Lackawanna Coalition

advocating for rail passengers since 1979

  • Quiet Commute Program Expands

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    David Peter Alan

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    NJT has announced that,starting next Tuesday (January 20th), all trains will have “Quiet Commute” Cars until 8:00 p.m. on weekdays. Currently, trains running to and from Hoboken have them during those hours, but trains to and from Penn Station Newark or Penn Station New York only have them during peak-commuting hours. The change brings cars…

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  • 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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  • EWR Monorail, Station to Close May 1 for 75 Days

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    John Bobsin

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    Newark Liberty International Airport’s monorail system is showing its age, and it will shut down May 1 for a 75-day overhaul, according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the transportation system, reported by Steve Strunsky in the Star-Ledger (April 9).  The monorail is the only way to get from…

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  • Executive Director: More Changes Coming to NJT

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    Donald Winship

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    Aside from announcing that Quiet Commute Cars will soon be offered on trains to and from Hoboken during midday hours on weekdays, New Jersey Transit Executive Director Veronique “Ronnie” Hakim said there are some other changes coming to the agency soon.

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  • A Hoboken Cure for the Midtown Woes

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    Donald Winship

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    Does it seem like almost every other day that there is a delay on trains to New York?  Based on data from NJ Transit’s e-mail alerts, there have been delays, more often than every third day, reported to this rider, whose home station is Mount Tabor, on the M&E Line west of Morristown!  In the 92 days from Oct.…

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  • Quiet Cars Coming to Midday Hoboken Trains

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    Donald Winship

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    In a move members of our organization have been calling for recently, NJ Transit has announced the expansion of its Quiet Commute program outside of rush hours according to a report from Mike Frassinelli. The trial program will begin with midday trains to and from Hoboken Terminal, on weekdays staring May 5. The quiet car…

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  • NJT Plans Safety Review

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    John Bobsin

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    In part reacting to the recent fatal train wreck on Metro-North Railroad, NJ Transit announced on April 8 that they would spend half a million dollars on an outside consultant to review NJT’s safety practices, according to media reports.  The railroad also plans a 17-member internal committee to monitor safety.  Investigations of Metro-North’s safety practices…

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  • PATH May Miss Safety Target

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    John Bobsin

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    Despite an ongoing weekend shutdown of World Trade Center service, PATH may miss its own safety program deadlines, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal by Ted Mann (March 21). The 45-weekend shutdown is needed, PATH said, to allow it to meet deadlines to install “positive train control” (PTC) technology by December, 2015. The…

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  • PANYNJ Lease Deal Fracas May Affect Fares

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    John Bobsin

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    A controversial deal in which the Port Authority leased the North Bergen park-and-ride lot to NJ Transit for just one dollar a year may be coming undone, and it may have implications for NJ Transit fares, according to reporting in the Star-Ledger by Steve Strunsky (March 20).  The deal is under scrutiny because of conflicts-of-interest…

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  • M-N: Heavy Demand May Have Affected Safety

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    John Bobsin

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    Responding to a Federal Railway Administration (FRA) critique of the railroad’s “safety culture”, which the FRA characterized as “deficient”, Metro-North (M-N) Railroad president Joseph J. Giulietti raised the possibility that the line’s attempt to cope with mushrooming ridership may have negatively affected safety.  Quoted in reporting by Matt Flegenheimer in The New York Times (March…

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