A person buys his NJ Transit ticket at Newark-Penn Station, in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., May 20, 2025. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
(New York, New York) – Commuters who depend on NJ Transit are growing increasingly frustrated with chronic delays, cancellations and unreliable service that have become all too common on trains and buses across New Jersey. Riders say trains frequently run late or are canceled outright, turning what should be a routine commute into unpredictable and stressful travel — sometimes adding hours to their day.
Many point to aging infrastructure, ongoing maintenance work, and shared track problems with Amtrak as reasons for persistent disruptions, with overhead wire issues and construction-related schedule changes regularly slowing service.
Commuters feel squeezed by rising fares and a lack of reliable alternatives, saying they deserve a transit system that gets them to work and home on time without repeated headaches.
Tuesday morning, riders were left stranded at stations while trains were too full to pick up rides, and other trains rans late or were cancelled. 77’s James Flippin was personally impacted by this, and had a lot to say about it…
NJ Transit continues to struggle following the massive winter storm — commuters waited in the dangerous cold for a train that wasn’t even taking passengers.@xjamesflippin reports from Brick Church station in East Orange, NJ pic.twitter.com/d0s1t7Tcsw
— TalkRadio 77 WABC (@77WABCradio) January 27, 2026
