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A 16-year-old high school student has been identified as the person fatally struck by a train in Red Bank on Wednesday. The victim was a student at Red Bank Regional High School, according to Police Chief Michael Frazee.
Officials and commuters in one part of Long Island are left wondering why there is no shuttle bus service planned for them in case of a strike.
NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) — Commuter train service was suspended, delayed and rerouted after an electrical fire in the East River Tunnels on Wednesday, according to transit sources. Long Island Railroad service was suspended between Penn Station and Jamaica due to fire department activity at the New York City hub,
A late-morning fire on the Long Island Rail Road side of Penn Station in New York has caused NJ Transit to send Midtown trains to Hoboken. The electrical fire, reported at 11:22 a.m., caused a smoke condition. That prompted NJ Transit to cross-honor rail tickets on agency and private-carrier buses.
MTA officials say the work is a necessity, as crews working on signal improvements have discovered water leaking into the Greenpoint Tube — the tunnel that brings the G train under the Newtown Creek.
A person was struck and killed by an M train at an Elmhurst subway station at around noon on Thursday, according to authorities. The operator of a Manhattan-bound M train felt an impact while entering the Grand Avenue-Newtown subway station and stopped.
Lavender won’t cover NJ Transit’s stench. A new plan to freshen up the decrepit NJ Transit system has designated lavender as the official scent of the agency’s cleaning products, CEO Kris Kolluri revealed Tuesday. But long-suffering NJ Transit riders such as Ronald D., 40, argued the agency needs better service, not new scents.