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How to Get From NYC to New Jersey After Hoboken Train Crash

Commuters coming home from work in Manhattan on Thursday have a limited number of options available.

NEW YORK, NY — With evening rush hour approaching, here's what is and isn't running for commuters trying to get home from Manhattan after Thursday morning's NJ Transit accident.

PATH

  • Trains are running normally from 33rd St-Journal Square and World Trade Center TO Hoboken Terminal
  • Trains are NOT running from New Jersey to Manhattan

NJ TRANSIT TRAINS

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  • Customers traveling to New Jersey from Manhattan who are NOT going to the waterfront area should travel from Penn Station-New York
  • Northeast Corridor, North Jersey Coast Line (New York service only), Raritan Valley, Midtown Direct and Atlantic City rail lines will all operate on normal weekday schedules. Please note: Midtown Direct service will make additional stops east of Summit
  • Main, Bergen, Pascack Valley and Port Jervis lines will operate on a modified weekend schedule originating/terminating in Secaucus. Buses will shuttle customers from Hoboken to Secaucus Junction on a load and go basis. Customers will be directed to this service by ambassadors wearing safety vests.
  • Customers who need to access Secaucus are urged to take trains from New York Penn Station
  • Morris & Essex Line, Gladstone Branch and Montclair-Boonton Line will be limited service for points west of Montclair State University and west of Dover

NJ TRANSIT BUSES

  • Extra service on the 126 line between Hoboken and Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York
  • Customers may need to use a temporary bus terminal in Hoboken pending the availability of the bus plaza. Customers will be notified where to get the service

NY WATERWAY

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  • Hoboken Terminal is CLOSED, Hoboken 14th St. is OPEN
  • Use Pier 11 to Paulus Hook (Jersey City) or Hoboken 14th St.
  • Use World Financial Center to Paulus Hook (Jersey City) or Hoboken 14th St.
  • NY Waterway will be cross-honoring all NJ Transit rail or bus tickets; extra ferries will be running

METRO-NORTH

  • For Pascack Valley Line (PVL) and Suffern, Sloatsburg, Tuxedo & Harriman customers: Take Hudson Line Train Service to Tarrytown Station for connecting bus service to all PVL stations and Suffern, Sloatsburg, Tuxedo & Harriman stations. Buses will meet trains departing Grand Central Terminal between 3:43 p.m. and 8:33 p.m.
  • For Port Jervis Line (PJL) customers between Harriman and Port Jervis Stations: Take Hudson Line Train Service to Beacon Station for connecting bus service to all stations between Harriman and Port Jervis stations. Buses will meet trains departing Grand Central Terminal between 3:48 p.m. and 8:29 p.m.

LIGHT RAIL

  • All Hudson Bergen Light Rail service remains SUSPENDED into and out of Hoboken.
  • 8th Street (NJ) to Hoboken trains will terminate at Newport Station (NJ).
  • Tonnelle Avenue (NJ) to Hoboken trains will terminate at 2nd Street station (NJ).
  • Westside Avenue (NJ) to Tonnelle Avenue trains are not impacted

AMTRAK

  • Service unaffected

We'll be updating this story if changes to the schedule are made, so check back before your commute.

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