Who is the idiot that authorized the nj transit app update by making it a "trip planner" that…read morestarts at my house. NJ transit doesn't stop at my house.

Everything needs improvement! These trains are almost never on time. I mean their on time…read moreperformance is less than 1%. As passengers, we've refused to pay after the train that runs once an hour is cancelled and we have to wait for the next train which is usually late! Trains are run once an hour on lines with significant ridership and at stops with close proximity to NYC. The train will be delayed in transit by a guaranteed 7 minutes minimum. My "25 minute commute" into the city is rarely less than 40. If a train is late by more than 10 minutes, it's removed from the app and taken off the boards at stations with no explanation. At a busy station like New York Penn (NYP), that's a problem because now you have to listen for announcements and if you don't hear the announcement about the train, you miss it! Also, a train can be super late and if it remains in the app or pops back in by some miracle of God, the app says it's "on time". It's not on time. It's never on time. Diesel trains from the 1960s and 70s with wood paneling are still run by NJ TRANSIT. these trains don't have enough seating for rush hour but are consistently used. You can't board certain cars which at NYP is almost all of them which forces you to often walk nearly the entire length of the train just to find open doors through which to board. This also means that you have to walk the length of the train to find an available seat on the often underequipped trains. There's no signage at NYP showing which direction the train is leaving out of or even 7th Avenue and 8th Avenue like LIRR HAS, which means you have a 50/50 shot of sitting in the right place for your stop. Hazardous stations with crumbling stairs and no escalators are normal for NJ Transit. How you have elevated trains with no escalator, no functioning elevator, AND crumbling stairs is something I will never understand. Also, the station rooms for passengers to stay warm/cool have been permanently closed at some stops with elevated platforms. During FIFA match days, you can't get around Secaucus via public transport AT ALL because all the buses are routed to FIFA stadium. and the only trains that stop at Secaucus are for people going to the match (there's a separate line and boarding procedure for these trains that only run from NYP so you can't just get on it). So if you work there, good luck. During the most recent heat wave and following thunderstorms, my line lost service for 4+ days. And when it resumed, it was still running with "modified service" which translates to a train every 1-1.5 hours during rush hour. The app is trash. Can't even activate an adult and child ticket at the same time anymore. And the app suggests you buy tickets you seldom buy but the ones you buy most frequently are not in the suggested ticket section. Why?! It also requires you to run location services to function and runs location services as long as you have an activated ticket, which drains the phone battery. The buses have this ticket system that is zone based but you have to buy the ticket for the correct route and number of zones, which you have to figure out SEPARATELY because the app is trash. Ticket takers can be cool but there is definitely a percentage that walk through like prison guards announcing "tickets out". But given that it's NJ Transit, the trains feel like prison so they're just a reflection of the environment. Did I mention that the trains are rarely ever on time? I would give NJ transit negative 3,562 stars if I could. Don't move somewhere that you rely on NJ Transit to get around. You won't get there fast, if at all.

Amtrak comes in and a bit early, too, about 15min early and boarding - the sign wasn't updated as…read morequickly. Straightforward getting on and coming off at the station, though late-night coming back they close some of the doors and you end up taking an elevator down with some of the heavier luggage. Food on the trains is limited - Acela had a train car that was some sandwiches, light snacks, and airport prices. It is nice to walk around, bathroom was pretty clean (and big in the car), the open door was a little noisy on the train trip back (regular not Acela), and the spacing for seats with a table was too crowded for leg space. Footsie is an understatement there. Get regular seats and just use the back of the seat unless you're a family of four.

On Tuesday, I rode Amtrak from Newark, NJ to Raleigh, NC on a Carolinian train. It was a good trip…read more This was the first time I'd taken Amtrak this far before. Coach seating was much roomier than I thought it would be. You've got an adjustable foot ledge, a fold up table, and nearby electrical sockets. I didn't know what to expect from the cafe car. Amtrak offers a variety of menu items. I got a spicy chicken banh mi and a diet soda. I ate at one of the dining booths and looked out the window at the moving views. In D.C. the train switches from electricity to diesel, so for about 30 minutes the conductors turn off all the lights and everything - cafe cart, bathrooms, etc. are closed. You can step out of the car to stretch your legs, but most people in my car stayed inside. Also, there was an hour when the cafe was closed because that's when all Amtrak employees can take their break. I didn't have any checked baggage, so I put my carry-ons on the above head storage. Easy. Overall, the Amtrak ride was a good experience and I would do it again.

I never got the hatred towards the Newark Airport AirTrain that connects the Northeast Corridor NJ…read moreTransit train line to the airport. I've always found the service smooth and convenient allowing me to spare my car the potential barbarism of long-term parking and the equally egregious cost. You get off NJ Transit, hop on and within minutes you're at any terminal at EWR. Are there occasional glitches and disruptions? Sure. However, driving the Turnpike from Central Jersey can be a delay-ridden white knuckle ride... to say nothing of the larcenous tolls. At the moment New Jersey is replacing the AirTran with an entirely new line to the tune of multiple billions. I can't wait for the outcry after the first delay. Nine figure solutions are not guarantees of anything in The Garden State. Five stars for pretending that they are.

Years ago, when my family and I first moved to New Jersey, my children were still little. Every…read moretrip to the airport began the same way--with a ride on the AirTrain from the parking garage. And somehow, I managed to convince all of them that there was a man sitting up front, driving the train. Whenever one of them began questioning my story, the recorded voice would come over the PA system. "Listen," I'd tell them. "The driver is talking." For a while, that was all the proof they needed. As they got older, of course, they became harder to fool. One day, when I could see the doubt written all over their faces, I pointed toward the front of the train. "If nobody is driving," I asked, "why does it have a windshield wiper?" My youngest daughter studied it for a moment and finally said, "That makes sense." I think that bought me another year. But childhood has a way of slipping away whether we're ready for it or not. Eventually, the AirTrain driver joined Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and the Tooth Fairy among those wonderful things my children no longer believed in. The years passed. Yet whenever I return and ride that same AirTrain, something happens. The familiar recorded voice comes over the speakers: "Please remove all personal items before leaving the train." And for just a moment, I'm back there. My children are small again. Their hands are wrapped tightly around the railing, and they're watching the tracks with complete seriousness, worried that the mysterious man up front might somehow drive us right off them. I can almost hear their voices. Then another announcement comes over the speaker: "We are approaching the station." And just like that, I'm back in the present. I look at my watch and wonder if my daughter's flight is on time. It has been a full year since I've seen her. Only now, she isn't that little girl riding beside me anymore. She's arriving with a little girl of her own. As I wait for them and search the crowd for their faces, I find myself smiling. Maybe some things get to come around twice. And I wonder: Will my granddaughter believe me when I tell her there's a man sitting up front, driving the Newark AirTrain?

I wouldn't recommend the y'all to even carry dogsi have been left stranded on more than 2…read moreoccasions, it costs $105 to cancel, there's no policy that changes dates just always have to be forced to cancel and once the bus leaves you the wait to get another bus is anywhere from 6 to 10 hours, makes no sense reaching out to customer service, they will only tell u what their policies are and are less than likely to help

My bus was scheduled for 6am, it is now 6:30am and the bus has yet to arrive. The Greyhound station…read moredoes not open until 8am which makes it difficult to find assistance.

A VERY busy busy Train Station! Pay attenrion, secure your…read morestuff and trust your instincts if your traveling alone at night. I use this Station when visiting friends in Jersey or flying out of Newark. (Its cheaper here) Friendly staff. Trains always run on time.

I took the PATH train from Newark Penn Station to WTC and I entered from one of the Market Street…read moreentrances that took me directly to the tracks. Make sure you check the monitors first to find which set of stairs to take since they all led to different ones and backtracking will take time. I missed seeing the Art Deco main hall which I should've known. It would've been a lot nicer versus the questionable stairwell (looks and smell) I climbed. No staff was around when I got to the track level so I found the monitors with train schedules and went from there. All track entrances used tap to pay so that made it easier to use the train. Trains left on time and I missed boarding by a few seconds due to someone having technical difficulties in front. However there were frequent trains to WTC so didn't have to wait long. It was only $3.25 to reach the WTC station. Besides local trains and buses, Amtrak also used this station to connect to the rest of the east coast.

They shouldn't be allowed to tout their "free WIFI". Sometimes it's slow and most the time time…read moreit's non existent. False advertising. THE END. Knock knock knock Is this thing on? I doubt it. They're not going to read this nor do they care. We'll just keep on riding them until they get nudged out by a competitor (ahem megabus) If you know better, you should do better.

We had one good experience and one bad experience. Newark Penn Station has a fatal flaw in the…read moreschedule. The bus is scheduled to leave at 7:15. However, it is consistently over an hour late. It is now 8:20 and the bus has still not arrived. All of the regulars told us that this same delay happens every week. Every. Single. Week. This doesn't sound fair to the drivers and is also not fair to passengers. If your bus is always late, change the booking time. Put up a sign that this bus is usually late. There's nothing worse than wastes time, and Bolt Bus dropped the ball big time.

Used this station several times while staying at the Element hotel, which is right next to the…read morestation. First time ever using this station and it was a breeze, very easy to simply scan a credit card and get in. As for the station, much cleaner than Penn Station. Overall - I enjoyed using the PATH trains from this station!

Yes it's very clean the staff are friendly and very helpful. And the train arrives on time .read more

The one thing I would say about this trip and I don't know if it's a changed policy, but the…read moreconductor/worker on my departure never announced any of the STOPS. I literally had to move my SEAT to visually see the various designated stop signs. That was a hassle I would like for you not to do that. I'll be skeptical about riding the MNBTN line again. Oh, and I was not in a quiet car, btw.

The trains are DISGUSTING!! Absolutely filthy, the windows are so thick with grime you cannot see…read moreout. It's appalling how they are allowed to operate like this and keep getting increases. ABSOLUTE GARBAGE. SHAME ON YOU AND YOUR WORKERS.

Newark Broad St. Station is hub that makes it major station on NJ Transit line. Far away it has a…read moredistinct look and commands attention from viewing it blocks away in town or as you shoot by it driving on 280. Some of the complaints in other reviews are founded with it being a hub stationand the fact that some of the more underprivileged, Inhabit the area.The reason being there is the lack of police precense, I blame the lack of development in the area. The old infamous Lincoln motel and club was demolished which was right across the street from the station which attracted many. Also the Newark Bears minor leaugue baseball folded and the stadium sits unused- this being just a short walk from the station as well and created a large presence as well. When you come to Newark Broad st. Station from any nearby area you'll see there is virtually nothing there anymore. It's desolate. Hopefully as Newark improves, attention will be given to the station and More significantly-- the area surrounding it as the station is pretty 'naked' now. Other than these issues. Newark Broad St. Station is broad with history as it still stands while so many structures around it havent.

It's a hot wait on a summer day but they do have some indoor waiting areas. Trains here to NY and…read moreHoboken, don't confuse this with Newark Penn Station, though. Lots of transfers here. Close to the 280 highway.

Always on time, helpful and so professional. After difficult flights and busy airports it's so nice…read moreto see the team ready to go as soon as you exit the airport. Cars are always immaculate and stocked with water. Drivers are safe and do a great job rain, snow or sunshine!

Rude over the phone picked up other passengers on my route to the train missed the trainread more