NJ TRANSIT POLICE TO CONDUCT EMERGENCY RESPONSE DRILL AT JERSEY AVENUE STATION

For Immediate Release: November 3, 2016

NEWARK, NJ — The NJ TRANSIT Police Department (NJTPD) Office of Emergency Management (OEM), together with local and federal partners, will conduct a training exercise on Saturday, November 5th at the Jersey Avenue Station along the Northeast Corridor beginning at 8 a.m.

The exercise, which will gauge responses to a simulated transportation incident, will take approximately four (4) hours to complete. As a result of the drill, customers should expect to see an increased presence of police and emergency personnel throughout the area. Service at the station and along the Northeast Corridor will not be impacted.

In addition to the NJTPD personnel, the following entities will also be participating in the exercise: Amtrak Police, New Brunswick Police, Middlesex County OEM, New Brunswick OEM, Robert Wood Johnson Emergency Medical Service, and the New Brunswick Fire Department.

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NJ TRANSIT is the nation's largest statewide public transportation system providing more than 938,500 weekday trips on 254 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 19,000 bus stops linking major points in New Jersey, New York and Philadelphia.