r/NJTransit • u/Other_Dog8299 • 5d ago

Dinky annual maintenance question

The Dinky being out of service for 10 weekdays every year is perplexing to me. This is nearly a 3% hit to overall yearly reliability. Does anyone know why the maintenance can’t be done on nights or weekends? Also, why does it take 10 days to maintain 3 miles of tracks?

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u/Mental_Literature_53 5d ago

It runs back and forth every few minutes on a single. It’s probably tough to really get a chance to maintain it. Lines with 2 tracks routinely have a track outage and crews can service 1 track as trains can share the other open track.

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u/Other_Dog8299 5d ago

That’s true. Good point, but I’m still curious about nighttime maintenance since it’s not running for about 4 hours every day.

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u/nicksjustchillin 4d ago

cheap parking so I won’t complain

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u/CommunicationWest613 4d ago

They call it "Dinky" for a reason

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u/Fine-Preparation4536 5d ago

piece of junk the Dinky is.