Raritan Valley Line: Buses Replace Trains between Cranford & Newark due to Conrail Track Maintenance Work – Saturday, June 18 and Sunday, June 19, 2022

Beginning Saturday, June 18 at 6AM and continuing until approximately 9PM on Sunday, June 19, Raritan Valley Line trains will be replaced by NJ TRANSIT buses while Conrail replaces a switch between Cranford and Roselle Park stations.

NOTE: Complete schedules, including substitute busing times, will be published in advance of the outage.

Service Notes:

• Trains will operate between Raritan and Cranford stations ONLY. Substitute bus service will operate in both directions between Cranford and Newark stations.
• Regular Train service TO/FROM NEWARK will resume on Sunday evening with Train 5534 (8:14PM departure from Raritan) and Train 5539 (9:38PM departure from Newark).

Traveling Eastbound

• Customers traveling FROM Raritan to Garwood will board their regular trains.
• Customers at Cranford, Roselle Park and Union stations will board buses to Newark Penn Station. Buses will not depart from Cranford station 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 New York or Secaucus will take their regular connecting trains from those stations and transfer to buses at Newark. Buses will not depart from Newark until the connecting train has arrived and all customers have transferred.
• Customers traveling FROM Newark will board buses to Union, Roselle Park and Cranford stations. At Cranford Station, customers will transfer to a westbound train. Trains will not depart until all buses have 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 as we accommodate this temporary routing 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.