The agency continues to address a continuing shortage of locomotive engineers, as well as equipment availability, as PTC installations and testing continues.
The station connects Princeton University's campus to the Northeast Corridor rail line via Princeton Junction station, with easy access to New York and Philadelphia.
The Surface Transportation Board ruled in July that New Jersey Transit is exempt from federal oversight. Two lawsuits filed by residents and the group Save the Dinky are still active at the New Jersey Appellate Division level.
The petition was put forward by the New Jersey and NARP after the university decided to construct a new Dinky station south of its original location due to the Arts and Transit Project.
While train ridership between Princeton and Princeton Junction went down by 12.3%, overall transit ridership increased at the university in September and October, compared to the same months last year.
Said university was within its rights to move the Dinky station approximately 500 feet south because it had received the necessary approvals from NJ Transit.
Princeton University has planned for the relocation of the station as part of its $300 million arts neighborhood.
NJ Transit acquired a small parcel needed for realigning the tracks of the Dinky train that connects the campus with Princeton Junction.
The estimated cost has increased by 10% to $330 million. Work on the project has already begun.
The memorandum finds a way to preserve and improve a link to the northeast corridor rail line; improving Princeton transportation, bikeability and pedestrian safety; and providing the university with the opportunity to build its new $300M arts campus.
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