Re: (erielack) GL/Boonton Trains on Great Notch Hill

["Gary R. Kazin" <gkazin_@_yahoo.com>]

- --- On Fri, 8/1/08, Tim Stuy <njmidland_@_verizon.net> wrote:
> You can take a train directly from Penn Station as far as Montclair
> State College.

It has been UNIVERSITY for quite some time, Tim.

> At that point you will make an across the platform transfer to a
> connecting diesel train that will go through Great Notch, Boonton and
> Mountain Lakes.

Great Notch is a bit of a problem: only two trains stop westbound, at 5:52 and 6:23 pm, and one eastbound, at 8:42 am.  If you want to visit by train only, you'll be there all day and you'll have to come via Denville, as most service is still peak-hour oriented: east in the morning, west in the afternoon and evening.

It is possible to walk between Great Notch and Montclair State along US 46 and Notch Road, but there are no sidewalks.  I would expect it to take less than a half hour - do NOT walk along the railroad.

NJT bus service is also available at Great Notch, routes 191, 195, 705 between the Port Authority Bus terminal and Wayne and Stockholm, with some service on the 11 and 28 routes to Willowbrook Mall.  The 705 goes between Passaic and Willowbrook also.  Train tickets are NOT accepted on buses.

> Several midday trains have bus substitutes over the last few months for
> trackwork.  The notices say this was to last until early August.  I know
> NJT is about to issue new timetables so perhaps the midday service will
> be back.  The current one implies that midday service resumes on August
> 4th.

New timetables, effective August 3 (SUNDAY), are available at: http://www.njtransit.com

The off-peak track work (concrete ties and rail replacement between Denville and Montclair State) is complete; regular train service will resume Monday - there is no weekend service.

> Tim

> On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 9:43 AM, Bruce Ipe <bruceipe_@_gmail.com> wrote:
> > Is it possible to take a passenger train from Penn Station to Great
> > Notch, Boonton and Mountain Lake.  New Jersey Transit is a bit
> > confusing to me. I am unable to figure out what is train and what
> > is bus. would like to explore this old Erie/El route and prefer doing
> > it by train rather than car.Thank you.

Other than the temporary (less than three months) bustitution, service on the Boonton line is always by train.

> > Bruce Ipe


      

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