NJ Transit Schedule Changes For July 4 Holiday

NJ Transit will offer early getaway rail and bus service Tuesday for people leaving work early for the Independence Day holiday Wednesday.

Also, because of the holiday, there will be serve changes on NJ Transit lines Wednesday.

On Tuesday:

• Starting at approximately 1 p.m., extra outbound service will operate on the Northeast Corridor, North Jersey Coast, Raritan Valley, Morris and Essex, Pascack Valley, and Port Jervis lines to accommodate early customer departures.
• Many bus lines will feature service adjustments throughout the day.
• All light rail systems will operate on regular weekday schedules.

On Independence Day:

• Trains will operate on a weekend/major holiday schedule on all lines, with these additions.
• An additional train departing Port Jervis at 4:09 p.m., which makes all stops to Suffern, then operates express to Secaucus Junction and Hoboken.
• NJ TRANSIT will adjust Hudson-Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) for the Jersey City Freedom Fireworks Festival at Exchange Place.
• Between 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., at the request of public safety officials, light rail vehicles will travel through Exchange Place but will bypass the Exchange Place stop. Customers will not be able to board or exit light rail vehicles at Exchange Place during this time. Customers may use Essex St. or Harborside as alternates.
• Beginning at 2 p.m.:
• Tonnelle Avenue and Hoboken Terminal southbound trains will terminate at Harborside.
• West Side Avenue and 8th Street northbound trains will terminate at Essex Street.
• There will be no direct light rail service from 8th Street to Hoboken Terminal or from Tonnelle Avenue to West Side Avenue.
• Normal Hudson-Bergen Light Rail service will resume when the New Jersey Transit Police Department determines it is safe to reopen Exchange Place to light rail traffic.
• Newark Light Rail will operate on a Saturday schedule.
• River Line will operate on a Sunday schedule.
• Bus service levels will vary by line.

Visit www.njtransit.com for more information.

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