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Do you have any suggestions for good towns that do utilize express trains to Montvale? Are there any? OR - just to Hoboken?
And - where can I find these schedules? I may be looking in the wrong places.
There aren't express trains that stop at Montvale. Montvale is a "local stop." In fact, the only "express" trains I can find on the Pascack Valley Line schedule (http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/rail/R0010.pdf) are the Metro-North Express trains. They make stops in New York State, then express with no stops in Bergen County.
As some others have posted, some of the busier lines offer more express train services, but that doesn't help you get to Montvale. The Pascack Valley Line is a low-volume line, and Montvale is a low volume stop on that line.
for clarity, the express trains are called "midtown direct" on NJ transit.
Actually NJT uses the term "Midtown Direct" in reference to trains that terminate in New York Penn instead of Hoboken. It was a marketing ploy when the Morris and Essex and Montclair/Boonton lines started service to Penn Station in the late 1990s. Prior to that, customers on the M&E and MB lines had to transfer to get to Manhattan. Direct doesn't mean express, it means no transfer. Even local trains to Penn Station are Midtown Direct trains.
for clarity, the express trains are called "midtown direct" on NJ transit.
No they aren't. I take express trains on the NJCL that go to Hoboken. Express means that they skip stations. Midtown Direct means they go to Penn Station without a transfer.
Ok, I was thinking that there may be a town inbetween that has a heavy public trans service that instead of going 100% from Montvale to/from Hoboken, there may be a nice town in-between that could cut each commute in half, and still have service to Manhattan.
I know this is an old thread, but Pearl River should have some express trains to Secaucus & Hoboken, and it's one stop away from Montvale.
Hackensack probably has some express trains (I don't feel like checking the schedule), but the problem is that I don't think reverse-peak service to Montvale would be too good (unless you just drove and your spouse took the train into Manhattan. There's also buses into NYC as a backup, both the GWB terminal in Upper Manhattan, and the PABT in Midtown.
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Originally Posted by Mightyqueen801
The Pascack line has fewer trains because ridership is lower. The Main/Bergen line has the highest ridership. Also remember that both these lines are already "closer" to the city, as they both originate in New York State.
The Pascack line has fewer trains because ridership is lower. The Main/Bergen line has the highest ridership. Also remember that both these lines are already "closer" to the city, as they both originate in New York State.
I thought you were referring to the Main & Bergen County Lines as two seperate lines (versus Main/Bergen County & Pascack Valley)
Oh. No, they are still one line until after Ridgewood (going toward Hoboken).
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