>Or an overhead sign in the car showing eta and name of next station?
I believe the cars (definitely the newer ones) have exactly that. It seems like an odd complaint to me, but it's totally possible NJ Transit moved older cars that don't have this feature from more heavily trafficked lines to lines that don't have as much traffic.
Every car I've been on has about a dozen characters' worth of space. It's very easy to miss a visual announcement on those - I've missed my stop a few times, though I freely acknowledge that it's due to me not paying attention.
I believe the cars (definitely the newer ones) have exactly that. It seems like an odd complaint to me, but it's totally possible NJ Transit moved older cars that don't have this feature from more heavily trafficked lines to lines that don't have as much traffic.