"Alerts blamed the cancellations on "originally scheduled crew availability at the time of departure, resulting from the Portal Bridge cutover schedule. That schedule, which started Sunday reduced regularly scheduled weekday service by 178 trains to allow Amtrak construction crews to complete the process to move one of two Northeast Corridor line tracks to the New Portal North Bridge. That process started Sunday and continues until March 15."
"In an apology to riders posted on X and Facebook, NJ Transit officials blamed the cancellations on the contractual process locomotive engineers use to select new assignments which happens when rail schedules change. This time, the issue is all schedules of all engineers, trainmen and conductors have to be changed for the cutover, said NJ Transit CEO Kris Kolluri. Normally the twice-a-year schedule changes affect far fewer workers, and union workers have a 48-hour period to bid on new assignments, officials said."
NJ Transit canceled 27 trains on the first day of a month-long reduction to put one track of the new Portal Bridge into service. Most cancellations occurred Sunday morning with a few in the afternoon. The North Jersey Coast Line saw 10 canceled trains and the Northeast Corridor saw nine, including the Princeton Shuttle; Morris & Essex, Montclair-Boonton and Raritan Valley Lines also experienced cancellations. The cutover reduced weekday service from 332 trains to 178 trains and runs through March 15. Cancellations were linked to the contractual crew assignment process requiring all engineers, trainmen and conductors to pick new bids, and NJ Transit apologized and suggested remote work when possible.
Read at nj
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]