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Port Jervis Line: Emergency Substitute Busing, Friday Night, Aug. 6 - Sunday Evening, Aug. 8

Updated August 7, 2021 9:01 a.m.

Port Jervis Line customers,

Starting at 11 p.m., Friday, August 6, through Sunday evening, August 8, substitute busing will replace train service on the Port Jervis Line due to emergency bridge work east of Harriman by the New York State Thruway Authority.

Port Jervis Line tickets will be cross-honored on the Hudson Line during this time.

Substitute buses will operate at all stations between Port Jervis and Sloatsburg stations except Otisville and Salisbury Mills.

Inbound to Hoboken/Penn Station

Please refer to the PDF of regular train service. Buses will depart Port Jervis, Middletown, Campbell Hall, Harriman, Tuxedo, and Sloatsburg approximately 20 minutes before train departures for connection with trains at Ramsey/Rt. 17.

Customers can also refer to NJT schedules, and follow the instructions above.

On Saturday, busing will begin with the 4:41 a.m. train from Port Jervis and continue through Sunday.

Buses will depart stations 10-20 minutes earlier than scheduled train times and travel to Ramsey/Rte. 17, where customers will transfer to trains.

Otisville & Salisbury Mills customers should go to the closet available station for shuttle bus service to the train at Ramsey/Rte. 17.

A local bus will operate from Port Jervis to Ramsey/Rte. 17 making all stops, including Otisville and Salisbury Mills, and will connect at Ramsey/Rte. 17 with the next available NJT train. The first bus will depart Port Jervis at 4:41 a.m. and buses will run approximately every 2-3 hours all day.

This bus is intended primarily for customers needing to travel between intermediate stations on the Port Jervis Line, not for customers connecting with NJT trains at Ramsey/Rte. 17. There is no guarantee that the local bus will connect to specific NJT trains at Ramsey/Rte. 17.

Outbound to Port Jervis

On Friday, busing will begin with the 9:58 p.m. train from Hoboken and continue through Sunday.

Please refer to PDF of regular train service. Buses will run as close as possible to the train schedule to Sloatsburg, Tuxedo, Harriman, Campbell Hall, Middletown, and Port Jervis.

Outbound buses will depart Ramsey/Rte. 17 Station approximately five minutes after the connecting train arrives. Substitute buses will operate at all stations between Sloatsburg and Port Jervis except Salisbury Mills and Otisville.

A local bus will operate from Ramsey/Rte. 17 to Port Jervis making all stops, including Salisbury Mills and Otisville. The first bus will depart Ramsey/Rte. 17 on Saturday at 10:39 a.m. Buses will run approximately every 2-3 hours all day. This bus is intended primarily for customers needing to travel between intermediate stations on the Port Jervis Line, not for customers connecting from NJT trains at Ramsey/Route 17. There is no guarantee that the local bus will connect from specific NJT trains at Ramsey/Route 17.

For more information, visit https://www.njtransit.com/service-advisory/1389465.