NY budget commission: Give PATH to NJT, raise fares by 50%

[25Hz]

Hmm, well the H&M tubes are smaller & carry lighter trains. They also recently got armor plating, so i'm sure they will last a bit longer? They also had the benefit of being out of service for a few years to get some work done.

[OportRailfan]

Armor plating? eh, what?

[25Hz]

Armor plating? eh, what?

You really don't remember the projects to A. cover the river bottom over the tubes. B. line them inside with steel plate and C. install flood doors?

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[OportRailfan]

I don't know/can't comment on what PATH tunnels received "recent ...armor plating"-wise. On the other hand, I would call their "flood gates", hinged flood doors, unlike what's in PSNY.

[25Hz]

I only saw the one set of flood door frames being put in at exchange place, i never saw any actual doors. Its basically a steel and concrete square, with grooves for the wheel flanges on the bottom.

The plating inside is flat, and does not conform to the curve of the iron tubes. The plates looked like they were mounted using the bolt holes that join the tube segments to each other, just with a longer bolt. A pretty innovative system....

[pumpers]

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

[morris&essex4ever]

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

Well said.