Category: NJT Performance
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As the Super Bowl got underway, NJ Transit managed to transport a reported 28,000 riders to the stadium with only brief problems. At the start of service, a large crowd of fans apparently tried to get on the first few trains, resulting in a back-up that took some time to clear. One fan reported a…
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As an “Alberta Clipper” snowstorm blanketed New Jersey on Tuesday, January 21, transit riders rushed to NJ Transit’s website to ascertain whether their trains were running—but for more than 3 hours in the middle of the storm, the website was largely unavailable, according to reporting in The Record newspaper by Karen Rouse (January 22). At…
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Amtrak reported today that it would stop selected Northeast Corridor and Keystone trains at Secaucus Station on Sunday, February 2nd, for the Super Bowl game. At Secaucus, customers will be able to take special shuttle trains operated by New Jersey Transit (NJT) to the Meadowlands Station, adjacent to the stadium. This marks the first time…
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The weekend of May 19–20, boosted by several music festivals, resulted in the second-highest train ridership totals in NJ Transit’s history, according to Mike Frassinelli, reporting in the Star-Ledger (May 23). The Bamboozle music fest in Asbury Park and the Electric Daisy Carnival in East Rutherford, together with the Devils hockey playoff game on Saturday, allowed…
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For one year, NJ Transit has been encouraging its customers to participate in its periodic “Scorecard” survey of opinion. The latest results show improvement, although NJT rail services continue to fare the worst among riders. The latest results were from surveys between Feb. 21 and March 12, and were reported by Mike Frassinelli in the…
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