New Jersey Transit now runs trains to Montclair on week-ends.  The service, which began on November 8th, runs as far as Bay Street Station every two hours during the day and every three hours in the evening. This marks the first Sunday service since 1959 and the first Saturday service since 1966.  The Lackawanna Coalition and other rail advocates had pushed for this service since the Montclair Connection was opened in 2002, and town officials began to push for the service earlier this year.  The Lackawanna Coalition has asked that service be extended to the Montclair State Station and run every hour.  Trains connect with Morris & Essex Line trains at Broad Street Station and provide service to Hoboken as well as Montclair.

The Board of Directors of New Jersey Transit approved $1.15 Billion in contracts for the "ARC" (Access to the Region's Core, also known as Mass Transit Tunnel) and Portal Bridge Projects on December 9th, the last Board meeting before incumbent Governor Jon Corzine leaves office.  The contracts call for construction under Manhattan to build a tunnel alignment that would lead to the proposed "deep cavern" terminal to be located 175 feet below 34th Street.  The Lackawanna Coalition and other rail advocates have objected to the deep cavern terminal, claiming that the terminal itself would be inconvenient and unsafe, and that the $3 billion price tag for the terminal alone represents a waste of taxpayer money.  The Coalition called the issue a "litmus test" for the incoming Christie Administration, claiming that saving the cost of the deep-cavern terminal would also improve convenience and connections for New Jersey's rail riders.  Morris & Essex and Montclair-Boonton Line riders are slated to be evicted from the existing Penn Station when their trains are moved into the deep cavern terminal under the current NJT plan.