My job recently had me tour a few ports in the NJ/NY region and I saw some of the expansion going on as well as plans for what they will look like 5 years down the road. The expansion is major... not even accounting for Bayonne . I also got to speak with one of the heads of rail ops at one of them. I can't mention names, but he did not have the most pleasant things to say about either railroad. I also know that the Staten Island facility rail is doubling in size within approximately 3 years, so rail potential is there. NS has never really mentioned specifically the Tier as an overflow route of the Lehigh recently... but it could probably be done in an overflow situation down the road sometime. They could probably shove a few more trains on the Lehigh before that happened though. I do think within 10 years, they will probably make major improvements to the Lehigh and River Lines for potential traffic.
The Tier traffic mentioned seems to be headed to/from New England or Canada. Again, we'll see what happens. I'm just explaining how I see it. I'll stop talking now....
The Tier traffic mentioned seems to be headed to/from New England or Canada. Again, we'll see what happens. I'm just explaining how I see it. I'll stop talking now....
I think it may be possible that NJ Transit might not be the perfect, infallible organization that most people assume it is.