Amtrak and NJ Transit joined New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy for a working summit ahead of the busy summer 2025 travel season in New Jersey and hoping to avoid another “Summer of Hell.”
During the meeting, Amtrak and NJ Transit presented a new progress report on the joint inspection, maintenance, and improvement program for Amtrak’s infrastructure and NJ Transit’s trains. Officials said targeted work between the two agencies over the past year has produced significant upgrades expected to mitigate major service disruptions and address incidents that customers experienced in May and June of 2024.
The execution of Amtrak and NJ Transit’s joint action plan, under Governor Murphy’s leadership, followed several major service disruptions in May and June 2024, together with a variety of smaller incidents that reduced service reliability on the Northeast Corridor between Trenton and New York City.
Following last June’s public meeting with Murphy, Amtrak and NJ Transit outlined immediate actions, investigations, inspections, and repairs that both companies undertook together to address these issues and provided updates on these measures in August and November. Officials said the actions have greatly contributed to a noticeable decline in similar occurrences over the past several months, as NJ Transit’s on-time performance has returned to over 90%.
After completing more than $12 million worth of work across this territory in federal fiscal 2024, Amtrak plans to invest more than $40 million in this territory in fiscal 2025. As outlined in the latest report, Amtrak and NJ Transit have made or plan to make improvements to execute their joint plan since November.
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