NJ Transit will cancel seven weekday North Jersey Coast Line trains starting June 4 while a positive train control (PTC) system is installed in all the line's engines and cab cars.
In PTC, data control train movements such as slowing down and braking when objects or other trains are detected on the tracks.
Executive director Kevin Corbett said NJ Transit understands how schedule changes can affect riders. "We are doing everything in our power to install this important safety technology as quickly as possible," he said in a statement posted on NJ Transit's website.
It was not known for how long the cancellations will be in effect, though NJ Transit has said the changes are temporary.
Corbett in his statement asked for customers' patience, adding, "the end result is a safer railroad for everyone."
The cancelled trains are Train 2300, the 4:49 a.m. from Bay Head to Hoboken; Train 2602, the 6:05 a.m. from Long Branch to Hoboken; Train 2312, the 2:05 p.m. from Bay Head to Hoboken; Train 3274, the 6:55 p.m. from Long Branch to Penn Station New York (PSNY); Train 2303, the 2:12 from Hoboken to Bay Head; Train 2607, the 4:55 from Hoboken to Long Branch; Train 2313, the 6:21 p.m. from Hoboken to Bay Head.
Weekend service will not be effected.
In PTC, data control train movements such as slowing down and braking when objects or other trains are detected on the tracks.
Executive director Kevin Corbett said NJ Transit understands how schedule changes can affect riders. "We are doing everything in our power to install this important safety technology as quickly as possible," he said in a statement posted on NJ Transit's website.
It was not known for how long the cancellations will be in effect, though NJ Transit has said the changes are temporary.
Corbett in his statement asked for customers' patience, adding, "the end result is a safer railroad for everyone."
The cancelled trains are Train 2300, the 4:49 a.m. from Bay Head to Hoboken; Train 2602, the 6:05 a.m. from Long Branch to Hoboken; Train 2312, the 2:05 p.m. from Bay Head to Hoboken; Train 3274, the 6:55 p.m. from Long Branch to Penn Station New York (PSNY); Train 2303, the 2:12 from Hoboken to Bay Head; Train 2607, the 4:55 from Hoboken to Long Branch; Train 2313, the 6:21 p.m. from Hoboken to Bay Head.
Weekend service will not be effected.
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