From: finfer@optonline.net   
      
   On 10/19/2015 2:49 PM, hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
   > Just curious as to what it's like.  Is it crowded?  Has ridership gone up?   
   >   
   > Are the stations kept in good repair?   
   >   
      
   I occasionally ride on Sundays.  Even with the recent fare and toll   
   increases, the cost of fare+toll+gas is about half of what I would pay   
   on NJ Transit from Raritan (I drive a hybrid).   
      
   It is fairly well patronized.  There is lots of travel between   
   intermediate stations, where it's free.  The equipment has seen better   
   days, though.  The shop forces seem to do a really good job keeping the   
   trains running.  A late train really is a rarity.  However, new   
   equipment really is needed, and from what I have read, the R-179 order   
   does not include cars for the SIRT.  That is apparently going to wait   
   for the next equipment order.   
      
   By the way, the line was resignalled a few years ago.  They seem to be   
   using a variant or NORAC rule 562, cab signal operation without fixed   
   intermediate automatic block signals, and they kept the B&O-style color   
   position light signals at the interlockings.   
      
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   Michael Finfer   
   Bridgewater, NJ   
      
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