
Humiliated, the gentleman was ordered off the train by an

> held (at Newark) for a passenger to be arrested for failing to pay > announced over the public address system that the train was being > passenger repeated his story, but the conductor, now very angry, > again, or be thrown off the train at Newark and arrested. Regardless, the conductor demanded the gentleman pay > system, rather, he was the victim of another NJ Transit employee's > the inbound train had inadvertently taken the wrong ticket (the The passenger explained that the NJ Transit conductor on > demanded the passenger pay the full one-way fare and the $5 onboard > in this same party had handed him the inbound (New Brunswick-New > through the car collecting tickets, and he noticed that the gentleman > Shortly after departure from Manhattan, this same conductor came > justification for taking it out on NJ Transit customers who pay his Maybe the conductor was having a bad day, but that is no > City for the day, and like me, were on their way home after a long > four folks, who were infrequent transit riders, had gone into the It was a rather hostile welcome to NJ Transit. > times do I have to tell you?" Just once is fine, since she only > Brunswick, to which the Conductor rudely barked: "Yes!! How many

> had just asked the train conductor if our train stopped at New > gentleman, sat down across from me, and we exchanged pleasantries as > The train was very crowded, and since I had luggage with me, I wedged > leg of my trip home from the NRHS Convention in Fort Worth, Texas. > departure from Penn Station, New York, enroute to Rahway, as the last > On Tuesday, June 24, I caught NJ Transit train 3743, the 8:49 p.m. > NJ Transit demonstrated for this writer in late June.

Other agencies are not doing so well - as > agencies are responding well, despite crowded trains and customers > leaving their SUV's at home and opting for public transportaton. > systems are seeing huge ridership increases, with many new riders > With gasoline now over $4 a gallon, commuter rail and mass transit Editorial by Railpace President Tom Nemeth:
