Updates to Service Restoration in New Jersey In a surprise for train riders, New Jersey Transit said Wednesday that it would restore service by Monday to nearly its entire railroad - even the North Jersey Coast Line, which runs through some of the most devastated shoreline areas. This came after Amtrak announced that repairs to its substation in Kearny, which powers the tracks between Newark and Manhattan, would be finished Friday, weeks before it was estimated. Damage from Hurricane Sandy was "not as severe as first feared," Amtrak said. The Coast Line, which normally serves more than 12,000 daily riders each way, runs diesel trains from Bay Head to Long Branch and then electric to Manhattan. Bridges heavily damaged in the storm have already been repaired and other problems have been worked around, said James Weinstein, the transit agency's executive director. Power to the Hoboken terminal was restored by Public Service Electric and Gas on Wednesday, he said, but he gave no timetable for finishing repairs to the terminal, which must occur for diesel trains from Bay Head to reach Hoboken directly. The railroad's main nerve center in the Meadowlands, meanwhile, is still being powered by generators. The one line that would still be out of service entirely after Monday would be the Gladstone Branch, which serves about 1,600 daily riders each way, because crews are still replacing broken wooden poles carrying overhead power cables. As rail service is restored, Mr. Weinstein said, special bus and ferry service from Hoboken, Weehawken and Jersey City into Manhattan will be cut back. For now, he said, the best options to Midtown Manhattan from Hoboken are taking the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail to the Newport station and transferring to the PATH train to 33rd Street, or using a special $5 ferry service from the Hoboken Ferry Terminal to Pier 79 at 39th Street. 126 bus to Hoboken from Manhattan has been crowded, and riders have complained that buses stop leaving from the Port Authority Bus Terminal at 2 a.m., even though people are still in line. Mr. Weinstein said he doubted this was happening. "But if it is, it will stop," he said. The Port Authority said it had more than 30 police officers and at least 25 other employees - twice the usual number - working to keep lines orderly and help passengers. Gov. Chris Christie's office said 569 people remained in shelters.