Originally Posted by
EWR764
Apparently serious corrosion issues have been identified on the system which has been in sporadic operation since 1996 or so. Major disruptions and irregular service patterns are common during overnight hours, rain, snow, cold weather, hot weather or wind, and the system is prone to frequent breakdowns. ...
I've been stranded aboard the EWR Airtrain in 70 degree and sunny weather.
I had a transportation professor who taught that 'Monorails are the transportation mode of the future, and they always will be" around the time that the Newark Airtrain was being planned.
My understanding is that the architecture of EWR's current terminals was designed so that only a monorail could serve the buildings. The idea was to prevent PATH from easily serving the airport, which the Port Authority was determined to avoid in the 1980s. Times have changed and it's going to cost a lot to undo past idiocy.