Atlantic City Rail Line to reopen soon with extra service | New

Murphy said that it was particularly important to restore service well before the long Memorial Day weekend.

"This will ensure that our residents will be able to get to work or school with less stress and less inconvenience," Murphy said in his speech at the TransAction conference Wednesday at the Tropicana Casino, "with a good level of security. superior."

He added that two other Atlantic City trains would arrive in Philadelphia before noon, one of which would arrive before 9am.

"Although our working families have had to be spared from the worsening and uncertainty of the last nine months, I am delighted that the Atlantic City rail line is resuming its activities before the Memorial. Day … for our commuters and in time for our visitors to attend the NJ Apartment Association's Atlantic City Showcase and Conference and Exhibition Basketball Tournament, "said State Senator Chris Brown of R- Atlantic, who worked with MPs Vince Mazzeo and John Armato to restore service.

"I think it's a good start," said Congressman Jeff Van Drew, a D-2 member, on plans to increase service. He also worked on the issue with the governor's office. "I would like to have further conversations about future modernization with possible express trains and an increased number of trains beyond what it has already done."

He said he was happy that the governor kept his word after promising to Van Drew to intervene and speed up the reopening of the line.

Murphy also announced that Princeton's "Dinky" line linking Princeton and Princeton Junction, the only other line in the closed state for the PCT facility, will also reopen on May 12.

Murphy said that NJ Transit's Atlantic City Rail Line "is not just about connecting New Jersey residents with jobs in the Philadelphia area, but also to make sure that the workforce is safe." The work of Atlantic City joins their jobs and the whole shoreline.

It's something that local politicians have been saying for months.

"Even though we still think that the installation of the federally prescribed safety technology should not have taken nearly nine months – nearly five months longer than what NJ Transit had promised to do." Originally – we are relieved that the railway is returning to its service just in time for the intense tourist season, "said Mazzeo and Armato in a joint statement.

"We are ready to hold NJ Transit on the opening date of May 12," they said. "Atlantic County riders can not and must not wait anymore."

NJ Transit closed the line last September, offering a bus service between Atlantic City and Philadelphia and stops in-between, to install positive train control safety equipment.

The line was scheduled to reopen in January, but was not. NJ Transit has postponed the restart date to March and May due to a shortage of personnel and equipment.

Atlantic City Rail Line users protested the tsunami, saying the buses had taken too much time, were uncomfortable and had cost them precious family time.

Van Drew warned that the number of passengers could be low at the first reopening of the line because people are used to using other means of transportation. But he said people would start using it again, with a little bit of time.

New Jersey Department of Transportation Commissioner Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti and NJTransit Executive Director, sitting on the podium with Murphy, spoke after him.

It was a suitable place for Murphy's announcement. According to Conference Vice-President Michael Vieira, TransAction's 43rd Annual Conference hosted some 950 professionally involved participants in transportation from 22 states and three provinces.

Engineering firms, planning commissions, consultants and companies, like a company touting electric buses, were spread over 120 buses.

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