By DAVID PORTER, Associated Press, U.S. News & World Report; April 10, 2018
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Some New Jersey Transit rail commuters will soon find themselves riding on another state’s rail cars as the embattled agency seeks to alleviate overcrowding on its 12 lines.
NJ Transit has finalized a deal to lease 10 rail cars from the Maryland Transit Administration’s MARC commuter rail service and expects to have them delivered “very shortly,” NJ Transit Executive Director Kevin Corbett said on Tuesday. NJ Transit said it generally uses 848 rail cars to operate 128 trains each weekday to meet its ridership demand.
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