Irish Chieftain wrote:How about getting a bit crazy and sending the line to Winslow Junction to link up with the AC line...? (After all, people are still sore about no link between the AC line and River LINE...)My thought exactly.
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Irish Chieftain wrote:How about getting a bit crazy and sending the line to Winslow Junction to link up with the AC line...? (After all, people are still sore about no link between the AC line and River LINE...)My thought exactly.
matt1168 wrote: Lakewood to LakehurstActually Lakehurst will be the terminus and yard, frankly SOUTH of Lakewood is where you have a tremendous population surge occuring now, and at least one (if not two) stations should be planned between Lakewood and Lakehurst (one in Dover Twp the other where the line skirts the edge of Jackson Twp). Another important factor is that many commuters would not be comfortable leaving their cars in Lakewood, and in fact Lakwood proper itself would probally not be a strong peak hour station in terms of ridership (it would be strong during other parts of the day).
Selected peak only trains continue from Lakewood onto Lakehurst. After Lakewood, the line becomes one track for the remainder. Lakehurst station will have a couple of bus shelters and a short low platform with a commuter lot.
What you guys think?
In fact Lakehurst could easily wind up being one of the highest patronized stations on the route 24/7.Lakehurst would be one of the lowest ridership stops, the highest would be..
Tom V wrote: I live in Manalapan and there's only two places where there have been stations on the line, Englishtown and Tennent right next to Reid and Perrine. There should be only one station and that should be Englishtown, Englishtown is the Borough for Manalapan. It's the same town, Englishtown is surrounded on all sides by Manalapan.Really? You live in Manalapan? So does some of my family; I grew up there (now I live in Philly). I always envisioned a Manalapan Station (if there was to be one) right past the Main St. (a./k./a Tennent Rd.) grade crossing in Tennent. That would be an ideal place for a station. (There is a freight presence there now, I think).
I like the Lakehurst-Hoboken idea; not only would this allow people on the MOM line to get to Hoboken, but it would also give stations on the NEC (specifically New Brunswick, Edison, Metutchen, and Metropark) a direct link to HobokenExactly! That one of the line's strong selling points, Lower Manhattan is coming back strong. And Jersey City's waterfront is still booming, lots of jobs being created.
S. Brunswick to MonroeSouth Brunswick to Monroe must be two tracks to allow freight movements without conflicting with the passenger moves. It is in the proposed plan that this stretch of track, the Dayton Branch, will be double tracked from Midway to Jamesburg. It was double tracked and electrified at one time. When Conrail ended electrified operations, they left their catenary poles in place for possible future use by NJT. The poles along this stretch are wide enough for two tracks to fit underneath and wire can be restrung, if desired.
The line remains one track into Jamesburg, which has a low side platform and is in the middle of Railroad Av. After Jamesburg, the line curves a bit and becomes double tracked. The next station is Monroe, with 2 tracks and a high island platform.
Tom V wrote:"Also from the public documents I've seen there would be two stations serving the Freehold area, first Freehold Borough off Main Street/537 and in Freehold Township someplace near the "New" 33 and the Inspections station. The latter would be a park and ride facility.Respectfully, I am asking, "what documents?" From where can they be obtained? Isn't the route yet to be decided, and aren't MOM-via Matawan and MOM-via-Red Bank still in contention?
Here's what the stations I've seen are planned..
Monmouth Jct (NEC)
Jamesburg..."
Keep in mind that a route from Lakehurst via Matawan, as compared to a route through Jamesburg, saves ten minutes each way.What little is gained in time is lost in ridership, which means that 10 minutes still does not make up for the fact that the Monmouth Jct route has a MUCH larger ridership catchment and is better suited to relieve the route 9 corridor.