Straightening Out the Northeast Corridor

>
> All this attention to the NEC schedules, yet little or no scrutiny is
> being put on NJT for it's gutting of Hoboken service from the M & E
> lines across the board.

I pointed this out weeks ago here, but the "rail advocate" crowd seemed to
poo=poo the idea. They may not know it yet. Some of them don't even ride
trains very often, as far as I can tell from what's posted here.

Cheers,
Jim Guthrie

J.R.Guthrie wrote:
>> All this attention to the NEC schedules, yet little or no scrutiny is
>> being put on NJT for it's gutting of Hoboken service from the M & E
>> lines across the board.
>
> I pointed this out weeks ago here, but the "rail advocate" crowd seemed to
> poo=poo the idea. They may not know it yet. Some of them don't even ride
> trains very often, as far as I can tell from what's posted here.
>
> Cheers,
> Jim Guthrie
>
>
>

Also the end of Waterfront Connection on weekends as well as the
withdrawal of train 2504, which means that it is now not possible to get
to NYP before 7:30 AM on weekends from Raritan Line stations.

Michael Finfer
Bridgewater, NJ

>How many people commute to Hoboken
>as their ultimate destination? Don't the
>vast majority end up in NYC?

Yes, but Penn Station is not the only place these riders want to go to.
And thousands of NJ residents work in....NJ. How does Midtown Direct get
you to Jersey City?


--
"Ever since the 60's, it's been all downhill" - Keith Hernandez, on how
far we've sunk as a culture

Clark F Morris wrote:

> From the Northeast Corridor, you get to Jersey City by changing in
> Newark to Path. From the M&E and ex-Erie lines you take a train to
> Hoboken and take either the WTC train 1 stop to Pavonia and change for
> the Journal Square train or when the WTC train isn't running, take the
> Journal Square train (the route being Journal Square - Hoboken - 33rd
> street).

You can also change at Hoboken to the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail which
also takes you to Jersey City (and beyond).

Michael Finfer
Bridgewater, NJ

>You can also change at Hoboken to the
>Hudson-Bergen Light Rail which also
>takes you to Jersey City (and beyond).

HBLR is the better choice for downtown Jersey City. It practically drops
you off at the front door of Harborside.

--
"Ever since the 60's, it's been all downhill" - Keith Hernandez, on how
far we've sunk as a culture

[YellowSubmarine]

yea, the light rail isn't that bad to get into downtown jersey city, but to get to other places in JC can be a hassle sometimes.. Jersey City could definitely use an NJT stop.