At the branch's southern end at Princeton Junction, connections are available to NJT's Northeast Corridor Line and peak-hour Amtrak trains. Princeton is the northern terminus of the Princeton Branch commuter rail service operated by NJ Transit (NJT), and is located on the Princeton University campus in Princeton, New Jersey. Princeton Historic District ( ID75001143 ) The investment is being made to carry NJ Transit's growing ridership through the next decade, until a new tunnel beneath the Hudson River and a new station in Midtown are built.Īmtrak's 100-year-old tunnel and Penn Station are operating beyond capacity and the only way NJ Transit can deliver more commuters to the city is to resort to cars that can hold 15 percent to 20 percent more customers.40☂0′37″N 74☃9′34″W / 40.3435°N 74.6594°W / 40.3435 -74.6594 Then Bombardier Transportation will be delivering the cars at the rate of a train a month through the end of 2008 when all 234 cars will be in service. NJ Transit expects to receive enough additional bi-level cars to put two or three more trains into service by spring. 'Customers seemed genuinely impressed,' said Dan Stessel, a NJ Transit spokesman, about the train's inaugural run. But if they hang around until 9:55, well, they can ride in one of the new double-decker cars. The 7:38 Metro-North train from Port Jervis reaches Secaucus at 9:35 and commuters routinely transfer to a NJ Transit train that stops at 9:44 for the short trip to Penn Station. And the third, as the 8:51 to New York, will stop at Secaucus at 9:55 - and here is where regular Port Jervis line customers have their best shot. The second, as the 6:31 to Trenton, will stop at Secaucus at 6:40 to collect commuters bound for other New Jersey points. from Trenton, will not stop at Secaucus Junction.

The six-car train will make three runs between Trenton and Pennsylvania Station in Midtown every day. They can ride in one right now, if they want to adjust their morning commute to accommodate the schedule of the one and only train of bi-level cars that started service last week.

Imagine: An extra inch of knee room and an extra two inches of seat width than the Comet Vs that Metro-North and NJ Transit put into service only three years ago. So how soon will Orange County commuters get to ride in one of NJ Transit's new $1.9 million double-decker cars?

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