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(erielack) Great Notch Today
- Subject: (erielack) Great Notch Today
- From: "Jim Guthrie" <jguthrie_@_pipeline.com>
- Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 07:52:06 -0400
Some news of possible interest -- Jim Guthrie ELSH #1296
Great Notch ridersget wish: more trains
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
BY JENNIFER H. CUNNINGHAM
Herald News
STAFF WRITER
LITTLE FALLS - Spurred by residents' complaints, train service will
increase at the Great Notch Station, NJ Transit officials announced.
Beginning April 19, transit officials will add two morning stops to
and two evening stops from Hoboken as part of a one-year trial, NJ Transit
Executive Director Richard Sarles said Monday.
The morning trains will stop at Great Notch at 5:46 a.m. and 7:19
a.m., arriving in Hoboken at 6:33 a.m. and 7:59 a.m., respectively. A third
train will continue to serve the station at 8:15 a.m., arriving in Hoboken
at 9:03 a.m.
In the evening, additional outbound trains will stop at the station at
4:18 p.m. and 7:41 p.m., after departing Hoboken at 3:34 p.m. and 6:51 p.m.,
respectively. Two other trains will continue to serve Great Notch at 5:52
p.m. and 6:23 p.m.
NJ Transit officials have contended that ridership was "anemic" at the
station and proposed closing it for good. In 2007, an average of 67
passengers used the station each day, while 488 people daily used the nearby
Montclair State University station, according to an NJ Transit spokesman.
Now, NJ Transit officials hope to build ridership to an average of 75
weekday riders by the end of six months, and 100 over the year of the trial.
Passengers who use the station to commute to New York City have
complained that fewer people were riding the trains because of cuts in
service. Trains scheduled to stop at the station had been reduced twice in
the last three years. Since the most recent cut in January, 2008, one train
makes a stop in the morning and two during the afternoon rush.
Local officials who advocated for more service at the station lauded
the service increase.
"I am pleased that NJ Transit has responded positively to our requests
and is giving Little Falls another chance to prove Great Notch Station's
value in the community," Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-Paterson, , said in a
statement.
Assemblyman Scott Rumana said he'd heard from many constituents about
station service cuts and was pleased with the compromise. Rumana, along with
Little Falls Mayor Michael DeFrancisci, urged residents to use the
additional train service.
"I'm very pleased that NJ Transit has given our community the
opportunity to demonstrate the continued need for the station," DeFrancisci
said. "It will now be up to the community to commit to using this expanded
service."
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http://www.northjersey.com/news/transportation/42245092.html
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