Nj Transit

How To Travel To Nj Or Into Nyc Tonight

... Service would terminate and originate in Yonkers. A Metro North shuttle train would transport passengers to and from Grand Central Terminal. If you can find your way across the river, Northeast Corridor, New Jersey Coast Line and Raritan Valley Line will operate to and from Newark and Secaucus. The MTA said four of the nine Penn Station tracks used by the LIRR for the evening rush hour were not available, reducing its service by almost 50 percent during Friday's evening peak. Expect delays and cancellations. The LIRR was providing normal peak service from Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn and Hunterspoint Avenue. 2 Trains Sideswipe in Penn Station, No Serious Injuries. An Amtrak train bound for Washington, D. C., had a minor derailment as it was leaving New York's Penn Station at the height of Friday's morning rush, bumping an NJ Transit train and shattering windows but causing no serious injuries, authorities said. (Published Friday, March 24, 2017). NY Waterway ...

New Jersey Transit Logs Most Accidents Among U.s. Commuter Railroads

... Amtrak activated that track section six months later and has completed about 63 percent of its national crash-prevention project, records show. Sleep Apnea. In the Hoboken crash, the engineer’s attorney has said his client had undiagnosed sleep apnea, a disorder that can cause tiredness. In an accident investigation, federal regulators classify falling asleep as a “human factor,” a category that also includes speeding, drug or alcohol impairment and distraction. Crew fatigue has a role in about 25 percent of accidents attributed to human factors, according to Federal Railroad Administration research. Last year, amid the administration’s audit of New Jersey Transit’s declining safety, investigators found widespread questionable entries in daily duty logs, designed to document workers’ sufficient rest between assignments. The matter was referred to regulators for ...

With Wsj Skewering Nj Transit, A Gov. Murphy Would Probably Clean House

... a Gov. Murphy Would Probably Clean House. The agency earns plenty of criticism, which may spell end of the line for Christie appointees. By Politicker NJ Staff • 03/21/17 3:15 pm. Christie appointees at NJ Transit might be looking for work if Phil Murphy is elected in November. Observer staff. A tweet by Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phil Murphy this morning is bad news for Michael Drewniak, the former press secretary to Gov. Chris Christie. Spurred on by a Wall Street Journal story detailing increased problems experienced by New Jerseyans who commute to work in Manhattan, Murphy called the morning crush “wholly unacceptable,” and said that “New Jersey Transit needs new leadership committed to putting commuters’ needs first.” Drewniak, who had no prior transportation experience, became a top executive at NJ Transit in 2015, after working for Christie at the U. S. Attorney’s office and in the office of the Governor. Initially, he was Chief of Policy; he became Chief of Staff at ...

Nj Transit Stranded Morning Commuters, So They Added Evening Trains

... trains," said Jim Smith, an NJ Transit spokesman. Those trains will be listed on __link__ , he said. Commuters who replied to NJ Advance Media questions about the morning commute on the Delayed on NJ Transit Facebook page said the President's Day schedule didn't provide enough service for the volume of people who returned to work. Christina Tullo wrote that she drove to work after several trains passed the station without stopping. "Trains blew by Lyndhurst station all morning and I'm guessing were too overcrowded to pick us up," she wrote. "Some people had been there over an hour.". Even with the "holiday" schedule , no trains stopped at kingsland or lyndhurst today, stranded hundreds-4 trains passed @Commuting Larry. - aling 11 (@alyssaling 11) March 15, 2017. Robbie Merow wrote that he was finally able to squeeze on the third train that stopped at Linden. "We all stood at the platform while two trains stopped and were so full, nobody got on," he responded. "By the third train we squeezed in and I rode on the ...

Nj Transit To Run Limited Service From N.y. After Collision

... and Cross honoring continues on NJ Transit and private carrier buses, on PATH and NY waterway ferries. #njtransit the nightmare has just begun. time to move out of #NJ packed train "collision in #pennstation #NYC __link__/Eelqjnt MLv. - John Hauryluke (@crmsaasguy) March 24, 2017. Earlier on Friday, officials announced an  outbound schedule  with more limited service because the derailed Amtrak train was blocking a critical junction between the Hudson River tunnels and Penn Station. The Amtrak Acela train that derailed was still blocking access to tracks 1 through 11 at Penn Station at a junction near the Hudson River tunnels early Friday afternoon, which is causing a major bottleneck, said Nancy Snyder, an NJ Transit spokeswoman. NJ Transit operates about 450 trains each day in and out of New York Penn Station. "It's the equivalent to what happens on a highway when there is an accident and only traffic on the shoulder is getting by," she said. "It's at a critical spot ...