Hudson River ferries worked overtime on Nov. 15 thanks to an early season snowstorm that took commuters and motorists by surprise and caused massive traffic jams in the tri-state region.
During a storm that shut down the Bayonne Bridge and turned roads in Hoboken and neighboring towns into parking lots, NY Waterway reported the company took 3,500 passengers across the river on trips between New Jersey and New York, according to local reports.
NJ Transit dealt with a pileup of problems from the storm, but the ferry company cross-honored rail and bus tickets.
According to NY Waterway, its ferries ran past midnight during the snowstorm. Some took commuters from Manhattan’s West 39th Street Ferry Terminal to the Port Imperial Ferry Terminal in Weehawken, where passengers continued their trips on the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail or by bus or private car or cab.
Other ferries took stranded commuters to the Edgewater Ferry Landing, Lincoln Harbor in Weehawken, Hoboken/14th Street, the Hoboken/NJ TRANSIT Terminal, Harborside, Paulus Hook, Liberty Harbor and Port Liberte′ in Jersey City and Belford/Middletown in Monmouth County, the company said.
All ferries ran on or close to schedule, according to the company, with additional ferry trips to ensure passengers arrived at their desired locations, although the company’s free bus connections were hampered by the unexpectedly heavy snow fall.
