Plans call for retiring 176 single level rail cars by 2020 and replacing them with 113 multi-levels, Lavell said. Still to be designed is a self powered multi-level car which would replace the aging Arrow III electric cars. On the rail side, officials hope to replace the current five different types of rail cars now in the fleet with two types by 2040, both of which would be multi-level cars, Lavell said. "We're seeking to balance ridership demands with the most efficient bus." "It's a factor in how to deal with a bus terminal that's at capacity," Martin said. Doing that will allow NJ Transit to decrease the total number of rail cars it owns from 1,124 to 1,050 cars by 2020, but increase the number of available seats by 6 percent, hesaid.Ī 12 car train of single level Arrow III cars has 1,380 seats while a 12 car multi-level train has 1,522 seats, he said.Ī similar plan for the bus operation would replace the current 40-foot-long cruiser buses in service with 45-foot-long buses which would provide 8 more seats per bus, and increase over all seating capacity by 7 percent when the cruiser bus fleet is replaced, Martin said.īoth strategies are intended to address projected increases in trans-Hudson ridership to and from New York, where the aging Port Authority Bus Terminal and Penn Station are at capacity. Plans call for NJ Transit to replace all of it's single level rail cars by 2020 with multi-level cars which have capacity to haul more people, Lavell said. Lavell, general manager of rail operations, both who were permanently appointed to the positions they've had in an acting capacity since March. Martin, vice president and general manager of NJ Transit bus operations, and Robert M. NEWARK – NJ Transit's newly appointed bosses of rail and bus operations hit the ground running after their appointment Wednesday, detailing plans to replace single level rail cars with multi-level cars, which are more popular with riders, and buying 1,388 new cruiser buses to replace those now on suburban routes.
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