by Steampowered
Is there a way for people to know when an NJT train is due into Penn station NYC. I usually tell them look up newark and add 10 mins. But is there an offical arrival train screen ?
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Head-end View wrote:The NJT schedule for eastbound trains on today's date (Sun. 6/21) shows a running time of 20-30 minutes from Newark Penn to New York Penn depending on the particular train. Seems longer than I would have expected. However, the weekday schedule for westbound trains show a more reasonable 18-22 minutes.Part of the extra minutes eastbound is likely due to padding so NJT can report a somewhat better on-time performance.
Steampowered wrote:Is there a way for people to know when an NJT train is due into Penn station NYC. I usually tell them look up newark and add 10 mins. But is there an offical arrival train screen ?SP:
DutchRailnut wrote:no, time wise its based on signal indications, Westbound the signals are better than restricting going out of terminal.That maybe true, however a 26 minute running time between SEC-NYP is not signal based. It has to do with single tracking overnight in the Hudson Tunnels.
Eastbound the train will get progressively worse signals as there will be either a red or bumping block at end of its trip.
so the schedule reflects that.
MACTRAXX wrote:SEC Customer Service has Monitors to know exactly where the trains are between Newark and New York. I'm friends with one of the people that work in that office.Steampowered wrote:Is there a way for people to know when an NJT train is due into Penn station NYC. I usually tell them look up newark and add 10 mins. But is there an offical arrival train screen ?SP:
You can inquire about arriving trains at NYP at the Customer Service Office in the NJT section adjacent to the Ticket Office during the hours that it is open...
MACTRAXX