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Out-of-State Driver’s GPS Misguidance Leads to Collision with NJ Transit Train in Fair Lawn

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Fair Lawn NJ, in a situation becoming all too common in Northwest Bergen County, an out-of-state driver found herself on NJ Transit tracks after mistakenly following GPS directions. The incident occurred around 7:30 PM on Friday, October 18, when a driver from Florida, following audible GPS commands, drove onto active railroad tracks off Morlott Avenue in Fair Lawn.

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UPDATE: Pedestrian Fatally Struck by NJ Transit Train in Garfield

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Garfield NJ, in a tragic incident on Wednesday afternoon, a pedestrian was struck and fatally injured by a NJ Transit train in Garfield. The incident occurred around 3:30 p.m. near Plauderville Station, close to Van Winkle Avenue, according to an agency spokesperson. The identity of the pedestrian has not been released.

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Person struck, injured by NJ Transit train near Plauderville Station in Garfield

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Garfield NJ,  this morning, NJ Transit confirmed that a pedestrian was struck by a train. According to NJ Transit, the incident occurred when a train not in service, being relocated along the Bergen County Line, collided with a pedestrian just west of Plauderville Station at 5:33 a.m.

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Here is How to Make your Opinion Known on the NJ Transit Proposed Fare Increase

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Ridgewood NJ,, since 2015, NJ TRANSIT has held the line on fare increases while not only improving service performance, but adding additional service on more than 100 bus routes and absorbing the ongoing costs to operate service that replaced private carrier bus services abandoned by DeCamp, Coach USA and A&C, which represents more than $30 million alone.

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NJ TRANSIT POLICE: Do you know who I am? Help us get this pup home

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Hoboken NJ, ** 𝐔𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄 ** 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭. ** 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝. Let’s get this pup HOME! Thank you to everyone who has helped to spread the word. 2/2/24 6:00 pm. – NJTPD.

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Pedestrian Struck and Killed by Commuter Train in Fair Lawn

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Fair Lawn NJ, Thursday evening Bergen County NJ Transit rail service is subject to up to 30-minute delays due to an earlier pedestrian fatality near Broadway-Fairlawn. NJ TRANSIT police responded to an incident involving the No. 66 train on the Port Jervis Line. The train struck an individual between the Broadway station and Morlot Avenue shortly after 4:30 p.m. The train had originated from Middletown, NY, at 3:20 p.m. and was en route to Hoboken, scheduled to arrive at 5:13 p.m. Fortunately, there were no reported injuries to the approximately 100 passengers and crew on board. In response to the incident, service was temporarily suspended in both directions between Ridgewood and Plauderville. NJ TRANSIT rail tickets and passes were being cross-honored by the agency’s buses and private carriers.

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NJ TRANSIT LETS LOOSE THE AQUATRACK FOR FALL CLEANUP

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Ridgewood NJ, NJ TRANSIT has begun utilizing two AquaTrack machines to clean and remove leaves from the rails throughout the fall season.

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Weekends Pascack Valley Line Trains to be Replaced by Buses Between Spring Valley and Secaucus for Infrastructure Improvements

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Westwood NJ, on Sunday, April 23, new NJ TRANSIT Rail schedules will take effect on all lines. While there will be minor time changes to numerous trains on most lines, please note the following:

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Neighbors Forced to Clean Up Village of Ridgewood Property

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Ridgewood NJ,  looks like someone failed to clean up .a small swatch a land near the Ridgewood Train Station in the Central Business District . After the Village failed to respond to numerous complaints from neighbors a near by building super took it on himself to clean up Village property  removing brush and fixing the lawn .

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Governor Signs the Motorbus and Passenger Rail Service Employee Violence Prevention Act

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Trenton NJ,  Governor Murphy today signed the Motorbus and Passenger Rail Service Employee Violence Prevention Act (S4701) to create new tools for protecting transit workers throughout the state. In addition to upgrading the penalty for all assaults on a motorbus or autobus operator, an operator’s supervisor, or a rail passenger employee, the bill enables NJ TRANSIT and other carriers to suspend or prohibit from ridership individuals who commit assaults against employees and ensures NJ TRANSIT and private bus companies equip all buses and trains with communications systems to quickly contact law enforcement in an emergency.

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NJ Transit “My Active Trip” Feature Provides Rail Customers Ability To Set Alerts When Train Arrives At Destination

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Ridgewood NJ,  NJ TRANSIT is launching a new feature on its mobile app that will make it easier than ever for rail customers to use their location to navigate the system with their mobile devices. Customers will now have the ability, once their phone’s location services are enabled, to use the “My Active Trip” feature, which will provide a push notification to alert customers on board a train when they are approaching their selected destination.

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Body Discovered Along NJ Transit Main Line Tracks in Clifton

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Clifton NJ, a NJ Transit crew on a train Port Jervis bound train , discovered a dead body along the Main Line tracks between Clifton and Paterson on Tuesday night.

The incident is currently under investigation by NJ Transit  and  there was no confirm on whether the person was hit by a train.

Trains running on the Main-Bergen Line were subject to 30-minute delays because of the investigation and that at least one train scheduled to depart Hoboken at 8:46 p.m. was canceled. By 10 p.m., that evening  NJ Transit  also reported that a Hoboken-bound train was running an hour behind schedule.

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NJ TRANSIT RAIL AND LIGHT RAIL TO RESUME FULL WEEKDAY SERVICE ON JULY 6

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Ridgewood NJ, Beginning Monday, July 6th, NJ TRANSIT will operate full weekday service for rail and light rail providing added capacity to improve distancing on board vehicles, which aligns with “The Road Back”, New Jersey’s roadmap for restoring economic health through public health.  Bus service has been operating on a regular weekday schedule since Monday, June 8.

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NJ TRANSIT DEPLOYS ADA COMPLIANT MODERNIZED TICKET VENDING MACHINES

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Ridgewood NJ, NJ TRANSIT is beginning the installation of new and improved ticket vending machines (TVM) at several locations systemwide. Fourteen new TVMs will be phased in over the next week, replacing older machines at bus, light rail and rail stations. This is the second phase of an expanded pilot program which rendered great success in Edison, as part of NJ TRANSIT’s ongoing contract with Conduent to modernize fare payment systems and enhance the customer experience.

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