Rep. Sherrill To Discuss NJ Transit Changes: MOBO, Morris/Essex

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill and a top NJ Transit official are coming to Essex County to talk trains.

On Wednesday, May 29, Sherrill will host an information session about upcoming NJ Transit train changes on the Montclair-Boonton and Morris & Essex lines. The event will take place from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Buzz Aldrin Middle School, 173 Bellevue Avenue in Montclair.

Sherrill represents New Jersey’s 11th District, which includes parts of Essex, Morris, Passaic and Sussex counties.

She will be joined by NJ Transit Executive Director Kevin Corbett. Together, they plan to hear from residents and discuss the upcoming service adjustments, which are being done in order to accommodate Amtrak repair work that will take two tracks at Penn Station New York out of service.

The service changes will take effect on Monday, June 17. Learn more here.

“Commuting is a fact of life for our residents,” Sherrill said. “It can’t be avoided, and it must be done every day. I want to make sure our commuters have the opportunity to hear directly from NJ Transit about the adjustments this summer and to ask questions. I’m looking forward to hosting Executive Director Corbett and members of our community for this information session.”

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Sherrill recently held a town hall event at Bloomfield Middle School, which was livestreamed on social media.

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According to a NJ Transit notice about the service changes:

“Beginning June 17, NJ Transit will be temporarily diverting select Midtown Direct rail service on the Montclair-Boonton Line and one North Jersey Coast Line train to Hoboken, in order to accommodate vital Amtrak repair work that will take two tracks at Penn Station New York (PSNY) out of service. Other temporary service adjustments will include Morris & Essex Line Midtown Direct trains no longer stopping at Newark Broad Street station during the morning and evening peak periods, and a limited number of Midtown Direct reverse-peak trains will operate from Hoboken. Please see below for impacts to specific trains and suggested alternates.

“The work will require two tracks at PSNY to be taken out of service resulting in fewer tracks for Amtrak, NJ Transit and Long Island Rail Road (LIRR). Amtrak will be repairing and renewing two railroad interlockings at the east end of PSNY which direct all three railroads in and out of the East River tunnels connecting to Sunnyside Yard in Queens. Access to Sunnyside Yard is critical to NJ Transit operations at PSNY as it enables the maximum number of trains and number of cars per train to utilize the station platforms.

“NJ Transit must implement service changes weekdays only between Monday, June 17 and Friday, Sept. 6. NJ Transit strongly advises customers to stay up to date during these service adjustments by clicking HERE. Customers may also download or update the latest version of the NJ Transit mobile app and activate custom push notifications; sign up for My Transit alerts; monitor NJ Transit’s main Twitter handle as well as individual rail line Twitter accounts; and check the NJ Transit website HERE.”

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