Light Rail (trams) in NJ: Newark and Jersey City

[wavemaker10111]

If the MBTA could get it's hands on trolleys like these that would be awesome :D

[sapher2020]

I was making my way down to the light rail today at Penn Station and on one of the steps on the staircase there were chicken bones and napkins sitting there!!

[Kerbee]

Thanks

[Kerbee]

How fast do they go?

[timosha21]

@Kerbee well when its in the city like environment it goes pretty slow (my estimate between 15-30 mph)... but when its on track that is not interfered with anything else it can go 30-50 mph.... pretty good speed (however distances between stations might not allow the light rail to reach that speed)

[LIPodcastNetworkCom]

@timosha21 Great video, but at the 4:50 mark, that was scary when that woman screamed. She almost got run over. Watch where you're going lady!

[Time2AnteUp]

@timosha21 Newark. Soon as i return home im riding those Light Rails - they just look so... comfortable.

[Time2AnteUp]

@timosha21 Thank you for this.

[Time2AnteUp]

Great footage. My city's finally starting to - @ least - 'look' healthy again. Damn im home sick.

[timosha21]

@Time2AnteUp newark or jersey city? Yeah, Newark is starting to have a rebirth (it is not as bad as it used to be... the downtown area is safe... i still stay away from the suburbs though...)

[Trainbrain1949]

Great footage. I'll have to get back to the New York area some time and see what can be done when they have transit people running things and not some political hack like in Chicago. They have had plans for light rail in Chicago for 40 years and all they can do is talk about it.

[timosha21]

@Trainbrain1949 system was opened in 2004!!!! Totally new.. and the newark one shown here was open very recently!!!!

[Heroasango]

Awesome footage.

Thanks for posting.

[TimBrown59]

Big chunky trams!

[RenDad]

Amazing lounge light tram ,o)

[Biraphile]

White trams, kept clean, look excellent and seem to brighten the whole scene.

[AceHard750mm]

Super!

[Betamas]

great documentation, thumb up