October 15, 2024
A New Jersey Transit light-rail train operator died and 23 passengers were hurt early Monday after the lead car hit a tree which fell onto the tracks. The incident occurred around 6 a.m. ET when the southbound train from Trenton …
October 24, 2022
Federal authorities say two construction workers struck and killed by a train earlier this month on a bridge between New Jersey and Pennsylvania were on a track that was supposed to have been taken out of service for planned concrete …
December 29, 2016
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. …
November 22, 2016
Federal regulators want railroads across the country to test train operators for a sleep disorder. The safety advisory being issued this week by the Federal Railroad Administration comes after the engineer in September’s deadly New Jersey commuter train crash was …
October 28, 2016
New Jersey Transit is hiring a former Metro-North president to help it meet federal rail safety requirements. The agency will pay Peter Cannito $350 per hour to review Federal Railroad Administration violations uncovered in an audit and help with a …
October 14, 2016
The National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday the brakes were working on a New Jersey Transit train that sped into the Hoboken Terminal on Sept. 29, killing one and injuring 110 people. The NTSB previously said the train was traveling …
October 5, 2016
The engineer at the controls of the train that smashed into a commuter rail terminal, killing a woman and injuring more than 100 people, told federal investigators he was going only 10 mph as he approached the station but has …
October 4, 2016
The engineer of the New Jersey commuter train that crashed on Thursday told investigators he was fully rested but has no memory of the incident, and a recovered data recorder was not working, a National Transportation Safety Board official said …
September 30, 2016
Thousands who rely on the Hoboken terminal in New Jersey may face longer than usual commutes and heavy crowds on Friday as investigators try to determine why a commuter train crashed into the station, killing a woman and injuring more …