What NJ Transit riders need to know to get around during the strike

NJ Transit rail engineers went on strike at 12:01 a.m. Friday, bringing train service to a screeching halt.

• May 16, 2025

NJ Transit negotiations fail, strike begins at midnight

NJ Transit rail engineers will officially go on strike Friday​ after the union and the agency failed to reach an agreement.

• May 15, 2025

Train operator killed after NJ Transit River Line crash in Burlington County

A New Jersey Transit River Line train operator died after a train struck a downed tree in Mansfield Township, Burlington County.

• Oct 15, 2024

Deadly train crash in New Jersey

A River Line train struck a tree that had fallen on a New Jersey Transit track. The train's operator died and at least 23 were injured. CBS News Philadelphia's Brandon Goldner reports.

• Oct 14, 2024

Feds probe Hoboken train crash

Investigators are turning to the engineer at the center of a deadly New Jersey Transit train crash for answers. A commuter train crashed into the Hoboken Terminal during rush hour Thursday morning. Fabiola Bittar de Kroon died in the crash, and more than a 100 others were hurt. Jim Axelrod reports.

• Sep 30, 2016

Calls for Positive Train Control

Thursday's deadly train crash in Hoboken, New Jersey, is reigniting calls for the automatic braking system called Positive Train Control. It has not been implemented in any of the New Jersey Transit trains or tracks. Kris Van Cleave explains why installing the technology has been such a struggle.

• Sep 30, 2016

Victims of Hoboken train crash

The head of a trauma center that saw dozens of patients from Thursday's New Jersey Transit train crash says quick action from bystanders and emergency personnel was crucial. All of the passengers on the train survived. The woman who was killed was hit by debris in the station. DeMarco Morgan reports from Hoboken, New Jersey.

• Sep 30, 2016

NJ train crash witness

More than 100 people are injured in a high-speed commuter train crash in Hoboken, New Jersey, across the Hudson River from New York City. Our partners at WCBS Radio report at least three people were killed when the crowded New Jersey Transit train rammed into Hoboken station. The impact collapsed part of the station's roof. Jim Axelrod reports.

• Sep 29, 2016

Train cars detach as passengers head to NYC ahead of Thanksgiving

None of the passengers or crew were injured and the rail company said a recovery engine was dispatched to transfer affected passengers from the disabled train

• Nov 21, 2018

Tempers flare over commute disruptions on busy train line

Gov. Phil Murphy addressed Monday's train that lost power, saying the incident increases riders' "everyday anxiety that the system just doesn't work"

• Oct 30, 2018

"Horror train" loses power, strands passengers for about 2 hours

Officials said the train left Penn Station at 6:10 p.m. and got stuck at 6:25 p.m. east of Broad Street station in Newark, New Jersey

• Oct 29, 2018

Video shows train going through 8 stops with door open

A passenger captured video of a New Jersey Transit train traveling through at least eight stations

• May 18, 2017

NYPD called in to handle crowds amid train power problem

Amtrak power problem in one of the East River tunnels is causing evening delays and cancellations

• Apr 25, 2017

Cops: Stranger threw N.J. girl, 5, on train tracks

The girl had been standing with her mother and her mother's boyfriend on a light rail platform Friday when police say the incident happened

• Jan 30, 2017

Feds: Nation's commuter railroads lagging on train technology

Railroads say federal data doesn’t fully reflect their progress and that they're still on track to meet a deadline to install the technology

• Nov 28, 2016

Federal investigators give new details on deadly train crash

Commuter train slammed into New Jersey station, killing woman, injuring scores of people

• Oct 13, 2016

Source: N.J. Transit audit indicated safety violations

Federal regulators launched a "deep audit" of the agency's operations in June

• Oct 1, 2016

Key pieces of evidence probed in deadly N.J. train crash

Investigators are examining the train's locomotive event recorder, two cameras and interviewing its engineer to piece together what led to the crash that killed one and injured scores

• Sep 30, 2016

Life-saving technology not installed on N.J. rail line

PTC, or "positive train control," a technology that compensates for human error, was yet not installed on N.J. Transit Rail line

• Sep 29, 2016