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NY Penn Station's 'Summer of Hell' Begins Today

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The following service plan will be in place weekdays from July 10th through September 1st.   All Morris & Essex Lines (M&E) customers should check the new schedules for train times and station stops as changes have been made.

  • Midtown Direct trains on the Morristown Line scheduled to arrive in PSNY after 7:00 a.m. will be diverted to Hoboken for the rest of the service day.  Important Note:  Customers traveling into New York on four early morning Midtown Direct trains will not have return service in the p.m.; they should travel to Hoboken to access westbound M&E trains.
  • The four Morris & Essex Lines Midtown Direct trains are:
    • 6602, the 5:44 a.m. arrival at Penn Station New York
    • 6604, the 6:29 a.m. arrival at Penn Station New York
    • 6696, the 6:54 a.m. arrival at Penn Station New York (Please check schedule for station stops.)
    • 6306, the 6:58 a.m. arrival at Penn Station New York. (Please check schedules for station stops.)
  • Midtown Direct trains on the Gladstone Branch will be diverted to/from Hoboken.
  • Midtown Direct trains on the Montclair-Boonton Line will operate on regular weekday schedules with minor time changes to/from PSNY.  Montclair-Boonton Line Midtown Direct trains will not stop at Broad Street Station during peak hours.  Note: All Montclair-Boonton Line customers should check the schedules as station stops may have changed.
  • All Northeast Corridor and North Jersey Coast Line trains to PSNY will operate on regular weekday schedules with minor time changes to/from PSNY.
    • Hoboken-bound North Jersey Coast Line trains will terminate at Newark Penn Station.  Note: Customers can utilize rail service to Secaucus and transfer to Hoboken-bound trains. Hoboken tickets will be honored at Secaucus. See gate agent upon arrival.
  • Raritan Valley Line trains will operate on regular weekday schedules with minor adjustments.
  • Main/Bergen, Pascack Valley and Port Jervis Lines will operate on regular weekday schedules, however, connecting PATH trains at Hoboken Terminal may be different.
  • Atlantic City Line will operate on regular weekday schedules.

    If you take an Amtrak train into New York, the website went over the following service changes: 

  • Acela Express: No changes
  • Northeast Regional Service: Three round trip trains (six total trains) between New York City and Washington, DC, canceled. Service between New York City and Boston will operate at currently scheduled levels.
  • Keystone Service: Three round trip trains (six total trains) will start and end in Philadelphia, and one round trip train (two total trains) will start and end at Newark, New Jersey. Service between Philadelphia and Harrisburg will operate at currently scheduled levels.
  • Empire Service: To be announced shortly.
  • Long-Distance Service: The Crescent, operating between New York City and New Orleans, will originate and terminate in Washington, DC, daily during the work period. Connections will be provided on other Northeast Corridor trains.

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