Lackawanna Coalition

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  • Report from the Chair – May 2025

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    Communications Director

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    The biggest change for the Lackawanna Coalition this month is the temporary relocation of our meetings to the Summit Public Library while Millburn Town Hall undergoes extensive renovation.  Elsewhere in this issue, member David Peter Alan details the train schedule for those attending in person.  Zoom attendees will not see any change.  Adjusting to a…

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  • NJ Transit Honors Its Original Rail Employees

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    David Peter Alan

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    New Jersey Transit Rail Operations (NJTRO) was founded as 1982 ended and 1983 began: the deadline that Congress had imposed for Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) to give up the local passenger trains that it had been running along the Northeast Corridor (NEC) that Amtrak had owned since 1976. NJ Transit’s rail component was founded at…

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  • Report from the Chair

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    Sally Jane Gellert

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    For the first time in 2 years, the NJ Transit board met in person on April 13, 2022. Much was the same: security check-in, label, escort to the 9th floor—yet there were changes: speaker check-in was done online before the meeting, for both phone and in-person speakers; in person, there was not the usual 2…

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  • Live! In Person! The April NJT Board Meeting!

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    Webweaver

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    We are pleased to note that the April board meeting will be held live on Wednesday morning, April 13th, at 9 a.m., at NJ Transit headquarters in Newark—for the first time in more than 2 years. Since March 2020, all meetings have been by phone—and without even live-streamed presentations of the A number of people…

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  • April Brings a Full NJ Transit Board:
    James Adams Cancelled

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    Sally Jane Gellert

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    When in-person board meetings resume in April, there will be a full 13 members present (or at least 10: 3 individuals are nominated, not directly appointed, and need Senate confirmation). Missing from the dais will be current board member James Adams, who was not reappointed. The reason given is the end of his term (Dec.…

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  • NJ Transit “Reform” Bill Even Weaker

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    Webweaver

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    We were disappointed, but not surprised, to read this article. (No word on whether the Assembly version has made a similar change): https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/nj-transit-reform-bill-drops-key-provision/ TRENTON, N.J. — A bill proposing reforms for management of NJ Transit has removed one of its key proposals, changing the way the agency’s board chair is selected.   NorthJersey.com reports state Sen.…

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  • Coalition Calls for Rider-Representatives on NJT Board

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    David Peter Alan

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    The Lackawanna Coalition has called for the addition of representatives of New Jersey Transit’s riders as voting members of NJT’s Board of Directors. Senators Raymond J. Lesniak (D-Union) and Nicholas J. Sacco (D-Hudson-Bergen) have proposed Senate Bill S-2084, which calls for voting representatives of the riding public; one for rail riders and the other for…

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  • NJT Debates Electric-Car Options

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    John Bobsin

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    NJ Transit has invested heavily in new passenger equipment in recent years; customers note the “multilevel” (double-deck) equipment in service on most lines, but the railroad has also purchased new diesel and electric locomotives, and most recently a fleet of “dual-mode” locomotives has begun arriving—these units can operate both as ordinary diesels or as electric…

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