NJ TRANSIT Using Unorthodox Approach To Meet Positive Train Control Deadline
Some NJ TRANSIT riders are left doing double takes at how the agency met the December 31st deadline to install Positive Train Control.
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Some NJ TRANSIT riders are left doing double takes at how the agency met the December 31st deadline to install Positive Train Control.
The new law expands the agency's eight-person board to 13 by adding members who are commuters. It also requires public hearings before fare hikes or major schedule changes and calls for the release of fiscal and safety data.
The move will bring New Jersey into compliance with federally mandated requirements.
Amtrak is asking the Coast Guard to either limit or eliminate openings of the bridge during rail commuter rush hours.
Transportation officials in New Jersey say commuters should expect their rides to improve in 2019 after months of NJ TRANSIT delays and cancellations.
Amtrak Train 68, called the Adirondack, was travelling from Montreal to New York Penn Station two of its cars separated near Albany shortly before 7:30 p.m.
Police say the gridlock on local roads may have contributed to Suzanne Brown's death.
Officials say the vessel struck the bridge shortly after 1 p.m., prompting Amtrak and NJ TRANSIT hold trains on both sides of the bridge as crews inspected the incident.
It happened Thursday morning on the 177X bus on the 495 approach to the Lincoln Tunnel
A double-dose of malfunctions on Tuesday left the bridge open for extend periods of time, twice stranding riders. It's caused commuters and lawmakers to demand accountability, and answers.
A bridge that's more than a century old got stuck twice on Tuesday, causing major delays for NJ TRANSIT riders caught in the mix.
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.
