553 Bridgeton

11 hours ago, Lawrence St said:

22? I thought NJT was trading the 84, 86 and 89 for the 10 and 119 only? Where did the 22 come from??

And the 23 and a ton of runs on combos. Some 119s are scheduled for artics and some are nabis.

12 hours ago, Lawrence St said:

@553 Bridgeton do you know when ETH starts doing the Cape May 319 trips? I haven’t seen any trip updates or anything about them.

June 25 summer cape may trips return 

On 5/22/2022 at 4:10 PM, BreeddekalbL said:

How many trips do you do on that run? And it looks like you get a long time in the seat

Interesting 

Only do 2 trips. It’s not as long as it seems, you tend to run early so what happens you simply get out the seat. I did Cape May-New York(5 1/2hrs one way)and back to Atlantic City last summer, so 3 1/2hrs is nothing to me. 

28 minutes ago, 127Ridgefield said:

Wow! I didn’t know Academy is still fighting over the 119! Either way I know both Academy and Coach USA are not running that line well. Every time I am at Congress St passengers always saying “where is the 119 I’ve been here for over a hour!” lol

Yup. It’s sad, Coach had to bring in drivers from Chicago to help cover the 119. 
 

Academy put themselves in there own situation. They focus on charter and not the transit lines. They have the man power.

54 minutes ago, Lawrence St said:

When did academy sue for the 119?

This has been going on about the past month or more.

Those extra XD60s wasn’t for the 119. They were for the 123/125/126.

As if now Academy took NJT to court over the 119. There will be a final ruling next week. What Academy needs to understand the 119 is not their line. It’s NJT. NJT can take back any contracted route they own. 

On 5/21/2022 at 1:29 PM, BreeddekalbL said:

Yep, I bet the 319 is a senior route 

Out of meadowlands it’s a rookie line. Egg harbor it’s 50/50, no one wants to really do it anyway. Between people doing crack, the fentanyl ods, smoking weed, a lot of ops said to hell with it. Last sept I pick off of it to the 313/315.

3 minutes ago, Lawrence St said:

Anyone know why transit removes specific service patterns from the clever devices during the non-summer months? For example, the 308.

They don’t want ops driving around with those signs confusing people during the non-summer months. Someone like me I dhd with a different sign everyday. 

6 hours ago, BreeddekalbL said:

would it even be worth it to split off the wildwood section and the 319 and let it be its own route 

also same can be said of the nwk and jersey city section or eliminate that?

They tried the spilt that route 2-3yrs ago but those people on the islands complained about having to drive to Ocean View Park and Ride or Crest Haven for the 552 to get to Atlantic City.

4 hours ago, 46Dover said:

 

I know the pain of starting over too well.  Spent 8 years at Lakeland and have to start from scratch.  
 

How long was the vesting period at Lakeland? You coming to njt was a better move, because when the pandemic hit it crippled Lakeland and Decamp.

4 minutes ago, go25 said:

So lemme ask you this. You put in 10 years as a bus op, you really want to start over and lose that 10 year seniority? Because when you get accepted you're back to zero.

trust me i think about that everyday

2 minutes ago, go25 said:

New class starts tomorrow. How long you been waiting to get in? And also how long you've been a bus operator?

10yrs now. my app for the LETP is currently under review.

On 5/18/2022 at 3:08 PM, BreeddekalbL said:

Jeez does he even get to sleep lol hell that's a commute that would kick anyone's butt 

i have no idea. sleeping on a bus is not the same sleep that you get in your bed. you wake up even more tired. a lot of guys live along the 139 line or in montclair. ive seen guys commute from trenton area. trenton is not too bad if you can base your schedule around the express trains. I live 50mins from eht going backs to the marlton area, and even that's too much for me, some nights i get done and im exhausted and im  like i still have a 50min ride and night its always construction down to one lane on the AC expressway and 295.

one of the big things is south jersey is rapidly growing with homes that provide rural living that is cheaper then what you'll find in LI, SI, Yonkers, or even White Plains.

On 5/18/2022 at 8:17 AM, RTOMan said:

Not any more they shut it down...

just upgrade to ATS to all existing signals and call it a day lol

On 5/4/2022 at 8:28 AM, 46Dover said:

Well I guess I won’t be holding my breath to see new buses in Wayne (freaking Oradell 😡😡😡)

bruhh yall got tons of 19s 20s, and the lone 17185. Id rather drive the 7100s and 9000s. I miss the 7100s!.

4 hours ago, go25 said:

I second that notion. That LETP program is no joke

 

Also it doesn't hurt to ask the conductors if they are cool with your pass/badge

I'm currently waiting to get in the LETP program, being my dreams of being a train op does not look likely anytime in the near future.

12 hours ago, checkmatechamp13 said:

Geez, Vineland to NYC via public transportation...that's over a 4 hour trip just to get to PABT, let alone whichever yard/terminal he has to report to.

Yes he did, I was on that run from sept to Jan that year and he faithfully did it, and I always said to him you know it’s quicker if you drive. But then I understood operating for 8-9hrs then driving. One of the guys that’s on the run now said he’s still commuting. He would get on that 1239am 553, get to Atlantic City at 207am first 319 was 415am(he took a 2hr nap in our crew room at the bus terminal I gave him the code) in ny by 620am. At one point during that he was on the 42nd street shuttle. Before I left that job he said he was switching to the 7. If I’m not mistaken I think there is a couple 7 pm jobs that has you pulling a train out of corona yard do 5 trip and layup on the Hudson yards tail tracks. I could be wrong it’s been so long but I vaguely remember him saying something to that nature.

SEPTA is the worse when it comes to courtesy. A lot of there guys live in south jersey and guess what don’t flash your id your paying. SEPTA employees hate njt for some reason and very few of them will let your ride especially the rail guys. 
 

MTA/NJT work together in a lot of ways so all MTA employees ride free as long as you have your id. Also because a lot of mta employees live in jersey, there’s a motorman that lives on the 553 line in Vineland. Also academy has to let njt/mta ride. 
 

Amtrak will let you ride as long as you ask and don’t be rude about it. I had a whole car to myself from New York to Trenton. I always tip them because they don’t have too. I rode all the way to DC and back to Philly and didn’t pay a dime. 
 

fellow employees use your id what’s the worse can happen, No? It’s no big deal I always have those agencies apps on my phone in the event they say no. Especially Amtrak I am willing to pay Amtrak because njt rail takes too long outside of peak hours. 

21070 is roaming around on the line I used to do.

I have no sympathy for these clowns 

On 4/26/2022 at 11:11 AM, jass said:

Why are there little buses in Atlantic City, presumably 30 feet? Only one door, are they insane? My bus (505) was standing room. Also, instead of having a ledge to place bags, there is just a ton of wasted unusable space between the wheel column and the first seat

Ventnor, Margate, and Longport towns complained to NJT back in early 90s about 40ft buses causing vibrations and cracks in walls in peoples homes. They used to run Flexs on the 504 and 505. When that issue happened transit got the 30ft novas with 2 doors and then 31ft nabis with 1 door. They was to run more 505s and have most of the service end in Margate at Franklin Av. Service past Franklin Av is really during peak hours. 

It looks on purpose to me. 7802 wasn’t even touched.

I was In Weehawken Lot when I saw the flames start coming up. It blocked the sun momentarily. 

2 hours ago, DCTransitFilms said:

 

Speaking of NABIs on the 319, there is a pic of 6208 on the 319 from before not sure if it was a glitch or another route:

This was when we used to have the south of Atlantic City trippers. They used to run nabis on the trippers. Atlantic City via Ocean Dr starts in Cape May or Wildwood. 

14 hours ago, Tranzitfan81 said:

I am beginning to see some rare sights on mybusnow out of South Jersey these days.  Since this new schedule change, 5300s are showing up on the 551 and 554.  It has been almost every day during the week since the schedule change.  Really all of the MCI routes out of Turnersville are seeing 5300s more often.  Also, the reverse effect still happens and MCIs show up on the 400, 403 and 459.   It seems like loans from up the freeway ( Newton Avenue) only seem to be a night and weekend thing now.  Tonight, 19134 is on the 554 which is rare; over the weekend the 400 had a couple of 5900s. 18129 was on the 406 last week during the evening.  Makes me wonder how they're going to make it through when the 316 starts back up for the summer.  It would be nice if a few 22000s were sent to help out during the summer.  

The formans at Washington Twp as assigning certain mcis runs with nabis. 
 

Reason? There is a part shortage with new mcis. Some of those 16-22 series are out there with worn brake pads. That’s as far as I’ll say on that. 

4 hours ago, jass said:

Question about the NJT excursion tickets between NYC and AC.

Hypothetically, could one buy the excursion ticket (round trip) and use them one-way with a second person?

You can.