EARLY GETAWAY AND EXTRA SERVICE ON TRAINS AND BUSES SET FOR THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WEEKEND

On Wednesday, November 26, trains will operate on a weekday schedule on all lines (Friday schedule on Atlantic City Rail Line) with additional "early getaway" service from New York Penn Station, Newark Penn Station and Hoboken Terminal starting at noon on the Northeast Corridor, North Jersey Coast, Raritan Valley, Morris & Essex, Pascack Valley and Port Jervis lines. Newark Light Rail, Hudson-Bergen Light Rail and River LINE will operate on a weekday schedule. Buses will operate on a weekday schedule, with additional buses providing early getaway service on select routes from the Port Authority Bus Terminal starting around 1 p.m.

In addition to the early getaway train listed in Northeast Corridor timetables (the 2:26 p.m. departure from New York), two additional early getaway trains will operate that are not shown in printed schedules:

• Train 8847 will depart New York at 1:32 p.m., making stops at Secaucus, Newark Penn, Newark Liberty International Airport, Metropark, Metuchen, Edison, New Brunswick, Jersey Avenue, Princeton Junction, Hamilton and Trenton.
• Train 8855 will depart New York at 3:25 p.m., making stops at Secaucus, Newark Penn Station, Newark Liberty International Airport, followed by New Brunswick and all stops thereafter to Trenton. (This train does not have a Princeton Shuttle connection.)

North Jersey Coast Line early getaway Train 8301, shown in timetables as originating at Newark Penn Station, will originate at Hoboken Terminal, where it will depart at 3:15 p.m. After departing Hoboken, this train will operate on the schedule shown in timetables.

To accommodate early getaway service, the following trains will not operate on November 26:

• North Jersey Coast Line train 2311, the 5:46 p.m. departure from Hoboken.
  • Customers traveling from Hoboken may use train 2313, the 6:19 p.m. departure from Hoboken.
  • Customers who use train 2311 to travel to points south of Long Branch (to Bay Head) will have a shuttle train connection departing Long Branch at 7:10 p.m. The shuttle train will operate on train 2311�s schedule from Long Branch to Bay Head only.
• Pascack Valley Line train 1633, the 5:55 p.m. departure from Hoboken.
• Port Jervis Line train 59, the 6:08 p.m. departure from Hoboken.
• Northeast Corridor trains 3173 and 3973 will be combined. The combined train will depart New York at 6:13 p.m. and cover the same stops as 3173 and 3973.

Extra service to Newark Liberty International Airport

Also on Wednesday, November 26, NJ TRANSIT will offer additional service to Newark Liberty International Airport from New York and Newark to accommodate Thanksgiving holiday travel. Eight westbound Northeast Corridor trains will add a stop at Newark Liberty International Airport Station as follows (these stops are not printed in timetables):

• Train 8847, the 1:32 p.m. early getaway departure from New York, will arrive at Newark Airport at 1:56 p.m.
• Train 8855, the 3:25 p.m. early getaway departure from New York, will arrive at Newark Airport at 3:51 p.m.
• Train 3721, the 4:07 p.m. departure from New York to Trenton, will arrive at Newark Airport at 4:33 p.m.
• Train 3165, the 4:54 p.m. departure from New York to Trenton, will arrive at Newark Airport at 5:15 p.m.
• Train 3725, the 5:12 p.m. departure from New York to Jersey Avenue, will arrive at Newark Airport at 5:38 p.m.
• Train 3867, the 5:22 p.m. departure from New York to Trenton, will arrive at Newark Airport at 5:46 p.m.
• Train 3875, the 6:47 p.m. departure from New York to Trenton, will arrive at Newark Airport at 7:11 p.m.
• Train 3979, the 7:30 p.m. departure from New York to Trenton, will arrive at Newark Airport at 7:53 p.m.

On Thanksgiving Day, November 27, trains will operate on a weekend/major holiday schedule (Sunday schedule on Atlantic City Rail Line), with no rail service on the Montclair-Boonton Line. To accommodate customers traveling to and from the Macy�s Thanksgiving Day Parade, NJ TRANSIT will add extra trains on the Northeast Corridor, North Jersey Coast, Raritan Valley, Morris & Essex and Port Jervis lines. Newark Light Rail and Hudson-Bergen Light Rail will operate on weekend schedule; River LINE will operate on a Sunday schedule. Holiday bus schedules vary by route�customers are advised to check their timetables or visit www.njtransit.com for schedule information.