NJ Transit, Amtrak service back on track
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With the first World Cup soccer game three months away at MetLife Stadium, NJ Transit's Transitway system will be completed by mid-May.
Overhead wire problems at the Portal Bridge forced the suspension of some NJ Transit and Amtrak trains Friday.
The new structure replaces the 116-year-old Portal Bridge, which had to swing open every time boats passed by in a maneuver that caused delays for train riders.
An NJ Transit pilot program has installed new bus stop signs that will use AI to collect customer data. It will also display real time arrival data.
A pedestrian was struck and killed early Friday by an NJ Transit train in Essex County, authorities said. The person was hit about 1 a.m. by Train 422 on the Gladstone Branch of the Morris & Essex Line,
NJ Transit President Kris Kolluri spoke with CBS News New York's Chris Wragge and Mary Calvi after a downed wire at the Portal Bridge snarled the morning commute.
NewsCopter 7 was over the northbound side of the turnpike just past Newark Liberty International Airport, where flames could be seen erupting from a bus.