Officials Look To Fix Troubles On NJ TRANSIT's Northeast Corridor Line
On the Northeast Corridor line, which accounts for 80 percent of the agency's ridership, trains are often delayed or stuck in the tunnel into New York City.
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On the Northeast Corridor line, which accounts for 80 percent of the agency's ridership, trains are often delayed or stuck in the tunnel into New York City.
New Jersey TRANSIT had a bad week last week, with extensive delays taking place on both Monday and Tuesday. And that bad week is a representation of the funk that the public transportation company has been in for some time now.
After a week of delays, NJ TRANSIT is compiling its quarterly riders survey, and its executive director was among several top brass taking suggestions in person at the Hoboken terminal last night.
A NJ TRANSIT spokesman says a train carrying about 500 passengers became stuck in the tunnel heading into New York at about 5:40 a.m. when an overhead wire malfunctioned.
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The accident occurred in Jersey City, in the area of Essex and Van Vorst streets.
It's been a bad year for commuters and if you rely on mass transit it's only expected to get worse as a federal transit tax credit is set to expire at the end of the year.
Delays are expected for Wednesday's evening commute on three NJ TRANSIT rail lines due to signal problems.
NJ Transit spokesman John Durso Jr. says NJ Transit buses are being diverted to Secaucus Junction until further notice.
NJ Transit said no one on the Bay Head-bound train was injured in the accident, though it wasn't immediately known how many passengers were aboard.
It was another morning of delays for NJ TRANSIT riders.
Trains are back on track on NJ TRANSIT's Northeast Corridor after an overhead power line fell onto a train line in Metuchen Tuesday morning.
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The agency's second customer satisfaction survey shows rail passengers giving an overall grade of 4.2 out of 10. That's down from 4.5 in April.
It was another challenging morning for some NJ TRANSIT riders, although perhaps some of the difficulty was mitigated by virtue of the Columbus Day holiday.
The trans-Hudson rail tunnel killed by Governor Christie will end up costing roughly $600 million even with a big refund from insurers, according to officials who released a "bottom line" breakdown on the aborted project.
Three teens were killed in two incidents along NJ TRANSIT tracks recently, which has officials wondering how to do a better job of keeping people off the tracks.
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