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Posted 04 March 2013 - 07:42 PM

NJ Transit spent $40M on Sandy repairs, wipes out OT savings



The transportation agency paid $2.9 million less in 2012 than it did in 2011 to employees cashing out their unused sick and vacation time. It also paid $4.1 million less in overtime from the previous year. View the full article


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Posted 05 March 2013 - 11:40 AM

Newark, NJ Star-Ledger, 3/5/13:

NJ Transit approves $19M in emergency repairs and parts for trains damaged by Sandy


There is no manual on how to restore train cars that were flooded with saltwater. NJ Transit — and passengers on some rail lines that have fewer and more crowded trains — are finding that out the hard way.


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Posted 13 March 2013 - 12:15 PM

Newark, NJ Star-Ledger, 3/12/13:

NJ Transit customers stung by Sandy to get faster trains, more routes to Hoboken


Jim Langell hasn’t had a normal commute to work in 137 days.

He and other riders on NJ Transit’s Gladstone Branch have had their travel routines upended by Hurricane Sandy, which snapped giant wooden poles that carried electric catenary wires and destroyed an electrical substation near Hoboken Terminal.


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Posted 13 March 2013 - 06:08 PM

Progressive Railroading, 3/13/13:

Service returning to Hoboken Terminal, NJ Transit says


Electric-powered trains will resume service to New Jersey Transit's Hoboken Terminal on March 24, agency officials announced yesterday.



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Posted 14 March 2013 - 11:01 AM

Newark, NJ Star-Ledger, 3/13/13:

NJ Transit board approves $17M to repair waterlogged trains, stations


The bills for NJ Transit’s waterlogged trains and hurricane-ravaged rail lines and stations are starting to come due.


Here's that story.


And here is a link to NJT's own page where they list the fleet status by percentages.


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Posted 23 March 2013 - 09:20 AM

NJ TRANSIT press release:

NJ TRANSIT ANNOUNCES POWER BACK TO HOBOKEN
Electric–powered trains return to Hoboken Terminal; New rail schedules take effect March 24th

March 12, 2013
NJT-13-020

NEWARK, NJ — Marking the end of post-Sandy interim rail schedules and reflecting improvements made possible by the restoration of a key power substation, NJ TRANSIT announced today that electric-powered trains will resume service to Hoboken Terminal starting Sunday, March 24.

The resumption of this important service will coincide with the start of NJ TRANSIT’s new rail schedules, which take effect that day. These new schedules will be printed, posted and made available at all NJ TRANSIT rail stations, posted on njtransit.com, and incorporated as part of the website’s popular trip planner feature.

“This marks significant progress in post-Sandy recovery,” said NJ TRANSIT Executive Director James Weinstein. “Starting March 24, we will be adding 21 additional trains to the current schedules, which will restore nearly all rush hour service to Hoboken and result in the long-awaited return of standard one-seat service to Hoboken for Gladstone customers.”

Starting March 24, NJ TRANSIT will operate an additional 21 trains on the Morris & Essex, Montclair-Boonton, and Main/Bergen County lines, marking the restoration of regular rail service into and out of Hoboken Terminal. In January, NJ TRANSIT restored full rail service into and out of New York Penn Station when compared to pre-Sandy levels.

In addition, NJ TRANSIT will restore 19 trains that have been operating partial length trips to their complete trips.

“The addition of this rail service will add further system capacity, and reflects the tremendous progress made in the aftermath of the worst natural disaster ever to strike the Garden State,” Mr. Weinstein continued.

Systemwide, NJ TRANSIT’s rail division will reach 97 percent of its pre-Sandy service level with the March 24 schedule change, operating 679 of the 700 weekday trains scheduled prior to the storm, compared to the 658 trains operating today. Weekend service was restored to near pre-storm levels as of December 3, 2012.

Highlights of the March 24 changes include:

Morris & Essex Lines: 15 additional trains
Full restoration of morning peak period inbound service to Hoboken from the Gladstone and Morristown lines
Full restoration of evening peak period outbound service from Hoboken to the Morristown Line west of Summit and from Hoboken to the Gladstone Line

Montclair-Boonton Line: Two additional trains
Restoration of a morning peak period train from Montclair State University to Hoboken
Restoration of an afternoon departure from Hoboken to Denville

Main/Bergen County Line: Four additional trains
Full restoration of evening peak period outbound service from Hoboken.

The agency will continue to monitor ridership trends and continue to adjust future timetables to meet the needs of NJ TRANSIT customers.

Flooding from Hurricane Sandy and the resulting exposure to saltwater destroyed NJ TRANSIT’s Mason Substation —a critical component of NJ TRANSIT’s infrastructure that provides electric power for trains to operate into and out of Hoboken Terminal each day.

With no electric power available, diesel-powered trains have been substituted for electric-powered trains into and out of Hoboken, particularly along the Gladstone Branch of the Morris & Essex Lines. Approximately 24 electric-powered trains that operated along the Gladstone Branch pre-Sandy have been replaced by diesel-powered trains.

Starting March 24, electric trains will be restored to the affected lines to coincide with NJ TRANSIT’s restoration of electric power to Hoboken Terminal. Customers are encouraged to review new timetables, which will be available online at njtransit.com later this week.

About NJ TRANSIT

NJ TRANSIT is the nation's largest statewide public transportation system providing more than 895,000 weekday trips on 261 bus routes, three light rail lines, 12 commuter rail lines and through Access Link paratransit service. It is the second largest transit system in the country with 164 rail stations, 61 light rail stations and more than 19,000 bus stops linking major points in New Jersey, New York and Philadelphia.



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Posted 03 April 2013 - 10:51 PM

Bergen Record, 4/3/13:

NJ Transit chief: Equipment moved to Meadowlands facility just before Sandy flooding


NJ Transit Executive Director Jim Weinstein acknowledged publicly on Wednesday that the agency actually moved rail cars and locomotives into its flood-prone Meadowlands rail yard for storage just before the yard was inundated by superstorm Sandy's floodwaters in October. The move resulted in millions in flood damage to the rail equipment.

Story is here.
So you admit it. Now what? :rolleyes:


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Posted 03 April 2013 - 10:55 PM

Here is Second Avenue Sagas' take on the above article.

NJ Transit admits to moving trains to vulnerable areas


New Jersey Transit Executive Director Jim Weinstein keeps digging his own grave over the agency’s response to Sandy, but no one seems willing to fire him. After spending months defending his and his employees’ actions leading up the storm — the same actions that resulted in $450 million worth of damage to vital rolling stock — Weinstein was at it again on Wednesday.



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Posted 05 May 2013 - 11:30 AM

Column in Bergen Record, 4/8/13:

Doblin: Don't tickle Elmo at Hoboken Terminal


More than five months after Sandy, little has changed inside Hoboken Terminal.

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Posted 27 January 2021 - 09:32 PM

nj.com  1/27/21:


 

    Insurance companies must pay NJ Transit for trains damaged by Sandy, N.J. Supreme Court rules  

 

 

The New Jersey Supreme Court backed up a lower court ruling that told insurance companies to pay up after Hurricane Sandy damaged NJ Transit trains parked in the Meadowlands Maintenance Complex train yard that flooded during the October 2012 super storm.

 

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