Lackawanna Coalition

advocating for rail passengers since 1979

Category: History

  • 2014 Was a Big Year for the Coalition

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    David Peter Alan

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    It is our mission to serve YOU, as riders on New Jersey Transit’s trains and connecting transit.  We continue to pursue this mission, and we made progress last year. We celebrated our 35th anniversary of service to you in April.  The following month, New Jersey Transit Executive Director Veronique “Ronnie” Hakim presented us with a…

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  • Wreck Recalls Past Jersey Train Disasters

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    John Bobsin

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    Rail safety has greatly improved in recent decades, but the fatal Metro-North derailment on December 1 has brought back memories of past train wrecks in New Jersey, as recounted by Matt Flegenheimer in the Star-Ledger (Dec. 2).  Perhaps the worst was way back in 1958, when 48 commuters perished as a Jersey Central Railroad train…

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  • History of the Lines We Represent

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    John Bobsin

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    The railroad lines operated today by NJ Transit as the Morris & Essex and the Montclair-Boonton Lines have a fascinating history, dating from the earliest days of American railroading in the middle of the Nineteenth Century. This page gives a brief history of the construction, improvement, and operation of these lines, which today form vital…

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