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In a presentation given to State Transportation Commissioner Richard Hammer, the agency gave a March 2017 date for the expected arrival of two PTC simulators for employee training and accelerated installation of PTC equipment in rail vehicles to start.
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Michael P. Kilcoyne has more than 30 years of transit industry experience, with an extensive background encompassing all aspects of bus operations, customer service, project management, and emergency response.
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The approval of a lease authorization by the board allows NJ TRANSIT to execute a lease agreement with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority for the last component of radio spectrum needed for its PTC system.
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In July 2016, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie had issued Executive Order No. 210 directing the immediate and orderly shutdown of all ongoing work funded under the TTFA.
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The agency opened six more tracks at 4 a.m. Monday. The agency also noted that the station's ticket office has resumed operations and all regularly scheduled trains are running.
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In addition, a man who had his finger partially ripped off during the accident is planning to sue the transit agency.
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Sen. Charles Schumer said that, while both railroads are making long-term plans to improve safety on the rails, there are short-term communications issues that can and must be dealt with on the heels of the NJT train crash in Hoboken just last week, which injured more than 100 and killed one person.
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In all, eight of the 17 tracks at the Hoboken Terminal were set to reopen Monday at the busy station where commuters connect with other trains and ferries heading into New York City.
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Officials said they will monitor overcrowding on the Main, Bergen, Port Jervis, and Pascack Valley lines and will deploy "additional capacity, when available, in selected areas" to relieve overcrowding.
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During a press briefing, NTSB officials said they expect the recorders will be able to provide investigators with “speed information, throttle positions, braking system information and about 100 other parameters.”
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