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2 hours ago, A Former New Yorker said:
Are they added more service to the #31 at some point? Bus is always crowded and it's ridiculous that have it run such crap headways despite running along a major corridor like South Orange Avenue
If that's the case, Hilton should add some artics on that line, knowing how heavy that route is on S.Orange. It sucks that the service is not every 10 or 15 minutes on a weekday, every 20 minutes on a Saturday and Sunday have service every 25 to 30 minutes. Don't have all service end in South Orange. Have some trips end at the Dover Loop
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Why not have the #123 extend to Exchange Place via Newark Ave instead of Journal Sq? Already have enough bus routes in and around the Journal Sq area that goes to New York. Exchange Place will have their very own bus line going into Mid Town Manhattan
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18001 is in Wayne. Coach #9051 is still operable as I've saw it a day or two ago
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On 3/30/2024 at 10:02 PM, checkmatechamp13 said:
Ugh...the southbound #709 was a no-show, and the next (and last) one is over an hour later...some folks in Passaic decided to grab an Uber taxi....talk about money walking for NJT...
That's a trend that's been happening on the #709. For some reason CUSA - Community has been having some no-shows on routes #707 and popular #709. I don't know about the other "Passaic" and "Bergen" county" routes.
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1 hour ago, Lawrence St said:
They’re getting MORE??? What garage can even handle more artics at this point?
I'm quite sure those artics are going to replace the 2008 Nabi suburbans in Fairview, Meadowlands and possibly Hilton. I won't be surprised if Big Tree gets and additional amount since route 99 gets an artic or two every weekday and Ironbound in the future gets a few for runs on the 62 line..which they need badly
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15 hours ago, DCTransitFilms said:
9009 and 9011 are at Wayne
Speaking of Market Street, I did hear they want to get their original PABT routes back in the near future. And I believe Market cant hold 45fts without modifications.
I believe Market Street will get their PABT routes back as soon as the garage is finished with modifications. Garage has been in the works for about a year or so. The back of the garage is evidence. I'm sure that space being built is to allow for 45 foot cruisers to fit in the maintenance shop when going in for fixing and perhaps allow for larger bus lifts to lift the 45s. Before the modifications, Wayne's 45 foot MCIs as some of you have been at Market Street parked alongside with their D4000s and Nabis outside from time to time and overnight for mechanical repairs
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20 hours ago, TyBusLover1 said:
Don’t no exactly where to put this but, 5247 Greenville Nabi is a reserve unit.
Gotta have a Cat engine Nabi suburban bus since they're ultra rare. Also, is this for the NJ Historic Bus Museum?
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On 3/12/2024 at 7:59 AM, DCTransitFilms said:
9004, 9021, 9023 Fairview to Wayne
They're sending those buses back to Wayne? I guess Fairview is priority number one before Wayne gets all the remaining 9000s and 7100s replaced and perhaps Meadowlands getting a few all white MCIs
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6 hours ago, DCTransitFilms said:
21199, 21203, 21205, 21221, 21229 all repainted in NJT colors
The end is near for Wayne and Fairview's remaining 9000 Cat engine cruisers and also Wayne's 7100 series Cats. I wonder if Howell still has them ex-MTA cruisers still running. I haven't been seeing them on tracker for a long minute
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I know this is off topic, but NJ Transit like many TAs across the country have played a part in Flxible's history. Flxible will be celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. Here's the article that was posted in Bus Ride magazine about it and information about the Flxible parade in the birth place of Londonville, OH.
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4 hours ago, Cait Sith said:
Except that wasn't their fault. There was little to no communication with NJT and MetLife Stadium organizers. The folks over at MetLife didn't communicate with NJ Transit.
Both parties can't afford to repeat the same mistake
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NJT can't screw this up can they??
You would think they have learned their lesson from the disaster of how they left 100s of fans stranded at the Meadowlands Station during that Super Bowl. It should be an "All hands on deck" with both shuttle bus and extra trains. Pay your workers overtime if need be. This time around, the whole word will be watching
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On 12/5/2023 at 1:06 AM, go25 said:
So it finally happened, an artic on the 24. 20810 was on the mentioned route earlier today. Just imagine if ONE Bus had some artics on that route when it still operated it lol
No surprise there. With Hilton having some runs of route 24, some driver(s) from that garage will take an artic on that line. Don't be surprised if you see more artics on that line once the new artics come in from New Flyer in a year or two
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Since some of those Wayne 7100 and 9000 series buses are retired, I suspect they'll get more ex-Suburban cruisers. Perhaps the 21260s🤷🏾♂️
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On 11/20/2023 at 7:54 AM, MysteriousBtrain said:
Probably should have asked this a while back but thinking about it with around 800 artics planned for the next 5 yrs what other routes need artics? Predictions for the converted fleet will be below (with * being routes that normally mostly use artics on a consistent basis as reference):
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10
11
13*
25
28
29
39*
70*
80
81
87
119*
123
126*
127
128
153*
154
156*
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159*
361
375
8 Bergen Ave
10 (there's been an occasional artic on that line, though the route does need more artics to handle the overcrowding)
24
31
62 ( need to do something about increasing service levels and have more luggage rack buses. Too many luggage rack buses on other routes)
70 ( having artics run all day weekday besides the weekends)
72 ( revert service back to every 20 minutes during the weekday and increase service levels during late evening. Buses are always late and overcrowded)
74 (weekday peak and weekends)
84 (Bergenline Ave. says it all)
88
99 (has seen artics on the route currently)
107 (NJT needs to get with PA for gate assignment change just to have artics run throughout the day and weekends. Currently, only a few inbound artics into NYC and outbound fro the PABT during rush hour)
119 (needs to limit the usage of 40 footers on that line, especially during the weekend and holiday service)
125 ( Has seen artics on the line along with MCI cruisers. One artic has been used throughout the day on non peak weekday, Saturday and possibly Sunday
171 ( hate 40 Nabis on that hourly line. Route does need artics if Market St doesn't get the return of their PABT routes. The route gets crowded during peak period rush hours since it runs every hour, which is stupid. Saturday service could use the artics and most definitely during the holiday season.)
400 ( Maybe the only route in South Jersey from what I've read in past posts that needs artics
703
709 ( NJT needs to take this route back. Overcrowding, lateness and no-shows. )
712 ( stupid crowded during peak periods and holiday season. Only line on Union Ave)
Those are my suggestions routes that either need artics or additional artics
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On 11/22/2023 at 12:23 PM, Kingsbridgeviewer382 said:
Wayne has 21272-21276. They were at that garage for a while now.
Do they have 21280? I've seen that bus twice on routes 190 and 161 respectively
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10 hours ago, DCTransitFilms said:
Wasn't that surprising that the CRT order was postponed. Tbh I wouldn't be surprised if it was outright cancelled.
Once I saw those 17000s and 21000s begin returning to NJT, the CRT order wasn't coming anytime soon.
I've read on another forum that the D4500CRT order was cancelled
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16 hours ago, Gmansports said:
One for the history books.
As of November 16th all the above units have been decommissioned and no longer on Oradell Property. You can find them at the North Bergen lot
Doing a last check, it appears all of the D4000 system wide are no longer in use. My gosh 20 plus years of public use they survived well
So long to hearing the Jake Brake off those D4000s. At least now some Wayne's 20000 year model cruisers and also 17785 have developed deep groan personality to them. They're getting the work. Don't know about the other garages of their MCIs though. I'm still amazed that Oradell has kept their 22000 MCIs looking clean from the exterior
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3 hours ago, biGC323232 said:
I agree with most of this...If the 1 use artics with its tight turns i think the 87 can manage....Only problem is that greenville cant house artics cause of they garage being to small....Yes Jersey City is rising in terms of ridership base...And its been quite amazing that transit somehow got the man power to take over JC Former Routes....
By the way, NJT may need to collaborate with the city of Jersey City to fix it's street patterns on certain intersections that are either narrow or tight turns if they want artics on that line. The 163 route which makes that 45 or so degree turn I want to say Paterson-Plank road, the town made sure to move the white line further back to allow 45 cruisers of making a clear turn. Before that new turn, it went up to the residential street to get to Boulevard. I guess there were many complaints made by the residents to have those cruisers stay on the main road than to enter there one-way street
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2 hours ago, biGC323232 said:
I agree with most of this...If the 1 use artics with its tight turns i think the 87 can manage....Only problem is that greenville cant house artics cause of they garage being to small....Yes Jersey City is rising in terms of ridership base...And its been quite amazing that transit somehow got the man power to take over JC Former Routes....
Well, NJT seems to only add a few 80S runs to and from Society Hill. Remember, that route during peak period under A&C before COVID hit had at least 10 buses running that line during the weekday. Now it seems reduced I'm guessing to 4 to 5 buses. Bergen Ave is the same as well. Runs are reduced, therefore you might see six to eight buses during peak period. Weekends are a total different story. Route 9 Newport Mall only has one bus instead of two during the weekend is a prime example. I wish NJT would extend service hours on the 80 route until 1:45a in that area of Westside because the commuters coming from New York off Path. Now with the routes formerly operated by O.N.E we can see a vast reduction in routes 24 and certainly the 31 because I'm sure it's because of not having the man power. I could remember the 31 alone had close to 20 buses operating on S. Orange Ave. Now it's 10 or less
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On 11/7/2023 at 12:12 PM, Lawrence St said:
And where exactly are they going to put all these 200 XD60's?? LMAO.
I believe the older Nabis they'll scrap will be kinda like a tradeoff for the new XD60s. For example, Meadowlands current Nabi suburbans may all be replaced by XD60s. Most of not some of Hilton's older Nabi transit Model will be replaced by the XD60s so to have routes 1, 13, 25,39 and 70 to have a full dosage of XD60s during the entire day. Don't rule out seeing some XD60s on other routes that are normally 40 foot bus routes. If NJT could change the gate assignment at the PABT for the 107, then you could possibly have some artics run that route during the day as well. Fairview could have most of their Nabi suburbans replaced by new XD60s as well. I would like to see route 80 have artics on that line all day because the Westside Avenue and Society Hill area is just booming with higher ridership. Notice I didn't mention route 87, which they could use the artics too. Most of us know that route has many tight turns on side streets. Jersey City may have to adjust certain areas of the street scape for the 87 route to accompany artics. Of course Greenville is a small garage, I've been saying for years that NJ Transit should have invested in buying property or acres of land in Jersey City, in particular off route 440 to build a bigger garage. Jersey City's population is rising and will soon if not by next year overtake Newark into becoming the largest city population wise in New Jersey. With all these luxury condos and apartments being built and some New Yorkers moving into Jersey City, NJT needs to be ready of handling such large crowds on their bus lines and light rail
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13 hours ago, 553 Bridgeton said:
Njt sold those lines there’s nothing they can do but take back the buses they won’t need. Or njt can buy those lines back which I doubt.
That's a crazy system. Selling your own lines to a private carrier because either you can't or unwilling to operate them yourselves.🤨
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Any idea on what's going on with the new "Megabus Complex", aka Ridgefield Park Bus Facility? Where does that project stand right now?
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NJT proposals/ideas thread 2012-2013
in New Jersey Transit
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I like your idea of the 123"X" Express peak period only with inbound local pickups/ drop offs ending at Congress Street then express to PABT and vice versa