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Sep 10, 2007 12:31 pm US/Eastern

NJ Transit Ridership Sets New Daily Record

TRENTON (AP) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 1: NJ Transit saw a 3.7 percent increase in the average number of weekday passengers. (file photo)

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NJ Transit passengers are setting new ridership records.

The latest tally of passenger trips shows an average of 865,000 weekday passenger trips on bus, rail and light rail lines for the year, a new record.

That's an increase of 3.7 percent from the previous fiscal year, which runs from July 1 to June 30.

The agency reported a total of 251 million passenger trips on all lines, up 4.1 percent from the previous year. Rail trips posted a new high of 73 million.

Weekend passenger trips also set a new record of 672,000 trips -- 5.5 percent higher than the last year.

NJ Transit is the nation's largest statewide public transportation system, providing trips on 240 bus routes, three
light rail lines and 11 commuter rail lines.