NEW YORK — As of Monday, Aug. 19, Amtrak has added additional Northeast Corridor service to two stops in New Jersey. New Brunswick and Princeton Junction, N.J., will gain weekday service, Delaware Business Now reports, with New Brunswick served...
http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2019/08/20-amtrak-adds-service-to-two-new-jersey-stations
Brian Schmidt, Editor, Classic Trains magazine
I'm tempted to speculate this may be the result of the ongoing incremental constant-tension cat work, allowing enough speedup to permit the additional stops without killing overall timekeeping. Note that these two stops are on the fastest part of the Corridor west/south of NYP.
It's only a few trains per day, mostly NE Regional trains.
charlie hebdoIt's only a few trains per day, mostly NE Regional trains.
I thought I saw just one train morning toward NYC, one train evening toward Philly at Princeton Junction. Roughly the equivalent of that Seven O'Clocker train that got Beebe in the clink.
Point is I know at least 20 people in Princeton who work in NYC who would preferentially ride this train. And I don't pretend to know a whole lot of people there anymore...
PJ gets five southbound and two northbound.
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