Lackawanna Coalition

advocating for rail passengers since 1979

Month: September 2025

  • NJ Transit and its Riders Endure Brief Work Stoppage by Engineers

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    David Peter Alan

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    New Jersey Transit’s rail riders got through four days without their trains, due to a work stoppage called by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), the union representing the engineers who drive the trains. Despite strong rhetoric by both sides leading up to the work stoppage (including from NJ Transit CEO Kris Kolluri…

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  • Remembering Kingsland Station (1870-2025)

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    David Peter Alan

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    Saturday, June 7 was a cloudy day with rain showers; appropriate weather for the last day of service at a station that had served its community for 154½ years. Trains on NJ Transit’s “Main Line” stopped at Kingsland for the last time, as service ended early Sunday morning; the end of Saturday’s service day.            …

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  • Report from the Chair (Sept/Oct)

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    Sally Jane Gellert

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    This fall has been relatively quiet transitwise in New Jersey so far; we made comments to the New Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA) on their 2050 plan; we were pleased to see a response not only from the NJTPA but also from NJ Transit itself.  We had called for passing sidings on all single-track lines,…

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  • Two Unrelated Events at Penn Station on the Same Day

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    David Peter Alan

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    Two unrelated events occurred almost simultaneously at New York’s Penn Station on Wednesday, August 27, although both were rail-related. One was the inaugural of the new Next Gen Acela equipment that Amtrak is now running between Boston and Washington, D.C., and the other was a news conference that featured Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Andy…

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  • Coming November 14: RUN’s 25th Anniversary Conference

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    David Peter Alan

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    The Rail Users’ Network (RUN) is observing its 25th anniversary this year. RUN was founded in 2000 as a spinoff from the Amtrak Customer Advisory Committee (ACAC), to which several of the original RUN members belonged at the time. Since its founding, RUN has been concerned with improving Amtrak, advocating for better rail transit in…

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  • RUN Conference Spring 2025: New Starts and Service Cuts

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    Webweaver

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    The Rail Users’ Network held its spring conference Friday, May 16, 2025: “Mixed Bag: New Transit Starts and Fiscal Cliff Service Cuts: What to Expect in 2025”. As the title explains, 2025 is a year of bad and good news for transit around the United States. As usual, RUN put together a good conference. After…

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