Hoboken Residents Say Idling Train Keeping Them Awake At Night
HOBOKEN, N.J. (CBSNewYork) -- Residents in Hoboken say they are being kept up at night because of an idling train.
They say the noise is coming from an MTA Metro-North train, operated by NJ TRANSIT, that has been stationed for days and idling the entire time, CBS2's Valerie Castro reports.
Trains rumble through the Hoboken station on a regular basis, but the idling train is giving nearby residents a headache.
"Since Friday evening it has been here, not moving and idling high and we can hear that noise," said resident Nathalie Souchal.
Souchal lives on Grove Street and says the train has shown no signs of movement or need of repair -- but the engine continues to run.
Souchal says she and her husband have reached out to MTA for answers and the customer representative gave them this explanation:
"He was thinking that was pretty much certainly to burn gas and oil -- which we don't absolutely understand," Souchal said.
CBS2 reached out to NJ TRANSIT and a spokesperson said trains often sit idling so they're ready to go -- and that idling for several hours at a time is standard operating procedure.
Souchal says it's a waste of energy and contributes to pollution.
NJ TRANSIT points out that the residents in this building live next to a train maintenance yard so noise and fumes are to be expected.
"The one thing that we definitely noticed is the pollution part," said Honoken resident Adrian Vizik. "But obviously if they keep it idling overnight or for 48 hours it's not helping the residents."
Souchal hopes the train leaves the station soon or that New Jersey Transit finds a way to shut the engine off.
