NY/NJ commute: Schedules in flux as more bus, ferry, train service resumes in coming weeks
Colleen Wilson
Transit providers are slowly beefing up their schedules as workers return to commuting to an office instead of their living room.
In addition to new hygiene rules like mask requirements and minimizing capacity, the schedules are not all what they used to be.
Here are the most recent announcements and updates to ferries, buses and trains.
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NY Waterway
Ferry and bus services are expanding on modified schedules at NY Waterway beginning Monday.
Here are the ferry routes:
Paulus Hook to and from Brookfield Place/Battery Park City;
Port Imperial in Weehawken to and from Midtown/West 39th Street;
Hoboken/NJ Transit terminal to and from Brookfield Place/Battery Park City;
Belford/Middletown with stops at Pier 11/Wall Street, Brookfield Place/Battery Park City and Midtown.
Here are the bus routes from the West 39th Street ferry terminal:
One route going east on 42nd Street and returning west on 34th Street
One route going east on 50th Street and returning west on 57th Street, one route along 42nd Street
DeCamp
DeCamp Bus Lines are returning service to Route 32 on Monday on a limited weekday schedule.
Earlier this month, the company resumed service on three other lines, Routes 44, 66 and 33.
Martz Trailways
Starting Monday, Martz is adding four scheduled buses to the Port Authority Bus Terminal, and two departing the station compared to its June 1 service update.
Buses will also now seat about 40 people.
The modified bus schedule can be found on the company website.
The bus and parking organization that operates out of Madison and Chatham told customers it hopes to resume service July 6 as long as the company can fill 50% of seats, the cap on vehicle capacity to accommodate social distancing.
A bus will leave Madison at 6:15 a.m. and another from Chatham at 6:20 a.m. Three vans will provide evening service from New York City to New Jersey.
More information on securing a seat and pricing is available on the Boxcar website.
Starting Monday, Academy Bus line's schedules for Route 36 to Port and Cheesequake to Port will be updated with some new times and service additions.
The Leonardo Terminal Ticket Office will also open Monday from 4 a.m. to 12 p.m., Monday to Friday.
Gov. Phil Murphy announced full service would resume on trains and light rail July 6.
In the meantime, full bus service has been restored and agency officials said schedule adjustments could be made to accommodate social distancing where there are trends of high volumes of passengers.
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