Crime & Safety
NJ Transit Train Fatality In Jersey City Suspends Service On HBLR Line
NJ Transit temporarily suspended service on the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail line Friday after a trespasser fataility, officials say.
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ — NJ Transit officials temporarily suspended service on the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail line on Friday morning after a train struck and killed a person around 8:45 a.m. near Richard Street in Jersey City, authorities said.
According to NJ Transit, service was suspended both ways between Liberty State Park and Danforth Avenue after the incident, which the agency called a “trespasser fatality.”
HBLR Service is suspended both ways between Liberty State Park & Danforth Ave due to a trespasser Light Rail incident north of Richard St.
— NJ TRANSIT (@NJTRANSIT) April 21, 2017
None of the 300 passengers on the train suffered injuries, officials told NJ.com.
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Bus service was put into place due to the incident, NJ Transit officials announced.
due to an earlier trespasser fatality north of Richard St. Substitute bus service is in place. (2/2)
— NJ TRANSIT (@NJTRANSIT) April 21, 2017
NJ Transit officials reported that service was operating with residual delays around noon.
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Operating with residual delays of 20 minutes following an earlier trespasser fatality. Substitute bus service will remain in place. (2/2)
— NJ TRANSIT (@NJTRANSIT) April 21, 2017
#HBLR Bayonne Branch operating on/close to sched following earlier trespasser fatality. Substitute bus service remains on standby.
— NJ TRANSIT (@NJTRANSIT) April 21, 2017
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