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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