May 27th 2008
Poll: 6 in 10 New Jerseyans planning Shore trip
http://www.mycentraljersey.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080525/STATE/80525010
This year, for the first time in my memory, ALL summer weekend service south of Long Branch will be hourly Bay Head shuttles connecting with locals from NYPS and Newark.
- No expresses, either through or connecting, from Newark
- No Waterfront Connection service at all from Hoboken.
- All […]
May 22nd 2008
This note was sent by NARP’s Dave Johnson to members on May 21. So far, none of the 41 co-sponsors are from New Jersey, traditionally a very pro-Amtrak state :
A House version of the Amtrak reauthorization bill has been introduced. H.R. 6003, the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act, was approved yesterday by the […]
May 16th 2008
http://www.ble.org/pr/news/headline.asp?id=22200
The current ridership balance is 65% to New York, and 35% to Hoboken, Newark, and local. After a 40% rise in New York ridership to 36,150, 30% reduction to Hoboken, and assuming the rest was constant, there was still a 13% increase in overall M&E ridership, not meriting a 33% reduction in train frequency. With […]
April 27th 2008
This little-used service to Hoboken is eliminated on weekends as of May 11. It will eliminate the use of a trainset and crew with the remaining service run with 3 trainsets. Except for a St. Patrick’s parade in Hoboken, I have never witnessed more than 6 people on board those trains east of Newark. That […]
April 25th 2008
Midday weekday M&E service will soon more or less resemble what it is on weekends: hourly service between Dover and NYPS, dovetailing at Summit with a slower hourly Gladstone-Hoboken local service requiring the latter to sit at Summit for 10 or more minutes.
While weekend service frequency remains constant for all stations, there will be […]
December 18th 2007
It was reported in the Dec. 13, 2007, Star Ledger that “Ridership on trains to and from New York Penn Station grew by 7.1 percent, and they now represent nearly 80 percent of all NJ Transit rail traffic”.
Well, I have a pdf document of NJT’s Quarterly ridership report for 1st Quarter Fiscal Year 2007, which […]
November 15th 2007
I have just received Issue #3, November 2007 issue of “West Trenton Rail Line News”.
It has these facts:
There are two upcoming open house / hearings:
Nov 29, Hillsborough Town Muni Complex, 379 South Branch Rd, Hillsborough, 4pm-8pm
Dec 6, Ewing Community/Senior Center, 999 Lower Ferry Road, Ewing, 4pm-8pm
Jan 15 Closing Date for Comments: Office of Government […]
November 4th 2007
On October 29, Amtrak abolished most service at Princeton Junction, including most Keystone service and The Pennsylvanian. On weekdays, only 3 early morning southbound and 3 evening northbound trains will stop, 2 being Regionals and 1 being a Keystone. Weekend service will consist of only a Keystone frequency in either direction in the morning each […]
October 24th 2007
Please read this article carefully:
http://www.utu.org/worksite/detail_news.cfm?ArticleID=38723
Before you might say “so what, who cares about the LI South Fork”, draw the analogy and learn from the example. These three, recently inaugurated, weekday round-trips between Speonk and Montauk connect with nothing at Speonk, yet already are carrying more than a busload worth of people, and exist because their […]
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