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NJ Transit Workarounds

NJ Transit Workarounds

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In the event of an NJ Transit strike, we have crowdsourced these alternative ways to get to/from NYC. Please continue to share via the Contact feature of our web site or via our Facebook page.

Please visit the Clever Commute NJT Strike Command Center for more resources.

These are options above and beyond NJT’s contingency plan.

By train line

 

Northeast Corridor Line

  • NJT Bus – 108, 112, 115 and 129 bus routes

North Jersey Coast Line

  • NJT Bus – 116 and 133/135 bus routes

Gladstone-Morristown Line

Montclair-Boonton Line

Main-Bergen County Line

Pascack Valley Line

Raritan Valley Line

  • NJT Bus – 113 and 114X bus routes

Port Jervis Line

Options for the Montclair / NYC commute

Options for the Montclair / NYC commute

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In a world where trip planners, Google Maps/Waze and or course Uber/Lyft are prevelent, you have many options and many ways to learn about them.

Here is some food for thought about those options. 
This is provided as a courtesy and is not guaranteed or verified by Clever Commute.
Please contact us if you have any fixes to the below or additional suggestions.

NOTE: NJT always does some degree of cross-honoring.
Info: https://www.njtransit.com/tickets/rail-tickets
Click on Travel Flexibility

They also have a page called Know Your Alternates, Backups, and Contingences

Overall Options (There is clearly a Montclair focus, but this is also applicable to nearby towns)

  1. Montclair <-> Port Authority Bus Terminal via NJT bus (Allwood Park & Ride in Clifton)
  2. Montclair <-> Harrison / Jersey City / Hoboken. Take PATH to Manhattan.
  3. Montclair <-> Secaucus Junction and then travel via any other NJT train line
  4. Montclair <-> Newark Broad via NJT bus (e.g. #28)  to Port Authority takes ~36 minutes
  5. Montclair <-> Newark Penn via NJT bus (e.g. #28) to Port Authority takes ~43 minutes
  6. Montclair/Bloomfield (Branch Brook Park Light Rail) <-> Newark Penn (map)
    Note: If you have a monthly ticket you get unlimited travel on Newark Light Rail during the month the pass is valid
  7. Take NJ Transit Gladstone/Morristown line train from East Orange, Brick Church or Orange.
  8. Take NJ Transit Main line train from Clifton.
  9. Take NY Waterway ferry. You have options for your departure point.
  10. North Bergen Park and Ride
    The address is Route 3 West & I-495 East, North Bergen, NJ 07047. You can put that into Google Maps for directions.
    From there, take bus #320 to Port Authority. That bus runs very frequently, 24x7, but be sure to check the schedule.
  11. Boxcar Bus service

From Newark to NYC 

  • From Newark Broad - Take Gladstone/Morristown Line to NY Penn
  • From Newark Penn - PATH or NJT Train

From Newark Penn to home 

  • Bus 28: Watchung Ave, Upper Montclair, Mountain Ave, Montclair Heights.
  • Bus 11, 28, 29 & 72: Bloomfield
  • Bus 11, 28, 29: Glen Ridge and Bay Street
  • Bus 11: Little Falls
  • Bus 191: Montclair State University

PATH of silence (T-?)

PATH of silence (T-?)

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A Clever Commuter relayed this message …but PATH never sent out an alert

Clever Commute [9:05 AM] - Signal delays on nwk to Wtc train.15 minute expected delay announced

PATH’s turn (T-14)

PATH’s turn (T-14)

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A Clever Commuter relayed this message  14 minutes before PATH did.

Clever Commute [5:33 AM] -  Path service suspended. There us no Path Service from Newark to WTC, NJT is cross honoring

PATH Alerts  [5:47 AM] – NJT Buses are running express from Market St. Newark Penn Station to Journal Square

Faster than PATH (T-2)

Faster than PATH (T-2)

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Our folks shared the news 2 minutes before the PATH did

Clever Commute [1:56 PM] – Fire alarms going off on WTC Path—no service to Hoboken or Newark

PATH [1:58 PM] – All PATH service is temporarily suspended, due to a smoke condition at Journal Square

Hello Hoboken!

Hello Hoboken!

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Welcome to all the riders who joined after reading about Clever Commute at hoboken411.com. There is still plenty of room to grow…and the value of these Clever communities increases as more people join. Please continue to share the good news of Clever Commute.

You have joined a community that gives you the ability to help (and receive help from) your fellow passengers. All of the “alerts” and “advisories” will come from YOU…and are sent directly to your fellow commuters (on your line). A few other things to note:

  • Your should have received a “Welcome” mail. Please make note of the one e-mail address you need for the train line your ride (You can always reach the CleverCommute staff via the website…or at clevercommute at emailworld dot org)
  • Please make your messages to the group actionable, factual, and objective.
  • Please do not ask questions of the group (e.g., “how are things tonight? any delays?”). Rather, you should assume that the best information from the crowd has been shared.
  • The recent media attention has indeed caused a “growth spurt” in our membership…so there will be some growing pains I’m sure…but we’ll get through it together.
  • Follow this link to a few bullet points on “best practices” https://clevercommute.com/blog/page-rules-of-the-road/

Thanks for making this happen. Let’s hope for a smooth commute.

-Conductor Josh