A mystery ailment that caused the illness of two employees over the weekend prompted NJ Transit to close the ticket office until testing is completed.
A mystery ailment that sidelined two NJ Transit ticket office workers at Metropark station on Saturday caused that office to be closed on Monday.
"On Saturday, two of our ticket office employees fell ill during their shift," Jennifer Nelson, an NJ Transit spokeswoman said. "As a precautionary measure the ticket office has been closed since then, so environmental testing could be done."
The closure resulted in lines at ticket vending machines and NJ Transit had ticket agents helping people at the machines, Nelson said. NJ Transit officials also waived the $5 surcharge so riders from MetroPark could buy tickets on the train, she said.
The ticket office will be reopened once the test results have been reviewed and the internal ticket office area deemed safe, Nelson said. A alert from NJ Transit said the office reopened at 3:30 p.m. An heating, ventilation and air conditioning consultant didn't find any contamination after inspecting filters and the problem seems to have been a humidity issue, she said.
"We were given the all clear that the situation has been addressed and the engineer will do a follow up inspection later this week to ensure that the HVAC system continues in working order," Nelson said.
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