Full NJ Transit rail service from New Jersey into the Big Apple will resume Monday, 11 weeks after Hurricane Sandy caused extensive damage to the agency’s equipment and infrastructure.
NJ Transit executive director James Weinstein said yesterday that rail service into the city will be restored to pre-Sandy levels. Service into Hoboken continues to run on a reduced schedule due to electrical problems caused by flooding from the storm, with the Gladstone branch of the Morris & Essex line the most affected.
“The full restoration of our New York Penn Station rail service marks another important milestone for NJ Transit and our customers, the majority of whom commute to and from Midtown Manhattan,” Weinstein said.
Service levels on the North Jersey Coast Line, which sustained extensive track damage, will reach 96 percent when nine trains are added to the line starting Monday. Two of the trains will operate between Long Branch and Penn Station.
The remaining seven trains will either originate or terminate in Bay Head. Four of those trains will resume service between Bay Head and Hoboken.