Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-08-25
POPULAR TRAINS
|. TO Be TAKEN OFF
Winter Schedule for Perth Am
boy Makes Many Changes
THEATRE TRAIN EVERY NIGHT
Slight Improvement Over Last
Winter, But Not As Good
As Present
THEATRE TRAIN EVERY NIGHT

Although the service on the New
York and Long Branch railroad
through this city will be somewhat
improved next winter over what 1t
was a year ago, Perth Amboy loses
two Of its best trains which for years
prior to the war had run daily to
New York from this city. AS whole
the service, which is to be placed in
effect on November 2, according to a
bulletin Just received, Is little better
than that of last winter except that
the Q o'clock train and the theatre
train from New York will run each
night.
The disseminating Of the 9:4o A. M.
Central express to New York each
hundreds of the business men and
commuters from this city. The train
has always been popular and al
though it was dropped during the
war, when it was restored for the
summer schedule It was thought to
be permanent. Instead on November
1t is taken off.
The other popular train to New
York which will be. discontinued is
the S:14 Central express. This train
has been popular with those who
wish to spend the afternoon and
night in the city. Both the 9:40 and
the 3:14 are express. trains OF which
Perth Anboy has few enough as II
is.
The reinstating of the theatre train
every night is in accord with popular
demand from every town along the
line south of this city. The Board OF
Trade here and commercial organi-
zations in the shore towns worked
for the reinstating of this train ever
since it was taken off during the win.
ter of the war. In some of the towns
petitions were in circulation request
ing the government to replace this
train. The train formerly ran over
the Central Railroad of New Jersey
but beginning November Will rur
over the Pennsylvania railroad, leav'
ing the Thirty-second street New
York station at 1901 O'Clock.
The o'clock Central train out Of
New York each night will be discon
: tinued with the November change
I. but will be replaced by Pennsylva
MIA train leaving the 32nd street sta
ton Of $3.50 o'clock. According to the
bulletin the last Central train from
New York leaves at $3.50 o'clock
This being the case, Sewaren, Por
Reading and other stations on the
| Central will be without train service
from the city after that hour.
The usual summer trains from New
York, which stop here and will bt
discontinued beginning lNoNSiinoCi -
are, the Pennsylvania train leaving
New York at 2:30 p. m. The 4:2t
| Central express from Newark; the
l7:30 p. m. Pennsylvania train from
New York.
Besides the two expresses for New
York which will be taken off undel
the new time table, the following
trains will also be discontinued: The
Pennsylvania train leaving at 10:1s
each morning, the 1884 p. m. local or
Central and the 1850 p. m. Centra
train. The train over the Contra
leaving here at 9:40 for New Yori
each night, under the new schedule
will run only on Saturday nights ane
will leave at $3.50.
Beginning with the November
schedule the trains leaving this city
for New York follow: Morning, 6:26
l7:10, 1928, 7:35, 7:50, S:25, 1911
1926, 11:20. Afternoon and night
I1:05, 2:1S, 2:30, 4:30, 500
$3.50, $50, 1920, S:39, and $3.50.
| The trains leaving New York will
be morning: $3.50, $50, 6:03, 1880
1915, 9:04, 10:45. Afternoon and
night 12:42, 1:10, 200, 3:40, 4:40
5:1O. 5:12, 5:3S. $50. $3.50 and 12:o1
midnight.