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Posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Tue Nov 29 13:02:05 2011, in response to Re: Pascack Valley Line Timetable, posted by Lou From Middletown NY on Tue Nov 29 10:04:46 2011. Lou: What was really amazing was that the Port Jervis Line survived at all. We lost the Susquehanna passenger service in 1966 and large chunks of the CNJ passenger service in 1967. Then of course there was the great Erie-Lackawanna bloodletting in October 1966.Your right about the two two daily trains though. That service pattern was put into effect with the December 24, 1967 issue of EL Form 7. There would be two weekday trains between Port Jervis and Hoboken. They would leave Port Jervis in the early morning as Nos: 52 and 54 and return from Hoboken at night as Nos: 57 and 59. There was a third inbound trip in the morning originating at Monroe at 624 AM. (No 50). On Saturday there was one inbound run No. 70 and two outbound runs Nos. 75 and 77. By October 1969 No 75 was gone as well. This was the service pattern inherited by Conrail in 1976. Conrail had been receiving subsidies for this service from the New Jersey Department of Transportation and in 1979 New Jersey Transit was created and they were surprised to learn that they were paying for a passenger service in New York State. The MTA (this was before Metro-North) agreed to fund the service and purchased eight passenger coaches and one engine to contribute to the equipment pool. The timetable issued on October 29, 1978 (Form 7)is the first to identify the Port Jervis Service as being operated for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The MTA involvement started to show some positive results almost right away. A third outbound train on weekdays was added to the schedule as No. 61 running from Hoboken to Monroe. This train was extended to Middletown in 1982. The last Conrail issued timetable also list several shuttle trains between Suffern and Middletown with this service being provided by RDC's. (Rail Diesel Cars). Service still only ran Monday to Saturday. Sunday service did not resume until July 15, 1989. I hope that you don't mind this long winded answer. I tend to go on what I hit on a topic that I like. Larry, Redbird R33 |
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