Overview
- From Feb. 15 to about March 15, only one track will be available between Newark and Secaucus, leading to schedule changes and slower, more crowded trains.
- Weekday Midtown Direct service on the Morris & Essex, Gladstone Branch, and Montclair–Boonton lines will be diverted to Hoboken starting Feb. 17, while Presidents’ Day service on Feb. 16 will operate to New York Penn without cross-honoring.
- NJ Transit plans roughly a 50% service cut for four weeks, reducing capacity from about 48 to 18 trains per hour through the corridor.
- Tickets will be cross-honored on PATH between Hoboken and 33rd Street, NY Waterway ferries to West 39th Street, and NJ Transit’s 126 bus, with officials urging riders to work from home or travel off-peak.
- Full service is targeted to resume March 15 pending safety and Positive Train Control testing, with crews working multi-shift schedules as the new bridge’s higher clearance removes the need for marine openings.