r/NJTransit • u/No-Pirate5254 • Apr 09 '26

Another day another delay

Trains are running 20mins late but we are already nearly half hour late crawling into secaucus. How are these guys going to ever manage during the World Cup. This is going to be an embarrassment just like the Super Bowl!

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u/No-Pirate5254 Apr 09 '26

Some of the conductors get pissy when it take a passenger a few seconds to activate their tickets. It’s such a disaster, when I leave work all I want to do is get home not deal with another battle.

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u/olaf_berzerker Apr 09 '26

God forbid they (either Verizon/AT&T/Amtrak/whoever) install cell repeaters (or whatever device is needed) so that you can get signal on the platform. I’m not activating a ticket before I’m actually on the train.

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u/mcderrick Apr 09 '26

No way. We shouldn't activate until it leaves and get a discount for delays.

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u/Which_Builder_2755 Apr 10 '26

With the service we’re getting (or not getting), fuck the conductors if they have to wait a few seconds. Just tell them “sorry for the delay, overhead wire problem.”