On a normal day I usually arrive at New York Penn Station at about 7:30. Today I boarded the 7:36 which stops at Newark and arrived at NJIT shortly after 8 AM. When I turned on the radio this morning I found out that there was a derailment just out of Penn Station. This report from the
Star-Ledger indicates that the derailment occurred just before 8 AM. If I had missed the 7:36 I may have boarded the train that derailed. The article stated that there were no injuries. The photo above was from a derailment in Chicago. The situation had not been rectified by the evening so I had to take the PATH train back to Manhattan.
NEW JERSEY TRANSIT SUCKS.
I really hope someone in charge sees that. It wouldn't do any good. Every day there are either signal problems, stuck trains, or a derailment. When the fares go out, the quality of the service goes down. When I started at NJIT in 1992, a monthly ticket from NYC to Newark was $70. It is now $139. If I decided to drive I would have to take out a loan to pay the bridge tolls. You just can't win.
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