NJ Transit Resumes Normal Rail Service
Spokesman Dan Stessel says service was restored just before 5 a.m. Tuesday, nearly 17 hours after a derailment kept trains from using nine tracks.
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Spokesman Dan Stessel says service was restored just before 5 a.m. Tuesday, nearly 17 hours after a derailment kept trains from using nine tracks.
A derailed NJ Transit train that snarled the evening commute for tens of thousands of travelers is back on the tracks.
NJ Transit spokesman Dan Stessel said Northeast Corridor trains out of Trenton are operating about 30 minutes behind schedule.
Citing the state's inability to pay for cost overruns on the rail tunnel project, Gov. Christie said Thursday he would not put taxpayers on a "never-ending hook."
The nation's most expensive transit project has been stopped in its tracks. Governor Chris Christie is threatening to permanently put the brakes on construction of a new tunnel that could make life easier for New Jersey commuters.
The decision comes amid concern from federal officials that the project may go as much as a billion dollars over budget -- money New Jersey doesn't have.
The agency will pay nearly $6.8 million to a Bergen County-based firm for the vans, minivans and minibuses. The cost will mostly be covered by federal stimulus money and various federal grants.
NJ Transit has set aside the first and last cars of Northeast Corridor express trains as "quiet cars" between Penn Station New York, Princeton Junction, Hamilton, and Trenton.
New Jersey Transit officials have identified the man who was struck and killed by a passenger train in central New Jersey this weekend.
Just in time for the long holiday weekend, two transportation agencies have launched a campaign to encourage travelers to take the train to Newark's airport.
Trouble for commuters in northern New Jersey who ride DeCamp Bus Lines.
New Jersey Transit says a Paterson man sitting on the tracks in northern New Jersey was struck and killed by a passenger train.
There is warning for New Jersey commuters Friday morning.
Amtrak will begin track work on the Northeast Corridor Friday that is expected to cause delays for passengers on four NJ Transit rail lines.
Travel delays caused by a downed tree have mostly ended for rail riders on the busy Northeast Corridor line between New York and Philadelphia.
Hundreds of rail riders are still facing delays along Amtrak's busy Northeast Corridor because of signal problems.
