Raritan Valley Line: Buses Replace Trains between Cranford & Newark due to Track Work - Friday Night, March 12 to Monday Morning, March 15, 2021

Beginning at 11:15PM, Friday, March 12 and continuing until 4:30AM, Monday, March 15, Amtrak and Conrail will perform track work, requiring Raritan Valley Line (RVL) trains to be replaced by NJ TRANSIT buses between Cranford and Newark Penn stations.

View Busing Schedule for full service details.

Service Notes:

• On Friday evening, trains 5456-5401 and 5458-5503 will be replaced by buses between Cranford and Newark Penn stations.
• On Saturday and Sunday, ALL trains will be replaced by buses between Cranford and Newark Penn stations.

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. Note: 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.

We appreciate your patience during this temporary adjustment.

Customers are encouraged to monitor Travel Alerts & Advisories, sign up for My Transit Alerts, download the NJ TRANSIT app and follow us on Social Media for the latest service information.

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.