Raritan Valley Line: Buses Replace Trains between Cranford & Newark due to Conrail Track Work – Saturday, September 26, 2020

Beginning 6AM, Saturday, September 26 and continuing until 2AM, Sunday, September 27, Conrail will perform track work, requiring Raritan Valley Line (RVL) trains to be replaced by NJ TRANSIT buses between Cranford and Newark Penn stations.

Service Notes:

• Trains will operate between Raritan and Cranford stations ONLY. Substitute bus service will operate in both directions between Cranford and Newark.
• Regular Train service TO/FROM NEWARK will resume on Sunday morning with Train 5506 (6:14AM departure from Raritan) and Train 5511 (7:38AM departure from Newark).

Traveling Eastbound

• Customers traveling FROM Raritan to Garwood will board their regular trains.
• Customers at Cranford, Roselle Park and Union will board buses to Newark. Buses will not depart Cranford until all customers have transferred from the train.
• At Newark, customers continuing TO Secaucus and New York should board the next available train. Customers may wait longer than usual for their connecting train at Newark, and, if traveling via Secaucus, should plan their connections carefully as trains will not be held at Secaucus.

Traveling Westbound 

• Customers traveling FROM Newark will board buses to Union Station, Roselle Park and Cranford. At Cranford, customers will transfer to a westbound train. Trains will not depart until all buses have arrived and all customers have transferred.
• Customers traveling FROM New York or Secaucus will take their regular connecting trains from those stations and transfer to buses at Newark. Buses will not depart Newark until the connecting train has arrived and all customers have transferred.
• Customers traveling beyond Newark will arrive at their final destination up to 35 minutes later than usual.
   

View the printable timetable HERE for schedule details.

We appreciate your patience during this important track work.  

For more information and language assistance, please call NJ TRANSIT Customer Service at (973) 275-5555 between the hours of 8:30AM and 5PM daily.