The Assembly Judiciary Committee will jointly meet with the Senate Legislative Oversight Committee on Friday, April 28, 2017 at 10:00 AM in Committee Room 4, 1st Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, New Jersey.

                The committees will receive testimony from invited guests, including Wick Moorman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Amtrak, Scot Naparstek, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Amtrak, and Steven Santoro, Executive Director of NJ Transit.

The hearing will focus on the causes of the recent Amtrak derailments at Pennsylvania Station in New York and the NJ Transit train breakdown in the North River Tunnels; the responsibility for safety and maintenance on the Northeast Corridor Line; the response of both agencies to the commuter delays and overcrowding that resulted from the incidents; and the impact of the planned Gateway Project on trans-Hudson rail capacity, safety, and service.