NJ TRANSIT will offer limited special service on its Atlantic City Rail Line and River Line for people attending the World Meeting of Families and Papal visit on Saturday, September 26 and Sunday, September 27, 2015. The service is limited in order to keep crowd numbers consistent with the maximum capacity that will be available.
During the weekend of September 26 and 27, 2015, NJ TRANSIT will NOT be operating regular weekend service on either the Atlantic City Rail Line or the River Line. Special tickets will go on sale at 12 noon on Saturday, August 15, 2015 for people planning to ride the Atlantic City Rail Line and River Line as the lines will operate on a limited schedule only on both days. Customers need to purchase their tickets in advance of this weekend. No one will be allowed to ride without a SPECIAL EVENT ticket and no tickets will be sold on Saturday, September 26 or Sunday, September 27. No other fares, including monthly passes, Family SuperSaver or cash, will be accepted on the Atlantic City Rail Line or River Line.
Atlantic City Line
NJ TRANSIT’s Atlantic City Rail Line will operate hourly trips from the Atlantic City Rail Terminal which will express to 30th Street Station in Philadelphia only beginning at 6 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday. The trains will NOT stop at Absecon, Egg Harbor City, Hammonton, Atco, Lindenwold, Cherry Hill, and Pennsauken. The last train to leave Atlantic City bound for Philadelphia will be at 3 p.m. Travel time will be about one hour and 25 minutes.
A total of 4,140 tickets will be available for this eight-hour rail service to 30th Street Station.
Following the Papal event on Saturday, September 26, trains will leave 30th Street Station expressing to Atlantic City at 10 p.m. and operate every half-hour. After the Papal event on Sunday, September 27, trains will leave 30th Street Station expressing to Atlantic City at 7 p.m. and operate every half-hour.
Please note: No bicycles will be allowed on the Atlantic City Rail Line during Papal week.
Riverline Trains
| River LINE will offer limited service starting at 6 a.m. from Trenton, only making stops at Bordentown, Florence, Burlington South, Route 73/Pennsauken, Pennsauken Transit Center and the Walter Rand Transportation Center. Trains will NOT stop at Hamilton Ave., Cass Street, Roebling, Burlington Towne Centre, Beverly/Edgewater Park, Delanco, Riverside, Cinnaminson, Riverton, Palmyra, and 36th Street.
Trains will not operate beyond the Walter Rand Transportation Center in downtown Camden due to expected crowded road conditions. Following the Papal Event, River Line trains will leave the Walter Rand Transportation Center, Camden, on a load-and-go basis. In an attempt to increase overall seating capacity, no bicycles will be allowed on River Line trains that weekend. And, an advanced purchased Special Event ticket will be required to board a River LINE train. To accommodate customers wanting to go to stations on the River LINE not being served by train service on Saturday and Sunday, bus routes that parallels the River Line will operate additional service and stop at most stations. Regular River LINE fares and passes will be useable on those buses. Please note: Bus service will not operate at the Beverly and Delanco light rail stations. |
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