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[KevinKorell]

 

 

 

UPDATE: Full Rail Service Resumes into Hoboken Terminal - Monday, October 17, 2016

 

The Ticket Office will resume operation in the Terminal on Saturday. Monday’s schedule will be available online after 10 p.m. on Saturday, October 15.

On Monday, October 17 at 4 a.m., NJ TRANSIT will open six more tracks at Hoboken Terminal restoring full train service into and out of Hoboken Terminal.

Customers should note that there also will be some reconfiguration of paths of travel to account for the change in access points.

 

For the morning peak period, Tracks 1 through 4 and Tracks 7 and 8 will re-open. Customers may access Tracks 1 through 4 through the external walkway near PATH and Tracks 7 and 8 via the Main Terminal.  

Tracks 5 and 6 will remain closed as NJ TRANSIT advances ongoing repair and recovery work.

Customers may experience some delays as NJ TRANSIT personnel work with construction crews to clear the area. Congested conditions in certain locations may also be expected at the terminal with the loss of space around tracks 5 and 6.

 

View printable schedules HERE.

 

Please Note:

• As repair work continues at the terminal, customers are advised to stay clear of all work areas.

• The Hoboken Terminal waiting room, Customer Service office and restrooms will be open.  

• Ticket Vending Machines located in the waiting room will be fully operational.

• Customers can download the NJ TRANSIT App and sign up for MyTix to purchase their tickets.

Bus, Light Rail and Additional Services

• NJ TRANSIT bus, Hudson-Bergen Light Rail, PATH and NY Waterway also continue to operate in and out of Hoboken on their regular routes and schedules.

NJ TRANSIT would like to thank its customers for their continued patience and support.

 

[KevinKorell]

Jersey Journal, Jersey City, NJ, 10/18/16:

4 more Hoboken train crash victims plan to sue NJ Transit

 

Another four people hurt in last month's train crash in Hoboken intend to sue NJ Transit for damages related to their injuries, their lawyer said.

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[KevinKorell]

Connecticut Post, 11/2/16:

Blumenthal calls for PTC in rail terminals

 

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal is calling on federal rail regulators to re-examine exemptions that allow commuter railroads such as Metro-North to skip installing positive train control at passenger terminals.

 

He maintains that the life-saving system could have prevented the recent New Jersey platform crash that killed a woman and injured 110 commuters.

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[CNJRoss]

The Washington Post,  11/1:
 

Senator questions exemptions to automatic-braking technology requirement

 

Sen. Richard Blumenthal has asked federal regulators to reexamine a policy of granting exemptions to requirements for automatic braking technology, following a deadly crash at the New Jersey Transit railway station that had received such an exemption.

 

Blumenthal (D-Conn.) wrote to Sarah Feinberg, administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration this week, asking why New Jersey Transit was not required to install the system — known as positive train control (PTC) — in the Hoboken terminal where a train crashed Sept. 29, killing a woman on the platform and injuring more than 100 passengers.

 

Blumenthal asked “whether FRA should continue to allow an exemption from the PTC mandate for passenger terminals.”

 

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[KevinKorell]

New York, NY Post, 11/14/16:

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NJ Transit knew train had faulty brakes before deadly crash

 
The New Jersey Transit train that plowed into the Hoboken Terminal in September — killing one woman and injuring scores more — was found to have faulty brakes just months before the crash, a report said Monday.

 

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[KevinKorell]

WPIX-TV, PIX-11 in New York, NY, 11/16/16:

Engineer in Hoboken train crash had undiagnosed sleep apnea, AP reports

 

Two U.S. officials say the engineer of a commuter train that slammed into a New Jersey station at double the 10 mph speed limit, killing a woman, suffered from undiagnosed sleep apnea. One of the officials says investigators are looking at it as a potential cause.

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[KevinKorell]

I visited Hoboken today, first time since this incident.     There is a big wall painted green blocking off the main concourse beyond Track 7.  To continue one must turn right and walk through the waiting room and the narrow corridor out to Warrington Plaza outside, and then re-enter to get to Tracks 1-4.

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What's beyond the wall?    I managed to get the following view from the Tracks 3/4 platform.  The damaged area with the debris having been cleared is totally open to the outside elements.

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[KevinKorell]

New York, NY Times, 11/16/16:

 

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Engineer in Hoboken Train Crash Had Undiagnosed Sleep Disorder, Lawyer Says

 

The engineer of a New Jersey Transit train that crashed into Hoboken Terminal in September had an undiagnosed sleep disorder, his lawyer said on Wednesday.

This story alludes to a now similar situation with the Metro North Hudson Line crash on the Spuyten Duyvil curve in 2013. The word undiagnosed is the scary part, because one does not know how many engineers may be operating trains with the condition without knowing it.  I would think it may be mandatory doctor exams more often when this condition could be discovered before another incident like this can re-occur.

[CNJRoss]

CBS News New York, 11/21:
 

NJ TRANSIT Will No Longer Allow Engineers Who Exhibit Symptoms Of Sleep Apnea To Operate Trains

 

HOBOKEN, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — NJ TRANSIT announced Monday that it is no longer allowing its engineers who exhibit symptoms of sleep apnea to operate trains pending diagnosis and treatment.

 

As WCBS 880’s Kelly Waldron reported, NJ TRANSIT said in a statement that the change was made last month, and was the result of a new staff position taking a look at the physical exam process.

 

It was also part of the proactive measures following the deadly Hoboken train crash in September, in which the engineer was later found to have sleep apnea, NJ TRANSIT said.

 

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Cross-posted in:  FRA to issue advisory on sleep apnea, cameras

[KevinKorell]

  ABC News, 12/20/16:

Family of Train Crash Victim Files Notice of Intent to Sue

 

The family of a woman killed when a New Jersey Transit commuter train slammed into a station this year has filed notice of their intent to sue.

 

Lawyers for Fabiola Bittar de Kroon's family filed a claim for damages Tuesday. It's the first step in the legal process of filing a lawsuit in New Jersey.

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