Lackawanna Coalition

advocating for rail passengers since 1979

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  • News from the Customer Advocate

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    Webweaver

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    We have had the honor of having NJT Customer Advocate Franck Beaumin join our meetings as a guest to observe and take notes about issues we discuss.  This month, we had a specific question: How does cross-honoring get started?  On one recent occasion, a Coalition member, informed by PATH that cross-honoring was in effect, asked…

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  • PATH Is Closed This Month—What Now?

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    Webweaver

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    Reprinted here from NJ Transit: There will be some schedule adjustments to select trains to enhance capacity and travel options for customers. These adjustments [began] on Monday, February 3, 2025 and continue through Friday, February 28, 2025. Rail customers traveling in and out of Hoboken Terminal will have the ability to connect to any one…

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  • Coalition Steps Up Community Outreach

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    David Peter Alan

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    At its meeting on Monday evening, the Lackawanna Coalition announced preliminary plans to increase our outreach to our communities; the counties and municipalities along the Morris & Essex, Montclair-Boonton, and Gladstone Lines. We will not focus exclusively on community participation, however, because we would like to welcome anyone who is interested in helping us with…

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  • Watches vs Transit

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    John Bobsin

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    This post started as an e-mail response to a transit e-mail list that somehow had a flurried discussion of wristwatches: German vs Russian vs American; relative quality and value, etc. We have had a lot of posts in the last few days about timepieces.  I have been struggling to figure out how the subject of…

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  • PATH Overnight Service to Continue

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    David Peter Alan

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    WNYC Radio reports that John Degnan, Chair of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, has announced that PATH (Port Authority Trans-Hudson) trains will continue to operate at overnight hours, at least for the foreseeable future. A report released by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo had recommended…

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  • Long Recovery for Hoboken PATH

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    John Bobsin

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    Major portions of the region’s transportation structure remain out of service or limited 6 weeks after Hurricane Sandy devastated the infrastructure.  In many cases, the public has received little information about just what has been damaged, how it’s being repaired, or when normal service might improve. One of the hardest-hit installations was the Hoboken station…

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  • NJT Changes Weekend Bike Rules Again

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    Donald Winship

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    New Jersey Transit has changed the rules for bicycles on weekend trains again.  The ban on bikes applies only between Secaucus and Penn Station, New York, so riders can take a bike on the train between points within New Jersey.  Riders cannot take bicycles to Penn Station on trains that leave Dover after 7:05 a.m. and before 11:05…

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  • June 14: PATH Closure Ends at 7 p.m.

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    John Bobsin

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    Conditions were returning to normal at about 7 p.m. on June 14, as PATH service to World Trade Center resumed following President Obama’s visit.  The service had been interrupted for about 4 hours as commuters sought alternative routes; NJ Transit was cross-honoring tickets among bus, NJT train, and PATH until 7:30 p.m.  Reportedly, a significant…

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