NJ Transit temporarily eliminates train service and improves rail safety

NEW JERSEY (WABC) –

New Jersey Transit reduced rates for its services and train tickets for three months, allowing it to continue to install a critical safety upgrade, required by the federal government, for its rail systems.

Schedule changes, affecting more than two dozen trains, began on Sunday and will reach customers along the Northeast Corridor, the North Jersey Shore line, the Morris and Essex lines, and Montclair-Boonton. and main lines and counties of Bergen. The other trains in the system will have adjustments to schedules and / or station stops. These schedule adjustments are temporary and are expected to last until mid-January 2019.

Train fares will be reduced by 10% in November, December and January.

NJ Transit needs to put positive train control on all its rail systems before the end of year deadline. Positive Train Control, or PTC, uses GPS and other technologies as an emergency braking system designed to prevent train collisions and derailments due to excessive speed and trains passing through switches left in the wrong position .

In 2008, Congress-mandated railway companies fully implemented PTC to save lives. He then extended the 2015 deadline until the end of 2018.

In August, a report from the Federal Railroad Administration indicated that NJ Transit had installed only one-third of its positive train control system.

The cuts will help to make the service, already underlined by short staff and by failures of engineers, "predictive and more reliable".

Customers are strongly encouraged to check out the full NJTransit.com rail schedules for all travel options, as schedule adjustments, including departure / arrival times and station stops, will be made. throughout the system. Schedules will be available online later this month

For more information on the Positive Train Control Project, visit the NJTransit / PTC website.

Complete list of service changes:

Northeast Corridor (NEC)

ENTRY to Newark / New York (temporarily interrupted)
Train 3832, arrival at 10:42 at PSNY from Trenton
Alternative trains for Rahway-PSNY: the 3722 train leaves Jersey Ave. at 9:25 am and makes extra stops at Rahway, Linden and Elizabeth. The 3232 North Line Coast Line departs Long Branch at 9:13 and makes an additional stop at North Elizabeth at 10:24.
Alternative Trains for Local Travel: Train 3934 leaves Trenton at 8:56 with transfer to train 3722 in New Brunswick. Train 3834 leaves Trenton at 9:52.

EXIT Newark / New York (temporarily interrupted)
Train 3703, leaving PSNY at 6:04 for New Brunswick
– Alternative train is train 3815 from PSNY at 06h11 to Trenton (do not stop at Jersey Avenue)
– For Jersey Avenue, train 3701 at 05h41 from the PSNY or train 3705 at 6:31 am

Train 3857, 15h42 departure from PSNY to Trenton
– Alternative Trains for Newark-Rahway Airport: the 3509 train leaves PSNY at 15:20. Train 3595 will depart from PSNY at 15:57.
– Alternative trains for Metropark-Trenton: train 3855 leaves PSNY at 15:30. The subsequent option for Metropark-Jersey Ave is the 3721 train, which leaves PSNY at 16:07. The subsequent option for Princeton Junction, Hamilton and Trenton is train 3943, which leaves PSNY at 16:13.

All Princeton Dinky trains will be replaced by buses on weekdays and weekends.

North Jersey Coast Line (NJCL)

ENTRY to Newark / New York (temporarily interrupted)
Train 3500, arrival at 7am at PSNY from South Amboy
–Alternative for local routes: Train 3208 leaves Long Branch at 4 h 52 min and makes all local stops to Rahway. Transfer to NEC 3702 for local trips.
–Alternate Rahway-PSNY: Train 3812 leaves Trenton at 5:21 and makes local stops.
– Alternate from South Amboy to PSNY: the 3310 train leaves Bay Head at 4:54 am and makes all the stops until Avenel, then goes to the Newark Penn station and then goes to the PSNY.

EXIT Newark / New York (temporarily interrupted)
Train 3507, leaving PSNY at 07:46 for South Amboy
–The alternative service is train 3223 which leaves from PSNY at 07:44 for Long Branch.

Morris & Essex Lines (M & E)

ENTRY to Hoboken (temporarily interrupted)
Train 330, the 18h01 arrival at Hoboken from the summit
–Train 432, 6:18 pm Arrival at Hoboken from Gladstone, it runs 19 minutes earlier on the Gladstone branch then replaces the 330 train schedule east of Summit.

Train 332, the 18:57 arrival at Hoboken from the summit
–Earlier option Train 6664 leaves the Summit at 17:52. transfer to Newark Broad St. on train 880 to Hoboken.
– Later option Train 334 leaves the summit at 18:46. in Hoboken.

Train 436, 22:38 arrival at Hoboken from Gladstone
– Previous option Train 434 leaves Peapack at 20:06.
– Later option Train 438 leaves Gladstone at 21:24.

Train 684, arrival at Hoboken from 12:28 to Dover
– Alternate: Summit of train 682: departure from Dover at 2229 hrs.
– Alternative to the East of the Summit: train 440 leaves the Summit at 23:32. or Train 442 leaves Summit at 12:36

Every weekend, Gladstone's rail service will be replaced by buses.
– Gladstone's subsidiary trains will be operated on the occasion of Thanksgiving, Martin Luther King Jr. and President's Day Buses will be on duty on Christmas and New Year's Day.
–The trains will operate according to a special schedule on Saturday, October 20th for the Far Hills meeting (steeple-chase)

OUTBOUND of Hoboken (temporarily interrupted)
Train 303 from Hoboken at 5:59 am to Summit
– Earlier option Train 871 leaves Hoboken at 5:38 am to get to Hackettstown.
– Later option Train 607 leaves Hoboken at 6:18 am for Dover.

Train 643, 16:42 departure from Hoboken to Dover
– Previous option Train 1079 will leave Hoboken at 16:33. to Hackettstown with transfer to Newark Broad Street to serve the stations between East Orange and Morris Plains.
– The option for stations west of Summit 645 leaves Hoboken at 17:02. in Dover.
– Later option for Millburn, Short Hills and Summit: train 429 leaves Hoboken at 17:06.

Train 467 on the 18h07 Hoboken departure for Murray Hill
– Only for Millburn, Short Hills and Murray Hill: 435 leaves Hoboken at 18:01.
– Previous option for all other stations. Train 337 leaves Hoboken at 17:39. at the top.
– Later option for all other stations. The 657 train leaves Hoboken at 18:36. in Dover.

Train 441, 19h09 departure from Hoboken for Gladstone
–Earlier option Train 439 leaves Hoboken at 18:50. at Gladstone
– Later option Train 443 leaves Hoboken at 19:44. to Gladstone with express service between Newark Broad St. and Summit.

Other M & E adjustments
Train 301, leaving Hoboken at 4:55 am and arriving at Summit at 5:46 am, will be put into service 10 minutes earlier.

Train 300, which leaves Summit at 5:23 am and arrives in Hoboken at 6:11 am, will be put into service 18 minutes earlier.

Train 432, the 18:19 arrival at Hoboken from Gladstone operates 19 minutes earlier and replaces the 330 train.

Train 813, departing Hoboken 18h34 for Hopatcong Lake, will end in Dover and will be renumbered by train 657 from Hoboken at 18:36. As alternates, guests can take the 1011 train at 18:29. departure from Hoboken for Hopatcong Lake or train 1085, 19:22. departure from Hoboken to Hackettstown.

Train 341, 19h03 departure from Hoboken to Summit, will be operational 31 minutes later and leave Hoboken at 19:34.

Montclair-Boonton line

OUTBOUND of Hoboken (temporarily interrupted)
Train 209, leaving Hoboken at 6:11 am for MSU
–No prior option.
– Later option Train 211 leaves Hoboken at 6:42.

Main line / line of Bergen County

ENTRY to Hoboken (temporarily interrupted)
Train 1146, arrival at 06:37 at Hoboken from Suffern
Alternative trains for Suffern-Ridgewood: train 1102 leaves Suffern at 5:21 am via the main line; Train 1104 leaves Suffern at 6:07.
Alternative train for Glen Rock-Rutherford: The 1148 train leaves Suffern via the Bergen County line at 17:46.

Train 12:18 pm, the 15:05 arrival at Hoboken from Waldwick
– Train 1118 leaves Suffern 48 minutes earlier at 14:00. to replace train 1218, making all the stops from the main line to Hoboken.
– Train 1172 leaves Suffern at 14:12, thus making all the stops of the county line of Bergen to Hoboken.

OUTBOUND of Hoboken (temporarily interrupted)
Train 1105 from Hoboken to Suffern at 07:00
–Earlier option Train 1103 leaves Hoboken at 17:48.
– Later option Train 1107 leaves Hoboken at 7:33.

Train 11:55, 12:39 departure from Hoboken to Suffern
Ridgewood-Suffern alternative train: Train 1111 leaves Hoboken at 12:39. via the main line to Suffern.
Alternative train for Rutherford, Broadway, Radburn and Glen Rock: train 47 leaves Hoboken at 12:42.

Other adjustments to main line / Bergen County
Train 1245, leaving Hoboken at 6:52 and arriving at Waldwick at 7:38, will go into service 32 minutes later and becomes train 1247.

Train 1118, leaving from Suffern at 14:48. and arrives at Hoboken at 15:59, will be operational 48 minutes earlier and will replace train 1218.

Train 1158, which departs from Suffern at 08.04 and arrives at Hoboken at 9.12, will depart at Waldwick at 8.18. Suffern customers passing through Allendale can also take the 1156 train to Suffern, train 1160, at 8:35 from Suffern or train 54, leaving Ramsey Rt. 17 station at 8:23

Train 1131, the 22:55 departure from Hoboken to Suffern, will end at Ridgewood. As Alternates, guests can take train 1183 at 11:17 pm from Hoboken to Ridgewood and West. For local trips, guests can take the 1131 train from Hoboken at 22:55. to Ridgewood and transfer to train 1183.

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