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Last time I was on the Corridor, all but one of the burned buses remained in the lot. 1356 is also gone, it appears. All that's left are the DesignLine coaches

42 minutes ago, BreeddekalbL said:

If it was me i would in a ranked choice order. 

1. Wayne. Nice variety of coach routes to nyc pabt and some take you into upstate ny

2. Oradell. Has routes that you will be busy on to the pabt 

3. Patterson market street. Your routes will go to gwb bus terminal and one route goes down to newark

But it all depends on you 

Paterson* Two routes go to Newark, not one.

Also, which garage(s) has taken the PABT routes that Market Street no longer do?

17112 active at CMF

16 hours ago, Mtatransit said:

Oh its not just mobile ticket that required scanning, most drivers (at least the ones I ridden) require you to scan your paper one way ticket as well. You would scan it, and then they would collect it.

On the rail side, conductors also have scanners, I wonder what happen to people who still have tickets from years ago that didn't have a QR code (I still have one)

The tickets without the QR code for rail are no longer valid

6 hours ago, 40 to 241st said:

it's NJT's newest fleet

 

Source?

17 hours ago, davemackey said:

I'm told they're in a lot not far from Meadowlands Garage. I assume that NJT is going to be getting them back on the road in NJT paint. Maybe they can retire the last of the 40-foot cruisers, maybe they'll go South and relieve some of the mileage crunch down there.

Can confirm seeing the former DeCamp cruisers parked next to Meadowlands, along with more retired ones

So with DeCamp no longer running commuter lines (which is really sad), what's the latest with the MCI cruisers that NJT gave them?

1 hour ago, B35 via Church said:

Got royally screwed earlier today....

While having gotten off the NJT #40 at Jersey Gardens (at 1:15, a couple mins. early), I had wanted to catch the #24 (A or B, didn't matter)... According to this schedule, the plan called for catching that 1:34 trip....

Turns out, not only did that 1:34 not show up, the proceeding 1:47 never showed up, nor did the 2:14.

Eventually gave up waiting, so I commenced walking towards the #111... It was right at the stop... Perfect - except there were 2 women trying to load 2 strollers into the trunk, and me & these 3 other people tried boarding in the interim were denied service, because the b/o said there were only 2 seats left on the bus... Whatever, I wasn't even mad at that in-particular (but I did say to myself, can this shit get any worse)...

See, after having given up on the #24, the goal was then to walk over to the IKEA to catch a #62 (at that point, I didn't care if it was an Elizabeth or a Newark bound bus, I just wanted to GTFO of that general area).... An Elizabeth bound #62 came first, so I just took that.... I've done said walk several times before; while it's not the safest walk to engage in, I was familiar with it....

Anyway, when I got off the #62 at the last stop, a NY bound #112 was already at the stop (Broad/Jersey)... So now I'm like, Great, I'm gonna get screwed by a light (the #62 dropped us off on the far corner of Broad/Jersey (on Jersey), so I had to cross Broad - which traffic along Broad had the green light)... Luckily, some dude got into a bit of a spat with the b/o over something... Whatever.... That gave me time to scurry across the street & catch the thing (#112)....

Long story short, f*** ONE bus... Either those schedules on the site are old as shit & aren't updated, or THREE whole consecutive buses no showed....

You thought ONE Bus is reliable with the 24?! That's your first mistake lol.

22 minutes ago, Lil 57 said:

They are not supposed to since NJT still owns and maintains those buses, but that doesn't mean that they are gonna listen to them.

That would be Academy. But stranger things have happened before.

1 hour ago, Lawrence St said:

With what personelle is NJT going to take over those routes? They barely have enough to cover the stuff they have now!

Oh, they have personnel, just some of them just don't want to work

On 1/23/2023 at 6:56 PM, Lawrence St said:

Hello,

I was watching a video on “walking the old Boonton line” and had a few questions on which sections were actually active.

Someone said that the line is still active up to Bay St known as the “Clair” switch but I can’t find any documents that shows that section in service.

On the eastern end, where exactly does the line become active again? Somewhere in Meadowlands marsh after the drawbridge?

I know it's been awhile about this. But if you're asking about the Old Boonton Line/NS Orange line, that line is abandoned. 

1 hour ago, Lawrence St said:

What is NJT Route 986?

A shuttle from Summit to Plainfield and vice versa. Stops at some stations on the Gladstone Branch

While train handling on the Northeast Corridor by Kearny, I saw two NJT Flxibles that are mobile offices (I think?) heading south on I-95. Any idea where they are going?

16 hours ago, FlxMtroD said:

That's sad bro. This is one of the reasons why some newer buses are on the operating table instead of our on the road rolling in very good condition. It's sad that most of these garages don't take pride in maintaining their buses and keeping the exterior of the bus looking sharp and professional 

*laughs in NJT Rail Operations*

10 hours ago, checkmatechamp13 said:

Does anyone happen to have a track map of where the switches are along the Morris & Essex Line? (Where trains can switch between the local and express tracks). I'm trying to see if I can put together a schedule that has more evenly spaced service towards NY Penn and Hoboken. (Right now, there's a lot of instances where you have multiple trains to Hoboken, followed by multiple trains to NY Penn, and huge gaps if you're trying to get to the opposite terminal, and I'm trying to see if there's a way to reorganize the services so you have more even spacing). 

I do but can't share openly

3 hours ago, trainfan22 said:

I used to collect bus timetables from Newark Penn as a kid, this was back in the flexible metro days so that was an long time ago lol, haven't seen any there in modern times. EDIT: as per the poster above, Newark Penn still does have bus timetables.

 

 

I wish NJT had a bus map for downtown philly, they don't have to include the Septa routes just the NJT routes. NJT philly bus operation is confusing to me, like is the 551 a loop in downtown Philly or it terminates and layover somewhere in Philly? 

 

As a kid, I remember taking bus schedules from the NJT kiosk inside the Woolworth's in downtown Newark, too. Talking about the heyday of Flxibles and Volvo artics.

50 minutes ago, checkmatechamp13 said:

I've definitely seen timetables somewhere in Newark Penn. I just forget where exactly. For Journal Square, I don't recall offhand if they have any. For the buses, the Orange Depot routes (Bloomfield Avenue routes and #34 mostly) seem to be pretty well stocked with timetables for the depot.

Newark Penn and Trenton Transit Center have them well stocked.

The one in Newark Penn is next to the Track 5 stairs.

On 7/23/2021 at 3:36 PM, 40MntVrn said:

You get on a limited-stop run with those Arrorw's, it can feel like the car might fly right off the track. When I used to commute to Metropark daily, the express train I took was usually an Arrow set--as I exited the train each morning, I could smell the brakes after the set quickly came down from 80mph.

As a student engineer in NJT, the smell of brakes on the Arrows still happens.

58 minutes ago, Cait Sith said:

Ever since Community Coach got a piece of the Airport shuttle, they've been using them less. It's been largely a variety of MCIs lately but the NABIs do show up still.

Here's 6499 from like two nights ago, I was surprised to see this one out late.

Doesn't Suburban also get a taste of the Airport shuttle?

14 minutes ago, biGC323232 said:

To be honest service should have not decreased 10 99s/119 have always been good ridership lines....Coach Usa Took over alot of lines thats either now discontinued or have terrible  headways...10 119 is an example

NJT should've taken over those routes sooner, as soon as Red & Tan in Hudson County went out of business. Glad they have it now and it service has drastically improved 

Last I heard, that route stopped running when Saddle River went out

Just spotted 6420 on the 30 at Penn Station. A loaner from Orange?

Just noticed a ONE Bus just finishing its run on the 31 to Penn Station with the interior seats in black instead of  blue

21 minutes ago, DCTransitFilms said:

Is there a reason why they're back with ONE? And kinda wished they sent 6041-6042 back instead tbh.

ONE Bus was crying they were short on buses for the Hudson County routes so NJT sent those back

15 hours ago, PrometheusEngineer said:

Some more JUICY questions I thought of!

6)   When you are on Extra Board time.....can you be on Extra board at home?
7)   If you "clear" extra broad.....do you have 8 hours before the next Board time beings?  
8)   How often do you "clear" extra board?  Or is it rare like a unicorn
9)   Do you have "sign" in with dispatch/terminal when you report to your job/wherever extra board tells you to report?
10  Do you have to "sign out" after you complete your trip/run for the day?
11)  Do you have to take signals/qualifying tests once a year to keep your job/license as a Loco Engineer?
Again thanks so much!

 

Appreciate the enthusiasm, just send me a message and I'll answer all the questions to the best of my knowledge