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Re: NJT conducting “Princeton Transitway Study” on Dinky ROW

Posted by JayZeeBMT on Tue Jan 21 08:19:20 2020, in response to Re: NJT conducting “Princeton Transitway Study” on Dinky ROW, posted by 3-9 on Tue Jan 21 05:40:10 2020.

I still don't understand what NJT's bias against MU cars really is, given the amount of electrified territory the system has. They should have ordered new MUs somewhere around 2005 or so, to accommodate the Arrows' end of useful life, and anticipate growth. Instead, they went with push/pull sets and locomotives, some of which (ALP-44) had an abbreviated service life.

If NJT actually had more MUs, the Dinky wouldn't even be a discussion. Buses don't have the service life trains do, and are more maintenance-intensive. Plus, as others have pointed out, buses aren't reliable, and have to negotiate traffic if the route extends beyond the Dinky ROW. People want their direct, cross-platform transfer to Princeton, and are unlikely to give that up for a bus.

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