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351 Meadowlands Express Bus Service to be provided by CoachUSA

Posted on April 29, 2010 by brian

Whereas in previous years I believe the Route 351 Meadowlands Express Bus Service was half run by NJ Transit and half contracted out, this year it will be completely run by CoachUSA. The 351 bus takes you from the Port … Continue reading →

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LIRR improves its Meadowlands service and information

Posted on October 5, 2009 by brian

The Long Island Rail Road recently made two notable improvements to its “Take the Train to the Game” Meadowlands Rail program. First, it changed its joint LIRR/NJT ticketing policy. Second, it added excellent schedule information to its website. The original … Continue reading →

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MTA too busy tailgating to notice Press Release screw up

Posted on August 12, 2009 by brian

MTA officials were too busy tailgating with NJ Transit officials at Penn Station New York today to notice the significant and glaring error in their all important press release. The press release, meant to announce the beginning of both LIRR/MNCR+NJT … Continue reading →

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Real-time departure boards for NJT Secaucus Junction available online

Posted on August 12, 2009 by brian

UPDATE: DepartureVision is actually online and working for possibly all stations in the system. Go here, click on a station, and then add “-mobile” after the “tid” part of the URL. Source: Railroad.net NJ Transit Rail forum —————————– New Jersey … Continue reading →

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LIRR to offer joint ticket to Meadowlands Sports Complex Rail Station

Posted on August 12, 2009 by brian

You can now buy and use a single train ticket to ride from stations on the Long Island Rail Road all the way to the Meadowlands Sports Complex in New Jersey, home of Giants Stadium, a new football stadium to … Continue reading →

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Metro-North brochure for Meadowlands Rail Service

Posted on August 11, 2009 by brian

Metro-North Railroad has created a new brochure to explain their part of the direct service that they are planning to run with New Jersey Transit this fall. It is admittedly a complicated task to convey all of the options and … Continue reading →

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Meadowlands Rail Station Inaugural Train Ride and Opening Ceremony

Posted on July 20, 2009 by brian

NJ Transit, the New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority, and the Port Authority of NY & NJ hosted an inaugural ride to the opening ceremony of the new Meadowlands Rail Station today. The inaugural train departed Hoboken at 1:25 PM, … Continue reading →

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Meadowlands Rail Station Ribbon Cutting Today

Posted on July 20, 2009 by brian

A ribbon cutting ceremony and inaugural train ride to the new NJ Transit Meadowlands Rail Station is taking place today.

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NJT makes official announcement of start of Meadowlands rail service

Posted on July 8, 2009 by brian

As I first posted two week ago, NJT rail service to the Meadowlands will begin on July 26, 2009. New Jersey Transit made the official announcement of this today. An excerpt: NJ TRANSIT ANNOUNCES OPENING DATE FOR NEW MEADOWLANDS RAIL … Continue reading →

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NJT Meadowlands Rail Service Begins July 26 2009

Posted on June 22, 2009 by brian

An article in The Star-Ledger has revealed that New Jersey Transit’s train service to the new station at the Meadowlands Sports Complex will begin on Sunday, July 26, 2009, for the CONCACAF Gold Cup Final match. In other interesting news … Continue reading →

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