NJ Transit Hoboken Division still hurt by storm

A Halloween feel was in place early Monday morning at New Jersey Transit’s Hoboken Terminal, with the venerable terminal’s concourse eerily deserted on a weekday due to service disruptions on much of NJT’s Hoboken Division following the weekend snowstorm.

Service on NJT’s Morris/Essex Line, Gladstone Branch, and Montclair/Boonton Line was expected to resume Tuesday, as NJ Transit crews continued work to remove downed trees obstructing right-of-way, and also to restring overhead wire on NJT’s electrified territory.

Heavy, wet snow, alternating with rain, affected New York City suburbs most heavily due in large measure to accumulation on trees that had not yet shed their leaves this autumn. Both official and anecdotal reports cited the resultant damage as more severe, at times, than similar damage caused by Hurricane Irene late last August.

Though also heavily impacted by snow during the weekend, Metro-North Railroad Monday morning said it had resumed regular service on Upper Harlem Line between Southeast and North White Plains to Grand Central, though bus service was still in place for “Wassaic Branch” of the Upper Harlem Line.

Metro-North’s Danbury Branch also was in service Monday morning, but buses were being used on the railroad’s Danbury and Waterbury Branch services.Some service on the Port Jervis Line, still being repaired from flood damage caused by Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irene, also was back in operation Monday, though the bus shuttle linking the severed rail service portions were suspended “due to hazardous road conditions.”

All Long Island Rail Road lines were offering normal service Monday morning.