NJ TRANSIT RESTORING SERVICE FOR CUSTOMERS IMPACTED BY REGIONAL POWER OUTAGE

8:45 p.m. Service Update

NEWARK, NJ – NJ TRANSIT is continuing to restore service to customers impacted by a regional power outage in the New Jersey/New York metropolitan area.

RAIL:

NJ TRANSIT is currently offering customers limited rail service on the following lines:

· Northeast Corridor.

· North Jersey Coast Line.

· Main/Bergen lines.

· Port Jervis Line.

· Pascack Valley Line.

· Raritan Valley Line

NJ TRANSIT is still operating shuttle bus service from Hoboken Terminal for customers on the Morris & Essex Lines.

Normal service is operating on the Atlantic City Line.

BUS:

· NJ TRANSIT is transporting customers from the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York to the Meadowlands Park/Ride. Additional buses are waiting at that location to take passengers to northern and central New Jersey. Significant delays are reported due to traffic congestion

LIGHT RAIL:

· Hudson-Bergen Light Rail service is suspended.

· Newark City Subway service is suspended. A shuttle bus operation is assisting these passengers.

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