ TRANSIT, Eric Jones of Harlem allegedly pulled the emergency door release on a North Jersey Coast line train near Secaucus Junction around 8:20 a.m., which resulted in a train crew member stopping the train.
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An NJ TRANSIT bus made drivers do a double take recently, riding the wrong way into oncoming traffic.
Before someone takes the controls of a passenger train, they need to be tested for sleep apnea, and if they are diagnosed, they need to be treated.
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