NJ Transit To Cross-Honor on Tuesday in Advance of Winter Storm

NJ Transit customers will be able to use their tickets on alternate means of travel beginning Tuesday.

With a blast of winter weather predicted to move into the region late Monday evening, NJ TRANSIT is taking proactive steps to minimize delays, ensure service reliability, and give customers additional travel options.  All customers are strongly advised to check njtransit.com before traveling for up-to-the-minute service information before starting their trip. System wide cross-honoring in effect:  To give customers additional travel options during expected winter weather conditions, NJ TRANSIT will offer system wide cross-honoring on Tuesday, November 27, enabling customers to use their ticket or pass on an alternate travel mode-rail, bus or light rail.  For example, customers who normally take the bus from Rutherford to the Port Authority…

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Northeast Corridor Line Returns to Regular Schedule Today

Trains will operate on a regular schedule, beginning Monday, Nov. 19.

  Northeast Corridor trains will be running on a regular schedule effective Monday, Nov. 19. Certain NY-bound trains p.m. making stops between Rahway and New York will be canceled. Also, all but one NJ TRANSIT rail lines will be running full or modified service effective Monday including service along the North Jersey Coast Line, which suffered the brunt of the damage from Hurricane Sandy.   With the completion of repairs to a key Amtrak-owned electrical substation in Kearny that will generate additional power to the Northeast Corridor, NJ TRANSIT will operate approximately 90 percent of its normal peak period service into New York Penn Station starting this morning. Main, Bergen County, Pascack Valley and Port Jervis Line trains will stop…

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NJ Transit Reopens More Rail and Light Rail Lines

The Dinky in Princeton and the Newark Light Rail resumed service on Wednesday.

Two more NJ TRANSIT rail and light rail lines will reopen on Wednesday, Nov. 7, according to the governor's office. The Princeton Line, also known as the "Dinky" will resume regular weekday service, and the Newark Light Rail will operate on a limited schedule between Grove Street and Newark Penn Station. According to a press release from the governor's office, NJ TRANSIT is currently running the following service: Rail Service: Light Rail Service: Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Newark Light Rail: Bus Service: NJ TRANSIT has extended the validity period for October monthly passes until Friday, Nov. 9. NJ TRANSIT is encouraging customers to avoid peak hours to cut down on crowding, and to take advantage of free ferry service from the HBLR Liberty …

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NJ Transit to Resume Rail Service Sunday on Four More Lines

The North Jersey Coast Line, Raritan Valley Line, Main/Port Jervis Line will all run limited service, while the Atlantic City Line will resume normal service.

NJ TRANSIT will resume service on four more rail lines on Sunday, according to the Governor's Office. According to a press release from the governor's office, the North Jersey Coast Line, Raritan Valley Line and Main/Port Jervis Line will all operate on limited schedules, and the Atlantic City Line will operate on its regular schedule. The Northeast Corridor Line resumed service on Friday on a modified schedule, stopping at all stops except for the Jersey Avenue station in New Brunswick. The service schedules are as follows, according to the release: The majority of NJ Transit bus service resumed earlier this week, as did the River Line light rail. According to the release, monthly passes for October will be valid through Friday, Nov. 9 …

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Hurricane Sandy

NJ Transit Resumes Rail Service to NYC on the Northeast Corridor Line

Rail service on the Jersey Coast Line, Raritan Valley Line and Main Line remain suspended due to a power outage at the NJ TRANSIT rail operations center.

NJ TRANSIT has announced that rail service to New York Penn Station has resumed on the Northeast Corridor Line, but service on all other rail lines remains suspended due to a power outage and damage from Hurricane Sandy. According to the NJ TRANSIT website, the Northeast Corridor is running trains between Trenton and New York Penn Station on a modified schedule. Visit NJTransit.com to view schedules. The River Line light rail and the majority of bus service in New Jersey have already resumed. All other rail service aside from the Northeast Corridor line remains suspended until further notice. According to the website, rail passes are currently being cross-honored on buses.

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Hurricane Sandy

UPDATED: Majority of NJ Transit Bus Service to Resume Thursday

More than 80 bus lines will resume service on Thursday in New Jersey.

NJ TRANSIT has announced that the majority of its bus lines will begin running on Thursday, as well as limited Access Link service.  The bus lines are part of a slow but steady restart of NJ TRANSIT's service following Hurricane Sandy, announced the same day as the 3 p.m. restoration of service on the River Line light rail between the Walter Rand Transportation Center in Camden and Trenton Transit Center.  “This is tremendous progress,” said Transportation Commissioner and NJ TRANSIT Board Chairman James Simpson in a press release. “We are not out of the woods by any stretch, but we will continue working around the clock to further restore service where we can safely do so. On behalf of the entire NJ TRANSIT family, we appreciate the …

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Hurricane Sandy

NJ Transit to Begin System Shutdown at 4 p.m. on Sunday

Here's a list of shutdown times, including last train departures and arrivals on each line.

NJ Transit will begin a gradual system-wide shutdown of all bus, rail, light rail and Access Link service, starting at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 28 and continuing through 2 a.m. on Monday morning.  Service suspensions will take effect as follows:  Rail Service All other rail lines will be suspended starting this afternoon and continuing into the late evening. Final train times are as follows: Northeast Corridor North Jersey Coast Line  Raritan Valley Line Morris & Essex Lines Montclair-Boonton Line Main Line Bergen County Line Port Jervis Line Pascack Valley Line Bus Service: Light Rail Service:  Access Link Service:   System-wide Cross-Honoring System-wide cross-honoring of all rail, bus and light rail tickets will be in effect starting at …

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Hurricane Sandy

NJ Transit Preparations for Hurricane Sandy Currently Underway

Spokesman John Durso said the company is closely monitoring the storm and will provide updates to bus and train schedules via njtransit.com or twitter.com/NJ_transit.

NJ TRANSIT has already begun preparations for Hurricane Sandy, according to spokesman John Durso. Durso provided the following information regarding preparations on the rail, light rail, and bus routes in New Jersey: NJ TRANSIT information is readily available at njtransit.com or through the agency's Twitter feed, twitter.com/NJ_TRANSIT. Updates can also be delivered to portable electronic devices through the My Transit alert system. Visit www.njtransit.com/mytransit to sign up. For more information, call NJ TRANSIT at (973) 275-5555.

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NJ Transit Train Delays, Cancellations

Amtrak signal problems causing problems on North Jersey Coast and Northeast Corridor lines.

Amtrak signal problems have caused a series of delays and cancellations along the Northeast Corridor and North Jersey Coast lines, NJ Transit announced on its Web site. Three Northeast Corridor line trains departing New York were canceled this evening. Other Northeast Corridor trains in both directions are experiencing 60- to 90-minute delays, according to NJ Transit. Inbound train service to New York on the North Jersey Coast line has been suspended from Long Branch, while outbound service is subject to 60- to 90-minute delays. Two evening North Jersey Coast line trains departing New York were canceled because of the signal trouble. Bus and rail passes are being cross-honored on PATH trains and on private carriers, according to the NJ …

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John Messarra

9:18 pm on Sunday, October 7, 2012

NJT IS to blame for not better communicating with its customers and, for that matter, it's employees, who were left to fend for themselves against angry commuters just looking for answers. Tell the people what's happening so they can make their own decisions on how to get home quickest. I was at NY Penn and there were NO announcements. I waited 10 minutes, saw zero developments, and hopped in a …   more ›