Montclair-Boonton and Pascack lines closed

April 16th 2007 04:53 am

For the second time this month, the entire Montclair-Boonton Line is closed due to flooding. The flooding is at Watsessing Avenue. Shuttle bus service to Newark Broad Street Station will be provided from Montclair State and Bay Street stations only.

The Pascack Valley Line is also closed due to flooding at North Hackensack and Oradell. No alternate service is being provided.

NJ Transit and DeCamp buses as well as the Newark City Subway Light Rail line will cross-honor rail passes and tickets.

Feel free to post your flood stories in the comments section.

Posted by Bob Scheurle under Delays.

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9 Responses to “Montclair-Boonton and Pascack lines closed”

  1. Joe Versaggi responded on 16 Apr 2007 at 8:39 am #

    Today’s closing may be justified. But last week’s was a cop-out. Only the Montclair Branch itself need to have been closed. A bus bridge could have been set up between Great Notch and Clifton on the Main Line. Boonton Line passengers would have then ironically followed the ancient DL&W Boonton line routing much of the way to Hoboken.

    Much as some despise them, the private carrier’s Cruiser buses, and therefore their financial well-being, are needed to service rail patrons.

  2. Bob Scheurle responded on 16 Apr 2007 at 10:54 am #

    Good news and bad news… The good news is that Montclair-Boonton service to/from Hoboken has been restored, with a limited schedule. The regular schedule to/from Hoboken will resume at 2:30 PM. (No Midtown Direct service today, however.)

    The bad news is that the Raritan Valley Line has been truncated at Dunellen. No service between Dunellen and Raritan / High Bridge.

  3. Joe Versaggi responded on 16 Apr 2007 at 11:41 am #

    BUT, there is a bus shuttle Dunellen - Raritan until 4pm when High Bridge service kicks in. Then we will have a Somerville - High Bridge train and the bus shuttle becomes a Dunellen - Somerville BUS BRIDGE, precisely what they would NOT do last week for the Boonton line.

    Evidently a Bound Brook flooding problem can be overcome, but a Monclair flooding problem would not be.

  4. Bob Scheurle responded on 16 Apr 2007 at 8:20 pm #

    Here’s how things look for Tuesday:

    The Montclair-Boonton Line should be on a normal schedule.

    The Pascack Valley Line may or may not be operating. Check the news/traffic reports in the morning.

    The Raritan Valley Line will likely be suspended between Dunellen and Somerville. You can check the flood stage at Bound Brook here: http://newweb.erh.noaa.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=phi&gage=BDKN4

  5. ABG responded on 17 Apr 2007 at 12:39 am #

    Hey, if there was flooding at Watsessing Avenue, couldn’t NJ Transit have reverted to the old run diesels over the old Greenwood Lake branch to Hoboken?

  6. Bob Scheurle responded on 17 Apr 2007 at 8:47 am #

    I don’t think the line is intact anymore. I recall that it has been severed in North Newark. I doubt the signals and crossing gates have been maintained; they may have been removed.

  7. ABG responded on 20 Apr 2007 at 2:05 am #

    Thanks for the info. Did they burn the bridges literally as well as figuratively?

  8. Bob Scheurle responded on 20 Apr 2007 at 9:57 pm #

    It doesn’t make sense to maintain a single-track railroad with its signals, crossing gates and two aging bridges for use once or twice a year.

  9. ABG responded on 25 Apr 2007 at 12:15 am #

    Well, true, but weren’t there complaints from the riders in Arlington and Kearney who no longer have a train? Maybe it could be rebuilt as a branch of the Newark City Subway?

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