NEW JERSEY TRANSIT POLICE TO CONDUCT EMERGENCY RESPONSE DRILL

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NEWARK, NJ — The New Jersey Transit Police Department (NJTPD) Office of Emergency Management (OEM) will conduct a training exercise on Saturday, November 4, at Hudson-Bergen Light Rail’s Caven Point facility in Jersey City between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Customers can expect to see an increased police presence along the tracks between Liberty State Park station and Richard St. station.  The drill, which will gauge responses to a simulated incident, will take about five hours to complete.

This drill will have no impact on light rail service.

This is the latest in a series of periodic drills that the NJTPD’s OEM conducts along the agency’s system every year.

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NJ TRANSIT is the nation's largest statewide public transportation system providing more than 944,000 weekday trips on 255 bus routes, three light rail lines, 12 commuter rail lines and through Access Link paratransit service. It is the third largest transit system in the country with 166 rail stations, 62 light rail stations and more than 18,000 bus stops linking major points in New Jersey, New York and Philadelphia.