{"id":11759,"date":"2015-07-18T01:39:20","date_gmt":"2015-07-18T05:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=11759"},"modified":"2015-07-19T04:52:33","modified_gmt":"2015-07-19T08:52:33","slug":"riding-nj-transit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/riding-nj-transit\/","title":{"rendered":"Riding NJ Transit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Taking the train is part of the experience.<\/p>\n

Ride a line once, and it\u2019s an adventure!\u00a0Ride the line every day and it can become drudgery.<\/p>\n

In June, I made an adventure of riding NJ Transit.<\/p>\n

My trip was thoroughly pleasant and without incident, except for my brief conversation with an unnecessarily surly NJT conductress at Secaucus, \u201cThe SIGN <\/em>is over THERE!\u201d (Gosh! Forgive me for neither knowing the routine nor how to interpret NJT\u2019s train color coding on platform B).<\/p>\n

Ok ok, after all there\u2019s a reputation to be maintained here, I understand.<\/p>\n

But, perhaps NJ Transit could take a few tips from the Belgian national railways when it comes to employee uniforms, customer service, and timetable planning. (All top marks for the SNCB based on my experiences).<\/p>\n

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Hoboken.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Rutherford.\"<\/a>
Rutherford.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"Seat_check_at_Suffern_P1250889\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Signals<\/a>
Signals at Suffern.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"New<\/a>
New York City as viewed from Secaucus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Meet<\/a>
Meet on the Gladstone Branch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Probably<\/a>
Probably not the cheapest ticket I ever bought, but an interesting routing none-the-less.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Dual<\/a>
Dual mode at Newark Pennsylvania Station.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Top<\/a>
Top level of a bi-level car.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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