Commuters on the beleaguered New Jersey Transit are peppered with a variety of excuses for train delays. In the Autumn it can be slippery rails caused by steel wheels crushing leaves resulting in an oily residue affecting traction and braking. There is also an "ice patrol" that goes into the Hudson tunnels to break the icicles hanging from the overhead. Then there is the 108 year old swing bridge over the Hackensack River that occasionally gets stuck. Finally, they had been using the term "annulment" for a cancelled train which confused many. My commute had been in the other direction New York to New Jersey by road and GW bridge so I could not share those commuters' frustration.
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