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[CNJRoss]

NJ.com, 10/10/22

 

NJ Transit to spend $8M for new train windows you can actually see out of

 

 

If the view out of the window of the NJ Transit train you ride has gotten cloudy or impossible to see through, it’s not time for a trip to the eye doctor.

 

 

The cloudy windows that have inspired complaints from riders on social media for several years need more than a squirt of window cleaner and a wipe down. They need to be replaced, and NJ Transit officials said that will happen as part of an $8 million program.

 

 

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[KevinKorell]

nj.com    5/17/24:

 

 

   Why you can’t see out the window on some NJ Transit trains    

 

 

How NJ Transit intends to solve the problem of train windows that riders can’t see through hasn’t gotten any clearer over the past two years.

 

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[KevinKorell]

nj.com   9/18/24:

 

 

          NJ Transit announces plan to replace cloudy train windows that commuters have complained about    

 

 

NJ Transit commuters who’ve complained about windows on some trains that are so foggy they can’t see what station they’re at are finally getting relief.

 

 

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[CNJRoss]

NJ.com, 9/18/24

 

NJ Transit announces plan to replace cloudy train windows that commuters have complained about

 

The interior of an NJ Transit multi-level car in Hoboken shows how the windows have clouded over making it difficult for riders to see through them. SL

 

NJ Transit commuters who’ve complained about windows on some trains that are so foggy they can’t see what station they’re at are finally getting relief.

 

The multilevel rail cars with the worst clouded over, opaque windows will have them replaced starting now, as the cars begin to go through mid-life overhauls, NJ Transit CEO Kevin Corbett said Wednesday in response to an inquiry by NJ Advance Media.

 

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The replacement decision ends two years of waiting for the agency to pursue an option to deal with the windows.

 

The problem that’s lingered since being identified in fall 2022 is not one that can be simply solved by using window cleaner, a squeegee and some elbow grease, since crews already tried hand washing the cloudy windows without success. The issue has affected both generations of NJ Transit’s multilevel cars.

 

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