Haha! I wrote probably two pages of comments about weeknight and weekend crowded trains and low service frequency on the HBLR on this year's score card survey. I feel my voice (along with others) has been heard!!!

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You are so right about weekend service... that is what should have been addressed; I have seen shouting matches turn into near brawls when people standing bump into each other as the cars move... it almost seemed like they ignored weekend on purpose to address a non-issue in comparison.

Thats very welcome. Its ridiculously crowded when they go from two cars to one car.

Id sure like to see them do this on the weekend too as many people shop and have cards and baby carriages. Saturday and Sunday PM can be hell on the HBLR towards Bayonne

ahh, i can gloat recalling how so many people derided the light rail as a a waste of money

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From what I gather its just going to be the same train that they provide during rush hour, instead of one cart it will be two.

Does that mean the cars / trains are physically larger, or do they have different seat configurations?

Ron Zeitlinger/The Jersey Journal



NJ Transit has doubled seating capacity for post-rush hour evening trips on the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail line, officials announced this morning.

Starting tonight, 12 trains that operate from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. will use a double-car, instead of a single car, officials said, noting the move is in response to customer feedback as part of NJ TRANSIT?s Scorecard initiative.

The double-cars are already in use for the rush-hour ridership, NJ Transit spokesman John Durso said.

?We?ve heard from Hudson-Bergen Light Rail customers that additional capacity on weekday evening trains is a top priority, and we want them to know that we are taking action to address their needs,? said NJ Transit Executive Director James Weinstein said in a statement. ?By converting several single-car trains to doubles during the evening, we can keep pace with the line?s growing ridership while improving the overall customer experience on our system.?

Trips that will now operate with two-car trains instead of one are as follows:

Bayonne-Hoboken Service
? From Bayonne:
-- 8:09 p.m. departure
-- 8:39 p.m. departure
-- 9:09 p.m. departure

From Hoboken:
-- 9:05 p.m. departure
-- 9:35 p.m. departure
--10:05 p.m. departure

West Side Avenue-Tonnelle Avenue Service
? From West Side Avenue:
-- 7:26 p.m. departure
-- 7:56 p.m. departure
-- 8:26 p.m. departure
? From Tonnelle Avenue:
-- 8:10 p.m. departure
-- 8:40 p.m. departure
-- 9:10 p.m. departure

NJ Transit officials say that in the past seven years, passenger trips have doubled to more than 45,000 per day on the Hudson-Bergen light rail system. In June, July and August of this year, passenger trips averaged nearly 48,000 per day.