NJ Transit

New Jersey Transit is now offering riders a convenient layer of safety with coronavirus spreading into the New Year. The transit agency tweeted photos Tuesday showing its new PPE vending machines that offer masks, gloves, hand sanitizer and other protective items.

New Jersey Transit has completed implementation of a federally required emergency braking system two weeks before a national deadline.

New Jersey Transit’s chief says he will meet a Dec. 31 deadline for installing a required emergency braking system, despite federal regulators’ singling the carrier out as the only railroad at risk of falling short and facing severe sanctions.

New Jersey Transit is supposed to have federally-mandated braking technology in place by the end of 2020, but the transit agency could be the only one in the country to miss the deadline.

Train service on the Pascack Valley Line was suspended Monday morning after a passenger vehicle was struck by a Hoboken-bound NJ Transit train. Transit officials said the train departed Spring Valley just before 7:40 a.m. and was meant to arrive in Hoboken by 8:50 a.m. Around 8:20 a.m., the train struck a car near the Essex Street Station, officials said….

Train traffic through an NJ Transit station was briefly stalled Tuesday as transit police, local authorities and wildlife officials worked to rescue a 70-pound bear cub that had climbed up a tree, the agency’s police department said. The NJ Transit police, working with teams from various other agencies, managed to safely remove the cub from the tree at the...

NJ Transit on Monday announced a pilot program for its mobile app that allows passengers preparing to board to see how many other passengers are riding their bus or train. Green, yellow and red color-coded icons will indicate light, medium or heavy ridership, the agency said. “This innovative feature on our mobile app is yet another tool for customers to…

A NJ Transit passenger experienced what happens when one tunes out a little too much – and ends up gets stuck in the rail yard, alone in an otherwise empty train for more than an hour, desperate for help

Bodycam footage shows an NJ Transit police officer performing CPR on a baby born at Newark Penn Station Tuesday.

New Jersey’s road to recovery took a step forward Monday with summer camps, summer school and New Jersey Transit ramping up, but it also took a step back as the coronavirus rate of transmission broke 1 for the first time in weeks.

NBC10’s Randy Gyllenhaal reports on an alarming data point in New Jersey. Gov. Phil Murphy isn’t planning on announcing any new coronavirus reopenings as the rate of transmission of COVID-19 has gone over 1 for the first time in weeks.

On Monday, restrictions on outdoor graduations, summer camps and certain sports lifted in New Jersey. NJ Transit is also ramping up rail service. NBC10’s Erin Coleman breaks down the restarts after coronavirus pauses.

NJ Transit released guidelines Tuesday detailing the critical steps being taken to protect its customers and employees during the reopening of New Jersey and the region, in anticipation of more riders returning to the transit system. These guidelines abide by “The Road Back”, New Jersey’s roadmap for restoring economic health through public health. The transportation agency is reinforcing a...

The plan’s major projects include elevating part of the century-old Hoboken rail terminal to protect against flooding, and repairing or replacing aging rail bridges, retaining walls and signals that contribute to regular delays

Three people died when a sedan and a New Jersey Transit bus crashed in South Jersey early Saturday morning. The crash happened around 12:30 a.m. along a busy stretch of Route 38 in Moorestown and left the two females and one male riding in the sedan dead at the scene, Moorestown Township Police Department Chief Lee Lieber said. Officials did…

At least three people died in Morristown, New Jersey, when an NJ Transit bus and a car collided on Route 38. NBC10’s Katy Zachry reports.

New Jersey Transit riders who don’t wear some sort of face covering won’t be allowed to board the trains, according to Gov. Phil Murphy. The strict rules to further enforce social distancing and to protect essential transit workers from contracting the coronavirus went into effect on Monday night following the governor’s executive order. “A face covering does not mean...

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced an expanded face mask policy, as well as a cap on ridership on both NJ Transit and private carriers amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Starting Monday night, New Jersey Transit bus drivers and train operators can deny riders entry if they don’t have a face covering. Other rules will require fewer riders on each vehicle. The rules are designed to keep essential workers who use transit safe. NBC10’s Drew Smith reports.