Reminder: NJ Transit Fare Hikes, Service Cuts Start Tomorrow

By • Apr 30th, 2010 • Category: Blog, News

NJ Transit riders should prepare to start digging a little deeper into their pockets Saturday, when fares across the system will rise.

Rail service will increase by 25 percent; light rail and local bus service will rise by 10 percent. Hudson-Bergen Light Rail customers will now pay $2.10 for each ride, while local bus riders will be asked to cough up $1.50.

As part of the service cuts, two bus lines operating in Jersey City via the Hudson County Wheels Minibus Service will be eliminated: the 981 and the 305. The 981 runs on weekdays from Port Liberte to the Grove Street PATH Station, and the 305 runs solely within Liberty State Park. Mayor Healy had written NJ Transit opposing the elimination of the 981, calling it “too vital to the residents of Jersey City.”

Other service cuts include the elimination of 36 Hudson-Bergen Light Rail trips each weekday beginning at 8 pm, by increasing the interval between trains from 20 minutes to 30 minutes. The agency is also discontinuing direct light rail service between Tonnelle Avenue and Hoboken Terminal, resulting in longer trips for some riders who will have to switch trains. Both of these changes will go into effect in August.

Several bus routes in Jersey City, including the popular 86 line, will also see service reductions, mostly in the form of longer wait times between buses. (For a full accounting of bus service cuts, click here.)

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  • http://www.jerseybeat.com Jim Testa

    I am directly affected by both the cuts (I frequently use the Hudson Light-Rail and the 86 bus to get to Jersey City and back) and the fare increase.

    Of course no one is getting a raise at work – assuming you’re lucky enough to even have a job – to offset the fare hike, so our Republican governor is in effect levying a regressive tax on anyone who uses mass transit, punishing the very segment of the population he should be encouraging and rewarding (since both economically and environmentally, mass transit is good for the state.)

    In other words: Pah!!