Police: Woman Threw 5-Year-Old Girl Onto NJ TRANSIT Tracks As Train Approached
Autumn Matacchiera, who didn't know the mother or the 5-year-old girl, was arrested and charged with attempted murder, police said.
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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.
If you take public transportation in New Jersey you could qualify to be a board member of NJ Transit.
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.
Why was an NJ TRANSIT bus going down the Garden State Parkway the wrong way recently, heading right for oncoming traffic?
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.
NJ TRANSIT announced Monday that it is no longer allowing its engineers to operate trains while they are being treated for sleep apnea.
Federal officials are pushing New Jersey Transit, and other railroads to do more to fight employee fatigue.
The engineer of an NJ TRANSIT train that slammed into the Hoboken Terminal in September suffered from undiagnosed sleep apnea, the engineer's attorney said Wednesday.
Long Island Rail Road commuters should expect delays and cancellations on all Main Line trains into and out of Penn Station due to a broken rail in one of the East River tunnels.
The agency will pay Peter Cannito $350 per hour to review Federal Railroad Administration violations uncovered in an audit and help with a positive train control system.
The board approved a $2.11 billion operating budget and $1.68 billion capital program for the 2017 fiscal year.
NJ TRANSIT says the Number 34 bus was headed from Montclair to Newark's Penn Station with 29 people aboard when the crash occurred on Martin Luther King Boulevard early Monday.
Democratic Assemblyman John McKeon said he received a text message Thursday night reporting that officials couldn't make the hearing because they had to meet with federal regulators.
The Democrat-led Assembly Judiciary Committee is expected to consider subpoena authorization on Thursday. If approved, the legislators could compel officials to testify and provide documents.
The drivers will be paid while the investigation proceeds, but cannot drive buses.
Full service resumes Monday morning for NJ TRANSIT trains at the Hoboken terminal.
