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The advisory is posted on the website Link here - https://www.njtransit.com/service-advisory/1371789 And completely random: I noticed that the GO25 service during the morning is slowly being cut back while the afternoon stays the same. The current April update for the schedules, I noticed that a trip was taken away and now with the June update, another trip is being taken away 🤔 ------ New timetables will be posted for the following NJ TRANSIT Bus Routes: 1/361, 2, 6, 10, 13, 21, 22, 23, 25/250/375, 27, 34, 37, 39, 40, 48, 56/57, 58, 59, 62, 64, 65/66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 76, 78/378, 79, 80, 81, 85, 87, 88, 90, 92, 94, 96, 99, 107, 108, 111, 112, 113, 114/117, 115, 116, 119, 121, 122, 123, 125, 126 128, 129, 130/132/136/139, 131/135, 133, 137, 138, 144, 145, 148, 151/161, 153, 154, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167/177, 168, 181, 190, 191/195, 192/199, 193, 194, 196, 197/198, 313/315, 317, 320, 321, 355, 400, 404, 408, 409, 410, 412, 502, 505, 507, 509, 551, 552, 553, 554, 559, 600, 603/613, 605, 606, 608, 609/619, 703, 801, 871/874, 872, 873, 875, 878, 880, Capital Connection and Woodbury combined. Please note the following service changes: On bus routes mentioned above, trip times and service levels have been adjusted to reflect current travel experience and improve reliability. Nos. 13, 34, 94 and 99: Seasonal service adjustments have been made to weekday schedules. No. 39: Saturday mid-day service has been increased. Nos. 67 and 137 Daily: The schedules will be adjusted for the summer to provide limited service to/from Seaside Heights, Seaside Park and Island Beach State Park. Select trips will be adjusted in coordination with the summer No. 319 schedules. No. 107: The weekday schedule has been adjusted during the AM and PM peak periods to provide additional service. An additional Sunday trip, traveling from Ivy Hill, at 6:18AM has been added. No. 116 Weekends: Adjustments made to early AM inbound trips from Perth Amboy and PM outbound trips between 4:30PM and 5:30PM out of New York, allowing additional travel options. No. 119 Daily: Trips will depart from PABT Gate 208 from 6AM until 10PM and from PABT Gate 80 from 10:01PM until 5:59AM. Nos. 132, 136 and 139 Weekdays: Service to/from Jackson Township will be discontinued due to low ridership. Nos. 313/315, 319, 507, 509, 551 and 552 Daily: The weekday, Saturday and Sunday schedules will be adjusted for summer traffic levels. Additional service will be provided on selected lines to accommodate increased demand during the summer. Nos. 313, 408 and 412 Daily: The timepoint in Pitman has been moved to Broadway at West Jersey Avenue in the southbound direction (To Cape May/Millville/Sewell) due to the elimination of the bus stop on southbound Broadway at Pitman Ave. The timepoint in the “To Philadelphia” direction will remain at northbound Broadway at Pitman Avenue. No. 316 Daily: Buses will operate through the summer until Labor Day, providing express service between Philadelphia and Cape May via Wildwood. No. 355 Saturdays, Sundays, and Holidays: Hourly service will operate from New York between 8AM and 9PM and from American Dream between 10AM and 11PM (web-timetable only). No. 510 Daily: Buses will operate through the summer until Labor Day, providing additional service between the Wildwood Bus Terminal and Rio Grande.

I guess I can throw in a random comment dealing with the new 90 schedule since that's a line I usually catch I'm surprised how many trips they are taking off because I sure didn't think that was a line with low ridership to the point that 5 weekday trips going towards Irvington and about 7 weekday trips going towards Newark are gone now. And two Sunday morning trips are gone. I haven't noticed anything different with the Saturday schedule. If anyone feels like comparing in case I missed anything then here are the links https://d2g63oyneaimm8.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/bus_schedules/T0090.pdf https://d2g63oyneaimm8.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/bus_schedules/upcoming/20210401/T0090.pdf

New timetables will be posted for the following NJ TRANSIT Bus Routes: 1/361, 5, 6, 11/28, 13, 21, 25/GO25/375, 26/52, 29, 30, 34, 37, 39, 40, 41, 48, 58, 59, 62, 64, 65/66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 76, 78/378, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, 90, 92, 94, 96, 97, 99, 107, 108, 111, 112, 113, 114/117, 116, 120, 122/190, 123, 124/129/329, 126, 128/165/166/168, 130/132/136/139, 131/135, 133, 137, 138, 144/145/148/164, 151/161, 153/159, 154, 155/168, 156, 157/167/177, 158, 160, 162/163/164, 165, 166, 171, 175, 178/182, 181, 186, 188, 191/195, 191/192/195/199, 193/194/197/198/324, 194, 196/197/198, GO28, 313/315, 317, 320, 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 412, 413, 414/417/555, 419, 450, 451, 452, 453, 455, 457, 459, 501, 502, 504, 505, 507, 508, 509, 551, 552, 553, 554, 559, 600, 601, 603/613, 605, 606, 607, 608, 609/619, 624, 703, 704, 712, 770, 772, Capital Connection and Woodbury Combined. Please note the following service changes: On bus routes mentioned above, trip times and service levels have been adjusted to reflect current travel experience and improve reliability. Nos. 26, 58, 115, 154, 412, 455, 457, 603 and 619 Sundays: New Sunday service will operate as a Pilot Program and will be evaluated over the coming months. No. 48 will service Perth Amboy all day on Saturday and Sunday and Metropark all day on Sunday. No. 73 will service Newark Penn Station all day on Saturday and Sunday. No. 153 Weekdays: Service has been reinstated. No. 139: Service will operate 24 hours a day on weekdays (similar to the weekends). No. 159 Weekdays: New 159X (60th Street Express) service will operate from Fairview (Anderson and Park Avenues) to New York as a Pilot Program. This Program will be evaluated over the coming months. No. 400 Daily: Select trips will begin or end at the Deptford Mall. Service on Woodbury-Turnersville Road between Black Horse Pike and Lakeland Road in Washington Township will be discontinued due to low ridership. Trips will operate via Lakeland Road to/from Elmwood Hills Healthcare Center. Nos. 408 and 409 Daily: Service in Philadelphia will be adjusted to operate to and from the Greyhound Terminal on Filbert Street at 10th Street to improve service reliability and customer experience. Market Street, Broad Street and Vine Street are within a short walking distance of the Terminal. The bus stop on Race Street at 6th Street will continue to be served on all trips arriving in Philadelphia. Nos. 603 and 613 Weekdays: Service to Bristol-Myers Squibb in Lawrence Township will be discontinued due to low ridership. No. 605 Daily: In Princeton, the current detour route via Bayard Lane and Paul Robeson Place will become the regular route. Service on Witherspoon Street between Nassau Street and Paul Robeson Place will be permanently discontinued. No. 608: In Ewing, daily service has been extended to the Trenton-Mercer Airport and Homefront Family Campus. On weekdays, service to the State Police Headquarters will be provided throughout the day on trips operating via River Road.

Well, after a few months, NJ Transit started letting people board the front door and accepting cash fares today. From this link on the website: https://www.njtransit.com/press-releases/cash-fares-and-front-door-boarding-resume-nj-transit-buses-august-3rd And it was on the news. There was people complaining and I noticed a few people staying behind once they caught on that they had to pay and some was still trying to get on from the back only to stay once they noticed.

Have a random picture of the 20802 on the 39 since it was right behind me after I got off the 27

Now I'm noticing that NJ Transit is either adding some more service or switching the type of bus being used. Even though in an article last week it was saying that they were doing just that on some lines. Hilton is using Neoplans on the 1 and 25 much more often now since this morning I saw 5 of them on the 1 line but most of them was ending/beginning at the 16th Ave and 20th Street loop. And I noticed one on the 25. It helps with the crowding issues over here at least.

Well it's actually true-ish While on the website/Travel Alerts and Advisories section for the buses, it does say "Travel should be limited to essential personnel only" That's about it to be honest. I'm just a random guy and I'm getting on the buses with no problem and I'm pretty sure the other 8-10 people I see on the buses also are just like me. None of the drivers are saying anything.

Well from what I'm seeing, the schedule change of Saturday instead of normal Weekday is really not working out at all for certain lines like the 1, 25 and 62 --- Out of the 5 times I caught the bus today, each had almost 10 people or more for the available seats I get on the 25 and it was almost "full" Some 1's are being a no show which isn't helping and will just make the bus even more packed. And mybusnow isn't working until further notice so I can't really confirm that to see what's going on. The 62 was super packed around 5am from what I was told . Probably a lot of airport workers. --- NJ Transit really should have kept a weekday schedule still for the lines that gets the most people even in this situation. but, those are my thoughts and what I noticed today.

I can only imagine the amount of money they are losing from what is basically free bus rides. Eh, free rides is free rides and I'm not complaining haha. I'm still going to have the bus fare on me though. I got on the 90 earlier with the bus fare on me not that it mattered anyway since there was yellow tape blocking the path to the front. After that I got on the 1 but this time there was no yellow tape blocking the path, but I just sat down. Neither driver said anything. Just get on the bus from the back, sit down and that's it. The only reason why I bring that up is because this article was saying - “It’s a precaution to expand social distancing as much as can. We expect customers to pay. They can walk to front of bus and pay,”. It's like they can't make up their mind - https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2020/03/nj-transit-cuts-back-on-light-rail-changes-bus-riding-rules-to-help-with-social-distancing.html Though my mother was telling me that on the GO28 at least during the times that she catches it that the driver would be more strict. Really just depends on the driver then.

So I randomly checked mybusnow and i see the 20044 on the 25 and then refreshed it again and it dissapeared but I took a screenshot at least. That would be really surprising to see one of those on a Hilton route.

Saw it myself earlier also when I was walking to the bus terminal close to 12pm.

The 20801 was on the 70 earlier today.

Looking at mybusnow just now, the 20801 is on the 13T

While in Irvington earlier, I saw a Neoplan 9544 pulling into the bus terminal with the sign saying 48 Rahway followed by 13M before switching it to 13B While I'm pretty sure it was just the driver having a bit of fun with the sign, it was still random to see.

I'm not so sure about the new 1 schedule. Seems like the added trips were added for the weekend mornings mostly. And it seems like weekday afternoon rush hasn't been touched which will still be a serious problem with the over crowding conditions from students getting out of school. And I should know because of all the times I had to wait more than 20 minutes at times because a few 1's in a row would come extremely packed or just not bother stopping at all when it's not as full because the bus stop will have more than 10 people waiting.

It's this group that you need to join to see the pictures - https://www.facebook.com/groups/746868935386302/

Looking at the seats, it's going to suck for anyone who sits on them for a long amount of time haha.

They should make the 40 skip those areas and only have select trips serve those areas when people are going to and leaving work. Been enough times in the past that I would catch the 40 to the mall and have it be a waste of time when the drivers go through the port newark area (Like Export and Tyler streets) and no one is there to get off or catch it. And that area adds like 7-8 minutes more.

Updated schedules for the 355, 356, 703 and 772. Nothing different for the 85 for some weird reason 355 - https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0355.pdf 356 - https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0356.pdf 703 - https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0703.pdf 772 - https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0772.pdf

The schedules for the 355 and 356 lines are posted 355 - https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0355.pdf 356 - https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0356.pdf Which is only for the 25th to the 27th apparently. Unless an updated one will come out afterwards.

Over on mybusnow, they have the 355 and 356 already. No schedules yet though.

It's for the best really. Bad enough when I get on those neoplans, those seats have seen so much sitting use in 15+ years that you can pretty much feel the unpleasant springs? With how flat the seats have gotten. Same problem with the older nabis that don't have the leather type seating.

For me it would be Catch the 1 to Penn Station which would be $1.60 or $3.20 round trip Then the 78 when it's running to Secaucus Junction which is $3.15 or $6.30 round trip And from there the 356. So overall I would be spending at least $14.60 in bus fare between the three lines.

I wouldn't be surprised if the 356 gets more ridership since it's only $2.55 one way or $5.10 round trip. Should be an interesting first day to see which of the two lines gets more riders.

Well at least the 356 will be a whole lot cheaper which is fine for someone like me if I ever go there. https://www.nj.com/traffic/2019/10/the-only-mass-transit-to-the-american-dream-mall-is-the-bus-and-its-going-to-be-pricey.html