We know of 2 different Santa Trains being run on New Jersey Transit. Both on Saturday, 12/13/08; one on the Raritan Valley line and one on the Hackettstown-Netcong-Dover line.
Raritan Valley Santa Train
Join Santa, Mrs. Claus, and their elves for a train ride through the country. This trip features Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus along with a few of Santa's helpers. There are sing-a-longs, candy canes and coloring books for the kids. In addition, each car on the train features a drawing for a trainset; that's ten train sets per trip! Santa pays a visit to each car and is more than happy to pose for pictures with the kids.
The Raritain Valley train departs Raritan at 8:30 AM and goes to Westfield where it will depart at 9:00 AM for the trip to High Bridge. This train will then return to Westfield, stopping at Raritan along the way. A second trip will depart Westfield at 1:00 PM, travel to High Bridge and return to Westfield. The second trip does not stop at Raritan.
The price for the trip is $10.00 for children under 12 yrs. and $12.00 per adult.
We have tickets for these trips. Stop in the Big Little Railroad Shop now before these trips sell-out. Cash or personal check made out to the Jersey Central Railroad Historical Society. Sorry, no credit cards for train tickets.
For more information visit the following web site:
http://www.jcrhs.org/santa.html
Hackettstown-Netcong-Dover Santa Train
For information on this train, please visit the following web site:
http://tristaterail.org/santa.html
Schedule and pricing are slightly different than the Raritan Valley train.
We do not have tickets for this train.