October 9th 2009
According to various press reports NJT is about to commence weekend service to Bay St. Montclair by extending the Hoboken - Newark Broad Street service to Bay Street. This is supposed to happen on Nov 8th.
While this is a good start it is but a first step. What is really needed is hourly service all […]
January 31st 2008
Last summer, NJ Transit said the earliest weekend service could start on the Montclair Line was “the latter half of 2008″. Now, weekend service has been delayed to at least the fall of 2009.
The most recent in a line of excuses is construction work by NJDOT on the Bloomfield Avenue bridge over the railroad […]
August 23rd 2007
The folks at Baristanet recently asked about weekend train service on the Montclair Line and got the following response from NJT. As you can see, the excuses continue:
There are a number of projects currently underway that affect our ability to introduce weekend service along the Montclair Line. The most significant of these is a […]
July 10th 2007
You may not have noticed, but NJ Transit operated trains on the Montclair-Boonton Line last Saturday, July 7. The Fireworks Express trains, apparently paid for by PSE&G, provided free service to and from the Township of Montclair’s fireworks display. The trains served the Bay Street, Walnut Street, Watchung Avenue, Upper Montclair, and Mountain […]
May 15th 2007
A Superior Court judge has ruled against DeCamp Bus Lines in its $36 million lawsuit against NJ Transit. The bus company argued that NJ Transit’s opening of the Montclair Connection was unfair competition, as the train service is subsidized by the government. The judge ruled that DeCamp does not have exclusive rights to […]
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