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  • Two Unrelated Events at Penn Station on the Same Day

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    David Peter Alan

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    Two unrelated events occurred almost simultaneously at New York’s Penn Station on Wednesday, August 27, although both were rail-related. One was the inaugural of the new Next Gen Acela equipment that Amtrak is now running between Boston and Washington, D.C., and the other was a news conference that featured Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Andy…

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  • NJ Transit Reports Increasing Ridership amid Half-Fare Offer, Due to Sinkholes on I-80

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    David Peter Alan

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    The main transportation topic in western Morris County these days is I-80’s closure on account of a number of sinkholes that have developed along the route. NJ Transit is offering half-fare round trips for riders on Morris & Essex and Montclair-Boonton Line trains west of Dover to encourage motorists to take the train, and the…

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  • Less Is More?

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    John Bobsin

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    A visit to the LIRR’s main concourse at NYP reveals that the LIRR’s only restrooms, and the dingy waiting room between them, have vanished behind a wall of plywood. (Not noticed: did we also lose that famous overhead structure said to be one of the last pieces of the old Penn Station?). A sign only…

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  • Report from the Chair: Sept./Oct. 2022

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    Sally Jane Gellert

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    In addition to my role as Lackawanna Coalition chairperson, I am a member of SCDRTAC, the Senior Citizens and Disabled Residents Transportation Advisory Committee of NJ Transit, and I find more and more common concerns. At the last SCDRTAC meeting, member Sara Thompson gave a presentation on issues that affect riders with hearing limitations, and…

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  • A Hoboken Cure for the Midtown Woes

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    Donald Winship

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    Opinion 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…

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  • Cuomo Backs Hell Gate Transit Plan

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    John Bobsin

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    New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, in his State of the State address on January 8, included a proposal for Metro-North service from the Bronx to New York Penn Station via the Hell Gate Bridge, a possibility that Metro-North and its parent MTA  has been studying for years.  Cuomo was unequivocal in his address, saying that it…

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  • NY Restrooms Closed for Renovation

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    John Bobsin

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    Nearly 6 months after NJ Transit’s 7th Avenue Concourse restrooms at New York Penn Station embarrassed the railroad when their decrepit conditions were publicly disclosed, a 2-week renovation began on January 2 as the facilities were closed for the work.  Temporary repairs had been made after NJ Association of Railroad Passengers President Albert Papp Jr.…

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  • Fixing the Penn Station Mess

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    John Bobsin

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    Fixing Penn Station in New York first requires cooperation among the 3 railroads that use it: Amtrak, New Jersey Transit, and the Long Island Rail Road.  So says Robert W. Previdi, former spokesman and operations planner for New York City Transit, writing in the Op-Ed section of The New York Times.  A new Penn Station,…

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  • NJT Restroom Stinks, Riders Say

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    John Bobsin

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    One problem faced by NJT rail riders is finding clean restrooms before, during, and after their journeys.  Few stations have toilet facilities at all, outside of major terminals; those that do are often closed outside of commuting hours; and toilets on-board trains are legendary places to be avoided if at all possible.  Even some major…

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  • Dual-Power Locomotives Run into Penn Station

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    Donald Winship

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    New Jersey Transit’s ALP-45DP dual-power locomotives ran into Penn Station for the first time last weekend.  Because of maintenance on the wires that supply electric power to trains on the Morris & Essex (M&E) Line, the power was turned off between Maplewood and Morris Plains on Saturday and for some of the service day on…

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