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Asbury Park (NJ) residents push to keep late-night train from NYC
Cablevision News12 New Jersey
August 26, 2016

People in Asbury Park are urging New Jersey Transit officials to keep
a late-night train that runs from Manhattan to Asbury Park once the summer
ends. During the summer months, NJ Transit runs a line that leaves New York
at 1 a.m. and stops in Long Branch at 2:39 a.m. and then arrives in Asbury
Park at 2:54 a.m. That train stops running every year by early September.

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Asbury Park residents push NJ Transit to keep late-night train from Manhattan

Any historical info on past off season services, or is this a new request?

NJT service from manahttan, for the most part, ends at midnight.  LIRR service runs all night, and subway lines run all night on a 20 minute headway.
Bars are open in NYC till 4am.  Last time i visited NYC, couldnt stay in NJ cause train service ended at midnight....that means leaving wherever u are, at 11pm or so,
which is laughable if u r a late night person.  The late night scene in NY just gets started after the theaters let out...around 11pm.  Wud be nice if there was at least one NEC train, one M&E train between 2am and 4am , at least on sat and sun mornings.  Yes, the rest of the country is asleep at these hours.  Not NYC.  Bars in the theater district and the village are packed from 11pm till 1am.   I'm just sayin

The line has endured a roller coaster of cutbacks and expansions - even in terms of express and local since 2000. 

This is line could always benefit from more service. After Labor Day it goes back to a more reduced schedule than in the past. 

NJT could also run more trains to/from Hoboken on this line, as it once did THROUGH OUT the day, but it seems they've adopted a NYC or bust motto....

And boy are the branch lines needed that once existed. NJ is in grid lock to the Shore more than just the summer, including SOUTH of Long Branch where the catenary ends. NJT has tried for a slow death south of Lomg Branch but they have not succeeded. 

Disclaimer - I used to commute on this line at one time.

< Any historical info on past off season services, or is this a new request? >

It was always a year round train. NJT made some sneak attack, illegal, service cuts last fall. They have a right to tweak schedules and adjust frequencies according to ridership, but being the last train of the night, the next one not being for 5 hours, they broke the law in not announcing it in hearings.



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NJT added back some late night bus services in Passaic county with the last schedule change. Even added a new 12.30am bus from PABT.

Amazing what enraged towns and county freeloaders can do...

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pdt Wrote:
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>...........................................
> The late night scene in NY just gets started after
> the theaters let out...around 11pm.  Wud be nice
> if there was at least one NEC train, one M&E train
> between 2am and 4am , at least on sat and sun
> mornings.  Yes, the rest of the country is asleep
> at these hours.  Not NYC.  Bars in the theater
> district and the village are packed from 11pm till
> 1am.   I'm just sayin

When I was younger, I visited New York City a few times, going out with a friend.  I always thought California cities had a great bar scene, but that paled
compared to New York.  Heading home after "last call" as dawn approached was a new experience for me.  I can see a very late night train being of use,
provided it services the right communities.

warren49 Wrote:
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> pdt Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> >...........................................
> > The late night scene in NY just gets started
> after
> > the theaters let out...around 11pm.  Wud be
> nice
> > if there was at least one NEC train, one M&E
> train
> > between 2am and 4am , at least on sat and sun
> > mornings.  Yes, the rest of the country is
> asleep
> > at these hours.  Not NYC.  Bars in the
> theater
> > district and the village are packed from 11pm
> till
> > 1am.   I'm just sayin
>
> When I was younger, I visited New York City a few
> times, going out with a friend.  I always thought
> California cities had a great bar scene, but that
> paled
> compared to New York.  Heading home after "last
> call" as dawn approached was a new experience for
> me.  I can see a very late night train being of
> use,
> provided it services the right communities.

PATH trains at 3 and 4 in the morning from NYC to Hoboken and Jersey City occasionally run full to standing room.  The recent decision to restrict overnight service for needed repairs created a lot of angst.

And at just 35 minute intervals, which lasts until 8am on Saturdays, 10am on Sunday.
The NYCT overnite standard is 20 minute intervals.