The whole Northeast Corridor, comprised of Amtrak and several commuter rail systems, including NJ Transit and Long Island Rail Road, is the country’s busiest, and at this point parts are basically held together with duct tape.
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Christie stated he had requested the state lawyer basic to assessment the matter.
First, a tweet attributed expected delays to “Amtrak power issues/repairs”.
“We are actively sharing info with our companions at New Jersey Transit and different businesses and can…”
NJ Transit trains along the trouble Northeast Corridor line are running on or close to schedule as of 7:15 a.m. PATH will cross-honor tickets at 33rd Street, Hoboken Terminal and Newark Penn Station, and New York Waterway will cross-honor tickets at South Ferry in Hoboken.
Amtrak President and CEO Joseph Boardman visited the site on Friday.
“The problem is here, it’s this station and its tunnels that are at capacity and they’ve been at capacity”, he said. On Friday he said it wasn’t clear whether damage from Sandy had caused this week’s outages. “We only have 55 hours a week from Friday night to Monday morning to work in the tunnels”. It’s the track, it’s the ballast, it’s the signals, it’s the catenary, it’s all the things that need to be done.
Commuters faced at least four service disruptions that caused delays-all about a week after the NJ Transit board approved a $2.1 billion budget that would boost fares by 9 percent for rail customers to meet a $56 million shortfall.
Montclair resident Matthew Walters said delays are a weekly occurrence on his commute into New York.
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“NJ Transit commuters were victimized by almost an entire week of extreme delays and cancellations for one reason only: Amtrak’s indifference to New Jersey commuters and its abject neglect of the infrastructure that New Jersey and our entire region relies upon”, he said.
