Submitted by reputationStan t3_ydow0c in Newark
Does anyone know how much longer NJT is working on these damn light rail signals? Today was awful taking the light rail to Penn Station. I was surprised that all of us were able to cram ourselves in the train car.
What was wrong with the signals...? That picture seems normal , I remember the trains always being packed largely with students pre-pandemic...
I was on the jersey city Lightrail a week ago and it looked like that on a normal day during rush hour
I’ve overheard (on a bus, LOL) that NYC-bound NJT buses tend to get packed with people standing in the middle because NJT schedule has yet to adjust to pre-pandemic levels. Might be the same with rail and light rail?
instead of trains running every 3-5 mins as they should during rush hour, they were running every 10-12. That’s a very big gap
idk anything abt the signals. The NJT website said they were working on them until further notice
On buses people would stand during rush hour pre-pandemic as well, both in to and out of the city.
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maybe just maybe the weather plays a factor as most dont want to get wet/mist in their face etc.
The light rail doesn't share tracks with anything else, so unless it crosses a street I am not sure about signals... maybe signal for a car ahead. I think them working out frequency and all that with more people going back to work/school might have more to do with it. Plenty of people probably decided to move to the suburbs or other places along public transit during the pandemic as well.
Still doesn't look as bad as when I used to take the light rail home after working downtown and a hockey game let out. Just picture the car filled with drunken people in red jerseys chanting and spilling beer on you packed in like sardines.
It was closed throughout the weekend for track work, so it may be residual effects/operational modifications.
signals matter near penn because the two lines cross over each other
Good to know. It’s been a while since I’ve even rode the thing after moving away and back.
My route from my town has been back to normal at least since late 2021 but the express bus and trains are still well below pre-pandemic levels despite the population growth.
Almost all train systems have some type of signalling system. The Newark light rail system has signals at any level crossing like Franklin Avenue and Orange Street. Any place where there is switch/crossover for trains to change tracks (these are fairly numerous), go in and out terminals and yards. Additionally I believe the Light Rail uses a block signal system of sorts.
>instead of trains running every 3-5 mins as they should
Has this ever actually been the case? I don't remember trains ever coming that frequently.
from my personal experiences, during rush hour, they have been. if I would miss a train, within 3 mins, but no more than 5, another train would show up.
I have been taking the light rail since going to rutgers, so since fall of 2021
They did during rush hours. About every 10 mins or better to/from Bloomfield, 3-5 to/from Franklin Ave. Every 10-12 is ridiculous.
DrixxYBoat t1_ittk4x9 wrote
Signals?
I remember there was a big issue last Thursday near branch brook park, but besides that idk.
Newark has a lot of aging infrastructure, and though the city is putting money towards renovations such as the air train at the airport, or the Penn Station redevelopment, this stuff takes time.
Too much damn time as we humans don't live for very long in the grand scheme of things