Massive Amtrak, NJ Transit delays
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- čas přidán 21. 05. 2024
- Downed overhead wires are causing massive delays for both Amtrak and NJ Transit trains during rush hour on Wednesday evening.
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Uber is so ridiculous, charging 100$ to drive like 20 mins
Yes Lyft as well
A Fox viewer dislikes capitalism. Who knew?
Y’all wanted this. Y’all destroyed the taxi market and let in Uber. There’s nobody to blame but you
Uber price gouging needs to be banned. $400 for a ride across the Hudson is INSANE.
That's what you get when train circuits are shorted out...
Ban Uber and Lyft!!! I bet you would like that. No one is forcing you to get an Uber or Lyft. Th epricing of Uber and Lyft is just like the stock market. If there is a demand then the price surges and if there is no demand, fare declines and normalizes.
@kanank13 OK boomer
If the price didn’t go up you’d be waiting as long for a car as you would for the train
No. Just take a cab
Two tunnels take EVERY train in and out of this city. During hurricane Sandy, these two tunnels completely flooded. They are both in EXTREME levels of disrepair. In May of 2014, Amtrak announced that by 2034 one or both tunnels would need to be shut down. This section was built in 1904, and the electrical supply lines were added in 1908. Since that day, minor daily repairs are all that have been completed. The electrical system is old, and when it goes out needs to be checked fuse by fuse by a person on the line. The tunnel itself is also crumbling and decaying, creating water leaks in particular areas.
They were asking for assistance in 2014, and were ignored. NYS began plans immediately. Creating two new tunnels that run parallel to these two. When they open, closing these two for a full renovation and repair. This would mean that we would end with 4 functioning tunnels, and a lot less daily stress.
This was placed in front of the funding approval board for NY, NJ, AMTRAK, and the Federal Government in 2017, 2019, 2020, and 2021. They hit a MAJOR SNAG, New Jersey doesn’t want to pay. The tunnel does come out onto their land, but they disagreed with every amount proposed. In 2022 The USDOT, AMTRAK, and state of NY HAD to move forward without funding approval from NJ. If NY goes into debt, it’s better than a tunnel collapsing as people are entering or leaving our city.
Now, the new tunnels have been under construction- they are still about 8 years from being completed. It may sound awful, but it is my genuine belief that everything is done EFFICIENTLY, and calmly regarding these two tunnels. If ANYONE has a problem with the fact that they are malfunctioning, then they haven’t been paying attention. They should call their NJ state representatives.
If you think ANYONE is going to jump through a hoop just to, what, get you home? Grow up. It’s not going to happen.
Needed to be funded federally, entire NEC should have received like 20x what it ever has for the past 20+ years. Then all of this would be smoother, faster and far more reliable.
His wife isn't answering his calls? 1:15 poor guy
Wait for congestion pricing takes effect hell will break loose
Good. NJTransit should fix their damn infrastructure but no let’s put 10Billilm for turnpike
what NY needs is a high speed rail over the hudson
It's coming. Amtrak will rebuild most of their 50 year old trackage, thanks to a diesel Federal funding.
@pacmantravel2158 it better be coming
Because I am getting tired of those amfleets in preference to a boxy asthtetic (Siemens)
@@alexanderip1003 Those Airo trains are gorgeous! I can't wait to ride in them. While I do love the Amfleets, yeah.... they gotta go soon. I haven't found any video of any new cafe cars.
It’s going to get worse after congestion pricing starts next month.
Path over 33rd is pack. So is Port Authority. What do you do?
Check the Path over WTC. If packed, take a ferry service over to Hoboken (and probably better off). Pay the $10 to save 2 hours.
True...but some are too lazy n figure if they leave it would reatore service...lol
And I know for a fact in the NJ Transit waiting area, there’s nowhere to sit except on the floor. All the benches were taken out years ago. It stinks that Uber price gouges at times like these, too.
Why did they take the benches out?
Fascist anti-homeless bs
@@retroguy9494 Homeless people were sleeping on them all the time. I think that in that new annex to Grand Central Station, there’s no benches there either.
also....another fare hike is on the way....thanks.
It’s like that in the UK when overhead wires are down or stolen and it causes lots of delays and disruptions to rail services.
This is exactly why I took a pay cut NOT to work in New York City. That place is a death trap if something goes wrong. Best decision I ever made.
It’s goin to get so much worse! U made the right decision!
Amtrak sucks. I took the 11:40am train on 2/25/2024 from Miami to NY and was supposed to arrive about 730pm on 2/26/2024. Did not arrive until almost midnite because of delays (freight train broke down about an hour after leaving Miami) and one of the sleeper cars catching on fire as it approached the DC station. They kept everyone on the train for about one and half hours and would not give us any information unless asked. The major problems for Amtrak is the tracks that are used does not belong to them but to the freight train companies and the government pays to use these lines. The frieght trains have prioprity over Amtrak. In other words if there are several frieght trains on a certain line along with Amtrak at the same time, Amtrak has to wait until those trains pass before continuing. That's one main reason why they're always behind schedule. The second, Amtrak is still stuck in 1970s and no effort by the Fed or State governments to improve. If the train engine is turned off as it was in DC, there is no way to flush the toilets and air conditioning does not work. It also ran out of water for the toilets, so imagine being on a train from DC to NY Penn Station and smelling the toilets.
Wait till this is done deliberately Just shows we could never go all electric
Although I wasn't there, it shouldn't be that hard to take the 1 train from 34th Street-Penn Station to WTC Cortlandt, then get on the PATH from there to Newark Penn or Hoboken unless NJTransit train services got very messed up even from those stations in NJ from staging like over 70% of their trains at Sunnyside yard for the evening rush and got trapped in NYC because of Amtrak's emergency tunnel closures.
It's Amtrak not Union Pacific.
You know they have diesel locomotives that don't need electricity right?
Amtrak uses tracks in common with other trains.
@@marilynsue4273 who said they didn't?
My guess is that the downed wires are affecting the signals. They won't run the trains without the signals for safety reasons.
Most, but not all, of the NJ Transit trains are electric.
@@retroguy9494 They did not mention that. The whole NE corridor is electric, I believe from Philly up.
@@joshuapaul349 Well, it was just a thought which kind of makes sense to me.
Is the whole NE corridor electrified now? Granted it's been like 25 years, but it used to be that if you wanted to take NJ Transit to the shore, at some point you needed to change trains to a diesel because the electric only went so far down.
This is why you should advocate for multimodal bridges that can accept pedestrians walking or riding their bike for free.
Uber price gouging should be criminal!
the whole metro area needs 2 more road and rail tunnels and 3 more bridges.
When sh*t breaks in or around NYC it snowballs and takes forever to fix. There is no redundancy.
Congestion pricing is going to cause nothing but chaos in the streets.
Even for NJ Transit? Anything is bad for NJ Transit.
The Japanese that I once worked with could not believe our sad little mass commuter trasportation system.
There should be third rails added to these tracks if just in case power lines go down, there at least could be backup electricity.
If the lines are down on the tracks the trains physically can’t go because theyll run over it
@@cornkopp2985 Well for that case yeah. Damn I lost my train of thought, well at least if power lines were up but not working but third rails provided, that would still be a possible backup alternative.
Another reason why we need the new tunnel and portal bridge
Happens every year per summer, when it hit 100 plus degrees and once in the winter. when will they construct the second tunnel.
I was caught in this shit pie in Philly. Amtrak was down afte 4 today. I ubered from philly to Newark. Had get the hell on
uber and lyft drivers in nyc pay commercial insurance which is HIGH i dont blame surge pricing at all. drivers work hard just as all commuters do.
2:30 is that a minecraft villager
Why don’t you stop!
America needs to down in on the nations mass commuter railroad system! This should be the cheapest, quickest, and most reliable way to get to our destinations. Our system is a shame compared to what other nations around the world have!
For those who hate trains. Well, when this happens and the trains disappear, the highways become so saturated that no one can enter or leave New York. And even if the highway had two million lanes it would still be jammed (although with a highway that big there would be no buildings to go to). This is what happens when you ignore public transportation for decades.
I find public transportation amazing. Sorry you commuters are having a bad day. Thank You For Your Services!! Hope you’re home safe.
Did you see the highway working fine in the aerial view? Trains are worthless.
This breakfast sandwich is delicious!
I could just take the bus at Port Authority instead...lucky I have a lightweight electric scooter to do just that!
Buy and own one becquse you need a backup in case this happens!
What the hell happened ? Might tell us
Natasha looking fly 💕
They should’ve got some diesel trains as backup
From what I’ve heard the limited ventilation in tunnels and stations would make it difficult to legally pull off
And NJ Transit expects *_me_* to pay increased fares so that it covers a major budget gap?!? After last night??? Over my dead, covid-plague body!
I think I'm gonna start learning how to drive. I'm not too old to start.
Couldn’t passengers walk to PATH train, or NY Ferry?
I am glad I no longer live in NJ and take this to get into NYC. When Chris Christie canceled in 2010 the ARC project because if cost too much going from $8 million to $12 million in 2010 which would have built another tunnel under the river, replaced the bridge leading to it, and upgraded some tracks and then Hurricane Sandy hit - it made the existing infrastructure even less reliable and travel between the two states deteriorate more. Now with the new $16 billion project upgrade the region with a new tunnel (building off of the partially built canceled tunnel), new bridge, and new track it won't be for another few years before it is all replaced with new, modern equipment unimpacted by salt water from hurricane damage. It is going to be bad for a few more yrs.
The new construction will be shoddy and less reliable than what we have now. Look at rail transit across the entire nation. Even newly-built systems are failing daily.
@@jaylewis5035 Actually, I can point to plenty of examples where this is not true. Think of the rail corridor between Providence, RI and Boston, MA. They made that a straight, high speed rail line that is still operational today built in the early 1990s. They rebuilt a bridge in CT when it collapsed in 1995 killing a dozen people. It is still standing today. The Skyway Bridge near Tampa collapsed when a tanker crashed into it in 1980. It was rebuilt 5 years later and is still standing today. It is possible to build things well - just the effort has to be made to do so.
Too crowded - best thing to do is for several folks to look at renting a large SUV/van. Next option if you have a true friend in NJ is to rent the vehicle there and drive in to pick them up as it will be much cheaper than competing with the hordes at Penn.
Just hit the Blarney Stone and get hammered...
To bad no diesel trains.
The city is not playing their bills lol
That's what you get when train circuits are shorted out...
And the MTA wants to cram congestion pricing down our throats?
Better walk over 2 33rd and catch that path train.idc how long the line is
2:00
Stolen copper again?
@A3Kr0n My reflex thought was that the ironically-named Just Stop Oil bunch (their efforts to discredit environmentalists imply backing from fossil-fuel firms) sabotaged the wires.
How about walk home?.
BUILD THE TUNNEL NOW!
No Jersey (NJ) Transit again!
Gotta love electric locomotives instead of locomotives with portable independent power generators on board.
What type of generators?
NJ transit has diesel trains. Two lines use Diesel trains. The problem is that the downed lines means no signals. So from Newark to NYC there's no signal for trains to know if it's safe enough to move forward.
Feel sorry 😞 for the njtransit commuters 😮😮😮😮😮😮 1:49
All nj transit has to go through Newark Penn. Unless they still have path. But they still have to get to Newark to get on the non electric lines like Raritan Valley lines and many could Uber lyft or bus from the stations. But since I don't what is running. If nj transit wants the fare increases they better start earning it. This is getting ridiculous.
Just get the ny water way and get to Hoboken
Its madness , I've actually taken the 1.22 am one time to NJ , I got home at 8 am 😂.
Granted, its been close to 30 years since I've had to take the train into NYC for work. But I NEVER went through Newark Penn. My train used to stop at Newark Broad Street.
Not all lines go through Newark Penn, some go through Newark Broad street. The problem is when they leave Newark Broad street and enter on the Northeast corridor line toward Secaucus that's where they have the line problem.
@@frenchchicken2799 Yea that's what I said yesterday. My train used to go through Broad Street Station.
Catch a cab to Newark, then Uber...
No one wants to pay taxes for infrastructure until stuff like this happens
Get battery-powered trains!
Go home and relax, people - take a nice day off - no problem! The world does not depend on you anyway.
Amtrak is complete garbage. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday same garbage
buy Uber and Lyft shares.
I don't mean this comment to be racist but rather just an observation. 30/35 years ago, I used to take the train into NYC for work. I'm a bit surprised to see that there are almost NO white people waiting in that station!
If that wait is much longer, people should just go back to work and sleep there because by the time they get home, it will be close to having to go back in again!
Most Indians now
I would just hate life there
Now you cant save tickets for transit it expires in 30 days they getting greeder everyday just for this smh
That doesn’t start until July
@@Keither754 ye in the peak of all this shit. July is the worst for NJ transit and so is the winter. Downed lines, or storms taking down lines. And in the winter half the lines get delayed due to freeze warning, frozen tracks. Low equipment etc.
@@Keither754 wow it doesn’t start until July you hear that guys
RATHER RIDICULOUS. SORRY MY KEYBOARD IS DYING.
2:27 Amtrak owns the tracks, not NJTransit…also, Governor Murphy is a large part of the reason why we are FINALLY getting infrastructure upgrades and improvements. Most of the neglect came from Governor Chris Christie who scrapped the original Gateway project.
🙄
Yeah, this wouldn't happen almost at all in most Asian countries with its excellent train systems. Definitely not as frequently as it does with NJTransit/Amtrak
Take the path lol
They don't know.. some know but leaving can restore service especially if they already paid the ticket lol
1:45 the PATH system was likely over crowded because of all of the NJTransit disruptions
Some ppl are just dumb and wait at penn go and a drink and watch the notifications if trains are running
PATH was crowded and many times the trains were delayed like 10 minutes. PATH trains especially at night get delayed heavily.
When the liberals run everything lol
You must’ve forgotten about that mess Republican governor Chris Christie created on the George Washington Bridge a few years ago
Yup, yet they don't realize it. Smaller percentages are conservative and plan ahead/save. Smaller percentages care about overpopulation.
Conservatives don't vote for any public transit - they don't want to pay for it.
And when conservatives won't fund anything LOL.
You poor miserable soul not realizing conservatives don’t give af about you either LOL
Build a real freeway system.
Welcome to Joe Bidens build back better
Wasn't Biden going to build an underground railroad with his bare hands from DC to Chicago?
What does DC to Chicago have to do with Newark Penn Station NJ to NYC?
What happens when Amtrak supports Biden
We have ALL SUFFERED from Amtrak chaos and delays--many times! And sometimes their staff people are so rude and defensive about THEIR problems. European trains are so easy to use and deal with, but we can only DREAM about them over here in God-Bless America with its rat-infested rotting infrastructure and poorly-trained staff. AND, these incompetents NOW want to raise fares for their all-too-often lousy service! Capitalism works badly in America; we need some efficient Scandinavian democratic socialism to clean up our persistent problems.
Enjoying capitalism yet?
Wow. Electric down do to Storm. How would people charge there electric cars when you cant even ride on a train.
Stupid decisions.
Battery cars different from trains that draw power from overhead wires
Can you define the term "educated" and other viewers can you see the connection of this word to the comment I am replying to?
Call an Uber
Hahaha stay in jersey!!! 😂😂😂😂😂 bye