The final phase of New Jersey Transit’s Portal Bridge construction project is underway, and for the next five weeks, commuters can expect major service changes on almost every route.
The second phase of work to replace the 116-year-old bridge over the Hackensack River, which has long blamed for delays, will reduce service to only one track between Newark and Secaucus. That means significantly fewer trains as well as possible increased delays and cancellations.
The biggest disruption: no direct midtown service. So instead of going straight to New York’s Penn station, about 30,000 riders will have to transfer to a PATH train, bus or ferry in Hoboken or at Newark-Penn Station…