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Buses Still Coming To Harrison Monday: NJ Transit Trains Start Tuesday harrison nj harrison path harrison police harrison police department nj transit bus nj transit strike nj transit train path station traffic traffic bulletin May 19, 2025

The Good News this morning is that NJ Transit has tentatively settled its strike with its operating engineers. Train service from NJ Transit will begin on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, at midnight. In the interim, NJ Transit is providing bus service, including buses to the Harrison Path Station.

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NJTransit Rail Strike Sends Hundreds of Buses to Harrison PATH Station commuters conductor strike harrison nj harrison path station nj transit bus nj transit strike nj transit train nyc port authority of new york/new jersey traffic traffic bulletin May 17, 2025

The NJ Transit train engineers' strike has paralyzed regional rail service, a massive contingency plan is in motion, and the Harrison Path Station is going to play its part this week if the strike is not settled.

According to the Harrison Police Department, between 95 and 200 charter buses are expe...

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Harrison Parking Garage A Commuter Lifeline If NJTransit Workers Strike harrison nj harrison parking harrison parking garage harrison path harrison path station nj transit bus nj transit train njtransit May 14, 2025

As New Jersey braces for a potential strike by NJ Transit train conductors beginning as soon as Friday, May 16, 2025, the Town of Harrison may find an unexpected opportunity to turn a long-standing financial liability into a strategic commuter asset: the underutilized Harrison Parking Garage.

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PATH Closure: Harrison to Journal Square/NYC Sun. Aug. 6 & Aug. 13, 2023 harrison nj harrison path station journal square new york penn station newark penn station nj transit bus nj transit train path station path train path train alert Aug 04, 2023

For commuters who frequently travel between Harrison and Journal Square and New York City  a temporary closure of PATH service is set for two consecutive weekends: August 5-6 and August 12-13, 2023. The suspension is due to necessary track replacement work and will last from 11:59 PM on Saturday to ...

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The Murals Of Harrison Ave. and Route 280 Eastbound Ramp anselmo millan beautification commitee councilman anselmo millan environment environmental fmr. councilman anselmo millan harrison nj murals nj transit train welcome sign Aug 04, 2022

It's Throw Back Thursday. We have a special treat for you.  Do you recall when then-Councilman Anselmo Millan gathered a group of volunteers to clean up the area on Harrison Avenue near the Eastbound Route 280 Entrance Ramp is located and the NJ Transit Boonton Line goes overhead?  

Then Councilman...

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Large Turnout for North Portal Bridge Ground Breaking amtrak governor phil murphy harrison nj kearny nj kevin corbett nj transit train path train portal bridge senator bob menendez senator robert menendez Aug 02, 2022

On Monday, August 1, 2022, US Transporation  Secretary Pete Buttigieg traveled through Harrison down Harrison Avenue to a parking lot in Kearny within view of a one hundred and eleven-year-old bridge called the Portal Bridge to conduct a groundbreaking ceremony of a new Portal Bridge that undoubtedl...

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Harrison Missing 4 of 5 Redevelopment Promises boonton line green spaces harrison nj harrison path station harrison redevelopment harrison redevelopment agency jackson street bridge manhattan transfer station montclair booton line nj transit train path station path train playground stickel bridge william a. stickel Apr 25, 2022

The Harrison Redevelopment Agency does not want to discuss four of five promises made by the Agency at its inception in 1999. Personnel of the Harrison Redevelopment Agency no longer talk about four of the five promises made to residents and developers.  The four promises no longer discussed are in ...

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