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Weren't the ALP 45's ordered so that further electrification wouldn't be necessary to bring one-seat rides to certain lines that didn't have it before?

Is this thread going a little off track?

Wouldn't it be nice if New Jersey stopped spending so much to get commuters to New York and instead let businesses thrive in-state? Imagine there being plenty of high-paying, prosperous, and prestigious jobs in places like Newark, Paterson, Trenton, Jersey City and New Brunswick? There would be no ...

Maybe a station could be named Cruiser "Awesome Justice Train Freedom America" 939?

dowlingm wrote:If a public transit service doesn't need subsidy there's a pretty good chance not enough service is being run.

A new bridge or 2 will probably not eliminate the need for a temporary speed restriction when there are fire apparatus operating nearby or a heavy smoke condition.

I read somewhere that construction of the replacement bridge(s) would be complete by 2017. At this rate, construction might not start by 2017.

Doesn't Amtrak already take a tunnel out of service on weeknights as well as on most weekends?

I have to say, I'm digging this whole EWR closure. I'm sure I'm being quite rude and selfish when I say I wished it would close for good. :-D Expresses feel like expresses again. I have seen the light at the end of the tunnel and it is not the Airtrain! The airlink bus worked well for years and is ...

I agree with Dutch, neither would best meet future travel needs. None of the above is the right answer.

pumpers wrote:I'm late on this one. How nice of NY to want to do this. Of course NY would like to give PATH to NJ. THen they can use even more of the $$ the P.A. rakes in from tolls paid by NJ drivers to cross the Hudson for projects in NY since they won't have to subsidize PATH. JS

Upgrading an existing line is certainly easier than building a dedicated ROW high speed rail line.

Maybe he thinks the problems will arise more often in the future because of Irene and Sandy?

It was around $551 million in the 2000's.

I wonder how true that rumor is.