Train Schedules With Service Reductions Start Sunday

NJ Transit's 25 percent fare increase went into effect on May 1, and now the service reductions will go into effect this weekend.

New train schedules go into effect on Sunday, which feature service reductions on most train lines. Seven trains on the Morris & Essex line, mainly service to or from Hoboken, will be eliminated. The changes affect about 1,000 customers. Millburn-Short Hills has two train stations served by NJ Transit

The following trains will be discontinued:

• Weekday train 870 (5:27 a.m. departure from Hackettstown)
• Weekday train 873 (7:57 a.m. departure from Hoboken)
• Weekday train 813 (6:40 p.m. departure from Hoboken)
• Weekday train 323 (11:20 a.m. departure from Hoboken)
• Weekday train 348 (3:06 p.m. departure from Summit)
• Weekday train 465 (5:06 p.m. departure from Hoboken)
• Weekday train 464 (6:43 p.m. departure from Murray Hill)

Montclair-Boonton Line train 1000 will be extended to start in Hackettstown as train 1070 (replacing the Hackettstown and Mount Olive stops on 870).

NJ Transit is making some changes based on feedback from customers:

• Train 465 customers will be accommodated with revised stopping patterns on adjacent trains. Train 429 will now make stops at East Orange and Brick Church. Train 807 will add stops at Orange, Highland Avenue and Mountain stations.
• Train 439 will add stops at Maplewood, Millburn and Short Hills stations for former 813 customers.

Also, related to the fare changes, NJ Transit will no longer accept off-peak roundtrip tickets after Sunday. The off-peak roundtrip tickets were eliminated in the fare changes.

A train ticket from Millburn-Short Hills increased from $6.50 to $8 for one-way to New York Penn Station. The monthly pass increased from $186 to $233. Rail tickets to Hoboken increased from $5.50 to $7 one way. The monthly pass to Hoboken increased from $154 to $193.