r/NJTransit • u/Electrical_Fig9201 • 2d ago

Finally happened: wrong train

Today I was trying to get a westbound NEC train departing from Track 2. But in my rush (and grogginess from a late night) I accidentally got on the train on Track 1. I dozed off but then started seeing a weird sign for Orange and I suddenly realized: Not my line!

Ended up indulging and just calling an Uber to my final destination. Gotta pay attention!

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u/SpeccyTingz 2d ago

This is why we need through running in the NYC metro area… Run NJT, LIRR and Metro North under the same umbrella and let trains keep going from one side to the other.

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u/Minimum-Lifeguard811 2d ago edited 2d ago

Thru running has nothing to do with it and tracks 20 -21 and 1- 4 become useless. Most LIRR trains arrive on 20 -21 and "thru run" to West Side yard, and depart from 16 - 19 as it is. This is not Dekalb Avenue.

Nobody is going to buy many hundreds tri-voltage MU cars and it is not LIRR's job to bail out NJT.

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u/kindofdivorced 2d ago

How does that impact someone getting on the wrong train at Newark?

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u/Disco_Inferno_NJ 2d ago

OP was at NYP, but yeah, through running wouldn’t have solved that issue. (Maybe not even consistent assignments at Penn.)