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

["Bruce Ipe" <bruceipe_@_gmail.com>]

Tim: Thank you so much for the information. I have a plan. My wife and I
plan to take Metronorth from S. Norwalk to Grand Central Terminal on a
weekday and stay overnight in a hotel near Penn Station. The next morning I
will take the 9:39 train to Mountain Lakes. Ruth will stay in NYC.  I am not
sure how many transfers this will take, but I am supposed to arrive at
11:16. I will then lunch at The Station Restaurant, hopefully it is near the
NJT station. I will then return to NYC via the last train out of Mountain
Lakes, the 1:03 PM and some transfers to Penn Station.

What do you think? Admittedly I will only see Great Notch and Boonton
(Bootn) out of the train window, but thats not bad. I will then pick up my
wife and back to CT that evening.

Bruce

On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 12:26 PM, Gary R. Kazin <gkazin_@_yahoo.com> wrote:

> --- 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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