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Montclair Weekend Service Begins
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Tuesday, December 29 2009 8:15 pm
Donald Winship
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.