Lackawanna Coalition

advocating for rail passengers since 1979

Category: Railgram

  • Report from the Chair: Jan./Feb. 2014

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    David Peter Alan

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    Everybody knows that New York’s Penn Station (NYP) is crowded with commuters during peak-commuting hours, and we have a way to reduce demand for those scarce seats that will not require any capital investment. We call on New Jersey Transit to restore reduced “off-peak” rail fares, and to implement fare policies that will make it…

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  • Report from the Chair, Sept./Oct. 2013

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    David Peter Alan

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    Cooperation is a wonderful thing, whether between people, institutions or the two.  On August 24, this writer had the pleasure of riding a special train to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania: the first such excursion in over a decade.  The special train was led by locomotives from the Morristown & Erie Railway, Norfolk Southern (NS), and New Jersey…

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  • NJT Shortens Princeton ‘Dinky’ Despite Ongoing Legal Challenges

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    Donald Winship

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    The New Jersey Association of Railroad Passengers (NJ-ARP) and local Princeton residents have gone to court to stop New Jersey Transit from cutting off 460 feet of the Princeton Branch, known locally as the “Dinky” because it is less than 3 miles long.  These cases are still pending, but NJT has relocated the Princeton station…

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