New Jersey Transit and Cablevision are partnering to offer free Wi-Fi to riders at stations and onboard trains. Wireless interest access will be phased in, with major stations like Hoboken Terminal and Secaucus Junction on track to receive the technology the end of this year, NJ Transit said Wednesday. By… Read More →
New timetables for the Pascack Valley and Port Jervis lines take effect this Sunday. Here are the highlights from Metro-North Railroad: Minor changes to a small number of weekday connections between Secaucus Junction and New York-Penn Station. A platform construction project at Secaucus Junction station will require the use of… Read More →
Pascack Valley Line riders can now buy their train tickets on their smart phones or tablets. New Jersey Transit on Thursday introduced its new mobile ticketing application, MyTix, as part of a pilot program. The app is available for free download on Apple’s iOS or Google’s Android operating systems. Customers… Read More →
(A service closure sign at the Hoboken PATH station on Nov. 26, 2012. Photo credit: Dennis Graiani) Before Sandy hit, Dennis Graiani’s daily commute on the Pascack Valley line was already almost two hours each way. Now it takes the 23-year-old from New City up to three hours to reach… Read More →
The Thanksgiving holiday will affect transit systems serving Rockland. Here’s what riders should expect this week, according to the county’s Department of Public Transportation. For help planning your trip, call the Transit Information Center at 845-364-3333, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays (closed Thanksgiving Day and Friday, Nov. 23). Wednesday: *... Read More →
New Jersey Transit is looking for Pascack Valley riders to help test its mobile ticketing smart phone app. The free application is not available to the general public and is still in its early stages. “We’re very early in the testing phase,” NJ Transit spokeswoman Nancy Snyder said. To take… Read More →
Many of us love that the season has changed to fall but trains…not so much. Wet leaves on railroad tracks are a seasonal hazard because they can cause “slippery rail” conditions, New Jersey Transit says. To that end, the agency is bringing out its high-pressure power-washing system known as AquaTrack…. Read More →
More trains are about to arrive at a station near you. Starting Oct. 14, Metro-North will launch its first round of service improvements that includes 79 new trains each week. From my morning report on the changes: » The Pascack Valley line will get a new 7:59 a.m. express train… Read More →
