Progressive Railroading, 4/21/15:
NJ Transit proposes 9 percent fare hike
In light of a $60 million budget deficit for the 2016 fiscal year, New Jersey Transit officials proposed increasing fares an average of 9 percent, the agency announced in a press release yesterday.
More here
In addition to the fare increase, two scheduled train stops — one on the Pasack Valley Line and one on the Montclair-Boonton Line — would be cut.
Very POOR choice of words by whoever wrote this up for the press. I was looking to see what stations are being eliminated, but if you read NJT's own synopsis (linked above in middle of first quoted sentence), it says that entire trains are being eliminated, the last ones of the night on those lines. The stations aren't going anywhere.
Of note in the bus route reductions is the 419 line, which is basically a rubber tired version of the RiverLINE. Not much lost by eliminating the segment they are planning to cut, or even the entire line if need be since it is so closely duplicated. They might want to retain the bus line though during the late night curfew hours when the RiverLINE is replaced by freight trains.