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Right now, with both tunnels open, 20 trains per hour can move in and out of NY Penn. When one tunnel is down due to a disabled train or other problems, it goes down 6 trains per hour.
This happened to the train I was on last week. We sat outside the tunnel entrance with four trains ahead of us and could not move until three trains came out of Penn and through the tunnel into NJ because of a disabled train in one tunnel. Half an hour late. Train was on time up until that point.
I know you work in this area--tell me more about the current plan. When would construction starts? I looked at the map and it says the construction staging area looks like it's in the Weehawken Shades area. Would this new tunnel mean eventually there might be additional train stations (or a PATH extension), or is the tunnel just to service the current trains? Anything else we should know?
I know you work in this area--tell me more about the current plan. When would construction starts? I looked at the map and it says the construction staging area looks like it's in the Weehawken Shades area. Would this new tunnel mean eventually there might be additional train stations (or a PATH extension), or is the tunnel just to service the current trains? Anything else we should know?
No, this has nothing to do with PATH. It's to do with the "Bergen Tunnels" through which the trains run from NJ into NY Penn. They are old and deteriorating and cannot handle the current traffic.
Live streaming doesn't seem to be streaming atm...
ETA: Was able to get it. Interesting in that it gave details of some of the parts of the project people may not realize exist and indicating what has been done up to this point that can be done without the needed federal funding.
You mean you're questioning whether or not 45 will do anything that benefits a state that did not vote for him? IMO I highly doubt he'll give any money to help anything in NJ or NY since we voted against him and our state governments oppose him at every turn (and I support their decisions). He'll turn around and call it socialism and ask why farmers in Montana need to pay for a tunnel under the Hudson. Meanwhile, it's not socialism to build a wall.
How any New Jerseyan or New Yorker can support this lowlife POS is beyond me. He literally is saying "I don't care if you die in a tunnel collapse because I want more money for me and my rich friends and a wall. If a tunnel collapses on you or falls apart and you can't get to work, I really couldn't give less f***s because it doesn't affect me." The only thing I can hope is that if any of the tunnels under the Hudson crumble and kill train passengers one day, they all voted for this deplorable manchild because the rest of us do not deserve pain and suffering when we voted for politicians that wanted to keep us safe on our daily commutes.
This is definitely tough news for the suburban commuters, and is a national embarassment that a bi-partisan agreenment cannot be reached for the most critical rail passageway in the country. The economic stakes are so high that this should be at or near the top of every federally-funded infrasturcture project list. Instead we're funding.....a wall.
If they do need to shut down a tunnel (and my assumption is that they would do that before it became critical), you will be able to watch housing pricess in North Jersey fall 30% overnight. It would basically make commuting from much of the state untenable (you may argue that it already is!) Silver lining for property owners in Westchester and Long Island I suppose...
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