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[Nexis4Jersey]

I took these these proposals from NJT , MNRR , RPA and some are mine which I marked "My Idea". If there are no markings , then you can read about it on wiki.. The list below took me 3hrs to slowly put together and i'm sure I messed something up...:haha: I will post the station list later....

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=215312482559953359515.0004b90220720aded56a9&msa=0&ll=40.20405,-73.894043&spn=4.656246,9.876709

Current Network

Hudson line
Harlem line
New Haven line
New Canaan Branch
Waterbury Branch
Northeast Corridor
North Jersey Coast line
Morristown line
Montclair - Boonton line
Gladstone Branch
Danbury Branch
Port Jervis line
Main line
Bergen County line
Raritan Valley line
Pascack Valley line
Atlantic City line
RiverLINE

Under Construction / Under Study

Lackawanna Rail line
Hell Gate line
West Side line
Gateway Project to Penn Station & GCT

Proposed Network

West Shore line
Red Bank - Forked River line
Monmouth JCT line
Matawan line
South Amboy Branch (my idea)
Kingsland Branch (RPA)
Cross Chester line (my idea)
Lehigh Valley Rail Extensions
Danbury Branch Extension to New Milford
Old Piermont Branch (RPA)
Northwest Rail link (RPA)
Old Boonton Branch (RPA)
Beacon / Maybrook line
West Trenton line
Pompton Branch (RPA)
Cape May line
West Trenton Branch
Pennsville line (My idea)
Glassboro line
Millville Extension


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Electric Lines Powered @ 25kV/60Hz

North Jersey Coast line (South Amboy to Long Branch
Morristown line
Montclair - Boonton line
Gladstone Branch
Red Bank - Forked River line
Monmouth JCT line
Matawan line
South Amboy Branch (my idea)
Gateway Project to Penn Station & GCT

Electric lines Powered @ 12.5kV/25Hz

Northeast Corridor
North Jersey Coast line (Rahway to South Amboy)

Electric lines Powered @ 12.5 kV/60 Hz

Danbury Branch Extension to New Milford
Danbury Branch
New Haven line
New Canaan Branch
Cross Chester line (my idea)

Electric lines Powered @ 11 kV/25Hz

Hell Gate line

Electric lines Powered @ 750 V DC

Hudson line (Grand Central to Croton Harmon)
Harlem line (Grand Central to Southeast)
New Haven line (Grand Central to Pelham)

Diesel lines

Hudson line (Croton Harmon to Poughkeepsie)
Harlem line (Southeast to Wassaic)
Waterbury Branch
Main line
Bergen County line
West Shore line
West Side line
Raritan Valley line
Lehigh Valley Rail Extensions
Old Piermont Branch (RPA)
Pascack Valley line
Kingsland Branch (RPA)
Northwest Rail link (RPA)
Old Boonton Branch (RPA)
Beacon / Maybrook line
West Trenton line
Montclair - Boonton line (MSU to Denville)
Pompton Branch (RPA)
Atlantic City line
Cape May line
RiverLINE
West Trenton Branch
Pennsville line (My idea)
Glassboro line
Millville Extension

New Jersey Transit/NJDOT/PATH/DPRA/Metro North/CDOT/NYSDOT Rail Numbers

Heavy Rail

Jersey City (PATH) - 263,000 > 470,000 (2030)
Lindenwold (Patco) - 36,600 > 72,000 (2030)

Light Rail

NJ Gold Coast Network (HBLR) - 55,600 > 120,500 (2030)
Newark Network (NLRT) - 21,200 > 260,000 (2030)
South Jersey Network - 11,000 > 75,400 (2030)

Regional Rail

Northeast Corridor - 117,360 > 210,000 (2030)
New Haven Line - 115,948 > 240,000 (2030)
Morris&Essex Network - 58,400 > 85,000 (2030)
Harlem Line - 55,260 > 75,300 (2030)
Hudson Line - 50,509 > 74,100 (2030)
Main/Bergen/Port Jervis lines - 35,700 > 51,000 (2030)
North Jersey Coast line - 26,650 > 54,800 (2030)
Raritan Valley line - 21,800 > 57,200 (2030)
*Meadowlands line - 15,920 (2012)
Montclair-Boonton line - 15,750 > 35,100 (2030)
Pascack Valley line - 9,200 > 19,500 (2030)
*Yankees-163rd Game Day Ridership - 7,238 (2012)
Danbury Branch - 5,890 > 24,400 (2030)
New Canaan Branch - 5,640 > 7,200 (2030)
Shore Line East - 3,250 > 7,180 (2030)
Atlantic City line - 2,995 > 7,400 (2030)
Waterbury Branch - 740 > 4,270 (2030)

*Average Ridership during events

Future Systems , Readjusted to factor in new Job Growth projects and population trends... Most LRT and Some Commuter Rail lines will replace overcrowded bus routes , I did take that ridership and throw it into the numbers along with factoring in Job growth , TOD and general Transit growth.

Gold Coast Light Metro - 350,000
Manhattan Access/Gateway Network - 270,000
I-287 Rail Corridor - 135,000
MOM Network - 120,000
Westchester LRT Network - 110,700
New Brunswick LRT/BRT Network - 85,000
Newark-Paterson LRT- 75,200
Newark-Elizabeth LRT - 70,500
Hartford BRT/LRT Network - 65,800
Knowledge Corridor - 68,500
Northern Branch LRT - 66,000
Hell Gate line - 65,000
New Haven Streetcar Network - 60,000
Newark-Jersey City LRT - 59,100
Route 4 & 17 Bus Rapid Transit - 58,300
US 46 & Route 3 Bus Rapid Transit - 55,900
PATH Airport/Elizabeth Extension - 54,900
US 1 Bus Rapid Transit - 50,300
Garden State Parkway Busway - 48,100
Newark-Harrison-Kearny Streetcar Network - 45,900
Stamford Streetcar Network - 42,600
West Shore line - 40,200
Bridgeport BRT Network - 39,300
Glassboro/Millville LRT - 37,900
Philpsburg Connections - 35,600
US 22 Bus Rapid Transit - 35,400
Various Infill Stations - 35,000
Bergen-Passaic LRT - 30,400
Lackawanna line - 27,100
West Trenton line - 22,500
West Side Line - 20,700
Northwest Link/Pompton Connector - 19,200
Manchester Branch - 15,500
Mount Holly Branch - 14,200
West Trenton LRT - 12,800
Hammonton LRT - 10,400
Bristol Branch - 9,800
Princeton Streetcar - 9,300
Pennsville LRT - 7,200
Beacon/Maybrook Line - 5,500
Middletown Branch - 5,000
Central Corridor - 4,800
Eastern Link - 4,400
Cape May line - 4,200
Bridgeton line - 3,200

[Dac150]

Having the Danbury line extend to New Milford would be nice . . . even though it's already a 2 hr ride from Danbury to Grand Central.

[aquablue]

Didn't you do this list before? I've seen this already.

Also, this is the US not China.. seems like a dream map. Maybe a few of those will get done.

You missed the PATH to newark airport -- that would be very useful. Newark airport would become more desirable and more prestigious if it had a one-seat-ride to manhattan.

[Nexis4Jersey]

Didn't you do this list before? I've seen this already.

Also, this is the US not China.. seems like a dream map. Maybe a few of those will get done.

You missed the PATH to newark airport -- that would be very useful. Newark airport would become more desirable and more prestigious if it had a one-seat-ride to manhattan.

I never done a list like this , ive done a few other things. I wouldn't call this a pipe dream considering that there getting serious with a few lines. A Few years ago the Lackawanna line was dead , and now its under Construction. The Glassboro line has starting waking up recently , and Penn Station Access. They tend to restore most lines in pairs of 2 or 3 , so I could see all of this getting done by 2050. Again that's 40 years away..... The PATH is not NJT , so I did not include. The Lehigh Extensions , MOM Rail Network , Penn Station Access will restore or extend 7 to 8 lines , those projects are cheap , as long as a project is cheap aka below 700 Million it will get built. Then theres CT which is getting very progressive with Rail and the Lower Hudson Valley. TOD and few other things will drive the Suburban Rail. Considering what they've built and upgraded over the past 20 years , its very possible...they've recently been upgrading the systems to handle the extensions. Some lines will get built or restored this decade , although no one knows which ones. The Lackawanna line threw everyone a curve ball , but I would be surprised if the West Trenton & Northwest lines got funded and built , and Pompton Branch.... As for Metro North there currently upgrading the Danbury Branch , and overhauling the New Haven line for Expansions in CT.... This is also the NY region , we tend to get funding more then say the Boston or Charlotte Regions , theres Bi-Partisan support for Rail here , which also makes all these lines possible. The Lackawanna line and Lehigh Valley lines are being pushed by Republicans and Conservatives...

[KVNBKLYN]

I never done a list like this , ive done a few other things. I wouldn't call this a pipe dream considering that there getting serious with a few lines. A Few years ago the Lackawanna line was dead , and now its under Construction. The Glassboro line has starting waking up recently , and Penn Station Access. They tend to restore most lines in pairs of 2 or 3 , so I could see all of this getting done by 2050. Again that's 40 years away..... The PATH is not NJT , so I did not include. The Lehigh Extensions , MOM Rail Network , Penn Station Access will restore or extend 7 to 8 lines , those projects are cheap , as long as a project is cheap aka below 700 Million it will get built. Then theres CT which is getting very progressive with Rail and the Lower Hudson Valley. TOD and few other things will drive the Suburban Rail. Considering what they've built and upgraded over the past 20 years , its very possible...they've recently been upgrading the systems to handle the extensions. Some lines will get built or restored this decade , although no one knows which ones. The Lackawanna line threw everyone a curve ball , but I would be surprised if the West Trenton & Northwest lines got funded and built , and Pompton Branch.... As for Metro North there currently upgrading the Danbury Branch , and overhauling the New Haven line for Expansions in CT.... This is also the NY region , we tend to get funding more then say the Boston or Charlotte Regions , theres Bi-Partisan support for Rail here , which also makes all these lines possible. The Lackawanna line and Lehigh Valley lines are being pushed by Republicans and Conservatives...

You've done this thread before and it got closed down because most of the information is uncited, unsubstantiated and conjectural.

Here's the former thread: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=177978&page=3

[Nexis4Jersey]

You've done this thread before and it got closed down because most of the information is uncited, unsubstantiated and conjectural.

Here's the former thread: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=177978&page=3

I had it closed down , don't muck up my new thread.... Grow up , thats all i can say....what your doing now is trolling and creating a mess....

[Cirrus]

Transit fantasy maps are an allowed topic here. Many forumers have made them over the course of many years. If it's not a topic you want to discuss, just don't open the thread.

[Jelly Roll]

Update on the Glassboro line http://articles.philly.com/2012-02-16/news/31067501_1_rail-line-rutgers-camden-nj-transit

[CentralGrad258]

Man, a NJ Transit line to Cape May would be sweet. Traffic during the shore season is a nightmare (like 3 hours from Philly), I'd gladly pay the fare to avoid it. Ofcourse if and when it gets built, I'll probably be old and grey, but at least the next generation would be able to enjoy it.

[hammersklavier]

Yeah fantasy maps are fine.

A good map with all those proposals would be sweet. I've actually been working on a South Jersey network and I'm looking at what it would take to effect it. See here (http://philadelphia2050.blogspot.com/2012/02/south-jersey-regional-rail.html).

BTW if you're interested here's the map.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-a92qX9GwnfE/TzyGYzf2dLI/AAAAAAAABDw/nGTbbl_QJFE/s1600/south+jersey+commuter+rail.png

[Jonboy1983]

Now THAT's what i'm talking about! I really do think that NJTransit should pay attention to South Jersey. I agree that traffic in the summer for South Jersey is a nightmare. They don't have the road network that North Jersey has! NJ55 is a freeway that just disappears and becomes an elongated bottleneck all the way to Cape May. US 322, forget it!

I like that So-Jersey hub there.

[Jelly Roll]

Yeah fantasy maps are fine.

A good map with all those proposals would be sweet. I've actually been working on a South Jersey network and I'm looking at what it would take to effect it. See here (http://philadelphia2050.blogspot.com/2012/02/south-jersey-regional-rail.html).

BTW if you're interested here's the map.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-a92qX9GwnfE/TzyGYzf2dLI/AAAAAAAABDw/nGTbbl_QJFE/s1600/south+jersey+commuter+rail.png

Just curious but what type of ridership numbers would be needed to make this feasible? I like the military line as in ties in to Moorestown which is one of the major job centers in SJ. I realize that you are using the existing right of ways and that Camden is the center for that but I think it does not really address the commuter problem of where the job centers in the region are sans Camden and Philadelphia. Based off of what I have researched from DVPC.org the main job centers of South Jersey are Cherry Hill (42,890), Camden City (30,575), Mt Laurel (29,395), Pennsauken (21,178), Evesham (19,769), Moorestown (18,214), and Voorhees (17,352).
http://i928.photobucket.com/albums/ad130/gebtipics/JobCenter.jpg
I guess this leads to my question that yes a lot of people commute to Philadelphia but 179,373 jobs are within the above red box and the majority of those workers do not live in the same town that they work. Do you think rail is able to serve work commuters for this area or are we stuck being attached to cars?

[hammersklavier]

Jelly Roll, the big problem of the Cherry Hill/Mt. Laurel jobs nexus is that it's in the middle of the largest gap between existing railroads. The best solution there is ultimately light rail.

I haven't really developed a workable ridership projection system, but my eyeballing is that with reasonable equipment and service the Ft. Dix and Millville lines should have the highest ridership, probably on a par with the West Trenton and Lansdale/Doylestown Lines across the Delaware, and the lowest ridership (at least in the commuter section) would come on the Salem Line. That line should still get okay overall ridership, on a par with the Norristown Line.

The legacy network feeds into Camden; once it's fully functional, it can be tied into the existing Regional Rail network for full regional coverage.

[Nexis4Jersey]

Your Map except a few lines was based on the NJT 2020 plan , which is now pushed till the 2050s... Alot of there plans got sheveled , but are starting to heat up again... TOD will play a huge role and expanding things in South Jersey.

The Cape May line is owned by NJT and leased to the Seashore Museum....service was supposed to be up and running by now but for some reason it got sheveled. It wasn't that expensive to restore , costing between 30-50 Million $$$. It was only to have a few stations. Not that you have there....

The Glassboro line once it get fully built and TOD erupts along that corridor i'm sure will see pressure to extend to Millville then Bridgeton , then Pennsgrove. I can't see Salem though , its to isolated and not much of a population base.

The Mount Holly Branch is also owned by NJT , there was to be service at least to Mount Holly by now but that stalled.... I doubt you could get any support for service to Camden vs Philly. I know they looked at LRT , but decided on Regional Rail. Pemberton recently released a smart growth plan for its town , the Toms River Extension has been thought of. The NJDOT owns those tracks if i'm not mistaken.

The Amboy Branch i had it originally going to Bordentown , but for some reason the Map crapped out. Bordentown is as far as it would go , then you would have to upgrade the platforms and signals , that would be messy. The Amboy Branch has a real chance when the MOM network gets built , so does the Tuckerton line , there in the full build out plans or if opposition to the Matawan line becomes a huge issue....

As for the Atlantic City Dinky service NJT proposed a Bus Rapid Transit system for AC and surround cities and onto the Mainland.

[hammersklavier]

Actually that area around AC would be perfect for BRT. As it stands loads there would be light. The Mays Landing route would be busier, as it hits more destinations (a mall, a college).

I have a hunch my ideas and the NJT 2020 thingy you're citing look alike because they are both developed off of maximizing use of existing resources. As it stands all the lines I'm using are either active freight lines or (mostly) available ROW*.

--I was thinking of terminating Amboy at Bordentown but Burlington is a somewhat bigger employment center and therefore a better terminus. Getting it to Bordentown, however, is still adequate.
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*There's a minor exception going down to Tuckerton where the easement was erased and a new would would hence need to be carved out through some back yards.

[Nexis4Jersey]

Here's an update on the Lackawanna Railway...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6a/Lackawanna_Cut-Off_before_Lake_Lackawanna_-_Feb_2012IMG_5136.JPG/1024px-Lackawanna_Cut-Off_before_Lake_Lackawanna_-_Feb_2012IMG_5136.JPG

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Lackawanna_Cutoff_Trackwork.JPG/800px-Lackawanna_Cutoff_Trackwork.JPG

[Nexis4Jersey]

Actually that area around AC would be perfect for BRT. As it stands loads there would be light. The Mays Landing route would be busier, as it hits more destinations (a mall, a college).

I have a hunch my ideas and the NJT 2020 thingy you're citing look alike because they are both developed off of maximizing use of existing resources. As it stands all the lines I'm using are either active freight lines or (mostly) available ROW*.

--I was thinking of terminating Amboy at Bordentown but Burlington is a somewhat bigger employment center and therefore a better terminus. Getting it to Bordentown, however, is still adequate.
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*There's a minor exception going down to Tuckerton where the easement was erased and a new would would hence need to be carved out through some back yards.

Yea I did not create any fantasy ideas per say , I just took them from the long term plans NJT had hoped to do by 2020. They've done half of them , so the rest of the proposals are not so far fetched... I never pictured Burlington as a large job hub , who are the employers there? As for Tuckerton , Honestly I don't see a need for Rail to go there , it would cause an explosion of sprawl. The MOM Network calls for service along the Red Bank line back to Lakehurst , the County wants it to go to Forked River which is doable.

[Jelly Roll]

Yea I did not create any fantasy ideas per say , I just took them from the long term plans NJT had hoped to do by 2020. They've done half of them , so the rest of the proposals are not so far fetched... I never pictured Burlington as a large job hub , who are the employers there? As for Tuckerton , Honestly I don't see a need for Rail to go there , it would cause an explosion of sprawl. The MOM Network calls for service along the Red Bank line back to Lakehurst , the County wants it to go to Forked River which is doable.
Burlington City 4,809 jobs in the city while Burlington Township has 11,148. Job density may be a factor here as Burlington City is rather small in geographic area. I know one of the big employers in the area is Burlington Coat Factory.
If you are interested in employment numbers and how workers currently commute to work and from where this link is helpful for Southern NJ http://www.dvrpc.org/asp/mcddataNavigator/

[miketoronto]

That map is so cool, as I can see the small village I used to spend my summers in(at my grandparents house), Tuckahoe.

I did not even think people outside of that village, knew it to put it on a map :)

Having spent my summers there, I agree the traffic from Philly to the shore is bad. And given the development of the shore towns, rail could work, as that is how people used to get to the shore.
But the question is, will people ride it now, or will they still want their cars.

[Nexis4Jersey]

That map is so cool, as I can see the small village I used to spend my summers in(at my grandparents house), Tuckahoe.

I did not even think people outside of that village, knew it to put it on a map :)

Having spent my summers there, I agree the traffic from Philly to the shore is bad. And given the development of the shore towns, rail could work, as that is how people used to get to the shore.
But the question is, will people ride it now, or will they still want their cars.

Theres alot of people who use the Atlantic City line from Philly , and Bus network to Ocean City and the Wildwoods so I have little doubt of a year round or seasonal Cape May line not being extremely popular.

Tuckahoe has a nice train station...

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4054/4537730608_8cdb7b44d1_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/milantram/4537730608/)
METRO-NORTH--Tuckahoe Station (http://www.flickr.com/photos/milantram/4537730608/) by milantram (http://www.flickr.com/people/milantram/), on Flickr

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4008/4532369874_ea8bb41e68_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/milantram/4532369874/)
METRO-NORTH--8007 passing Tuckahoe IB (http://www.flickr.com/photos/milantram/4532369874/) by milantram (http://www.flickr.com/people/milantram/), on Flickr

[miketoronto]

You got the wrong Tuckahoe, as those photos are of the one in New York :).

This is the New Jersey one. Still a nice rail station, and used as an event hall now.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Tuckahoe_Station_Cape_May.JPG/250px-Tuckahoe_Station_Cape_May.JPG
photo from wikipedia

[Dac150]

Theres alot of people who use the Atlantic City line from Philly , and Bus network to Ocean City and the Wildwoods so I have little doubt of a year round or seasonal Cape May line not being extremely popular.

Tuckahoe has a nice train station...

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4054/4537730608_8cdb7b44d1_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/milantram/4537730608/)
METRO-NORTH--Tuckahoe Station (http://www.flickr.com/photos/milantram/4537730608/) by milantram (http://www.flickr.com/people/milantram/), on Flickr

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4008/4532369874_ea8bb41e68_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/milantram/4532369874/)
METRO-NORTH--8007 passing Tuckahoe IB (http://www.flickr.com/photos/milantram/4532369874/) by milantram (http://www.flickr.com/people/milantram/), on Flickr

Yes - that stretch between White Plains and Bronxville has nice stations - most of the station renovations are occurring on the Hudson line though . . .

[Nexis4Jersey]

2010 & 2030 Ridership Projections based on Rail oriented development and growth along the lines and future gas prices.... The Urban development push along some lines was factored in the projections. I have some of the Development proposals , and plans.... I might post some later if requested.


Regional Impact projects by 2030

Gateway Project - 250,000
East Side Access - 220,000

Hudson Valley and Connecticut

New Haven line - 118,050 (2012) > 280,000 (2030)
New Canaan Branch - 6,370 (2012) > 12,300 (2030)
Danbury Branch - 5,800 (2012) > 17,800 (2030)
Waterbury Branch - 690 (2012) > 1,300 (2030)
Harlem line - 75,200 (2012) > 122,000 (2030)
Hudson line - 55,000 (2012) > 83,700 (2030)
Port Jervis Line - 7,600 (2012) > 14,200 (2030)
Shore Line East - 3,200 (2012) > 12,400 (2030)
Knowledge Corridor - 4,200 (2012) > 84,800 (2030)

Future lines
Beacon line - 6,300
West Shore line - 45,000
I-287 Railway/Cross Chester line - 182,000
Danbury Branch Extension to New Milford - 6,500
Hell Gate line - 73,000
West Side line - 13,000
Infill Stations on the Regional Rail system - 18,200

New Jersey Transit

Light Rail - Commuter Rail Hybrid

Riverline - 11,000 (2011) > 25,000 (2030)

-Regional Rail

Atlantic line - 1,760 (2012) > 5,000 (2030)
Northeast Corridor - 115,700 (2012) > 210,000 (2030)
North Jersey Coast line - 17,800 (2012) > 35,000 (2030)
Raritan Valley line - 12,100 (2012) > 25,000 (2030)
Main Line - 9,160 (2012) > 30,000 (2030)
Bergen County Line - 5,600 (2012) > 17,000 (2030)
Pascack Valley Line - 9,150 (2012) > 16,000 (2030)
Montclair-Boonton Line - 10,142 (2012) > 27,000 (2030)
Morristown Line - 54,000 (2012) > 85,000 (2030)
Gladstone Branch - 3,036 (2012) > 6,500 (2030)

Future Regional & Light Rail lines

Glassboro LRT - 25,000
West Trenton LRT - 15,000
MOM Rail Network (Red Bank - Forked River line ,Monmouth JCT line ,Matawan line ,Amboy Branch) - 130,000
West Trenton line - 15,000
Philpsburg Connections - 30,000
Pompton Branch - 4,600

Lackawanna Line - 9,400
Northwest line - 15,000
West Shore line - 45,000
Kingsland Branch - 5,000
Southern Jersey Network - 35,200
Pennsville LRT - 5,800
Millville LRT Extension - 13,000
Infill Stations on the Regional Rail system - 30,000



NJT & MNRR Ridership - 2010/2011 > 424,625
NJT & MNRR Ridership - 2030 > 1.8 Million

[hammersklavier]

Kingsland Branch? Where would that go?

[Nexis4Jersey]

Kingsland Branch? Where would that go?

Between the Main line and Morristown line. The RPA pushed NJT to restore once the ARC tunnel was completed....now we wait intill the Gateway is completed. The City of Kearny is banking on this line to revatizle there downtown.

http://www.rpa.org/pdf/Kearny_TOD_Vision_Plan.pdf

[pants]

Yeah fantasy maps are fine.

A good map with all those proposals would be sweet. I've actually been working on a South Jersey network and I'm looking at what it would take to effect it. See here (http://philadelphia2050.blogspot.com/2012/02/south-jersey-regional-rail.html).

BTW if you're interested here's the map.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-a92qX9GwnfE/TzyGYzf2dLI/AAAAAAAABDw/nGTbbl_QJFE/s1600/south+jersey+commuter+rail.png

Awesome map man, I first noticed it on your blog a month ago and really appreciate the work you've put into this. Never thought anybody else in the world besides me was thinking about SJ rail. The one thing I will say is that your Walter Rand-Hammonton line seems way too close to the PATCO line to be viable, at least in my opinion.


(BTW, you should put up your complete set of future Philly subway posts on this forum or City-Data or somewhere else, if you haven't already.)

[Nexis4Jersey]

Slightly old map...alot has been added or put on the shelve since then

http://www.nj-arp.org/njt2020.gif

All Commited Projects are completed...

10 , on hold till the CSX tunnel Expansion and upgrade , it will service a gap in the Rail Network in Eastern Bergen and Rockland County , Projected Ridership is about 50,000

11 , 2018 Target Date , it will bring HBLR into Bergen County and add 60,000 daily users

12 , Could Be merged with #22

13 , Completed opened 2009

14 , Newark - Elizabeth LRT on hold for some reason even though Ridership was projected to be 85,000 and there were developments tied into it...

15 , On hold , was tied to the Newark - Elizabeth LRT

16 , On Hold , needs to studied again and expanded , Projected Ridership expected to 120,000

17 , On Hold , could be up and running by 2015 as a seasonal service though

18 , 2019 Target Date , would branch a LRT from Camden to Glassboro servicing 25-40,000 daily Riders and a growing corridor

19 , On hold till CSX and NS upgrade their trackage could be up and running by 2022 and would service Central Jersey with about 15,000 daily Riders

20 & 21 , Could be done later this decade after NS trackage upgrades ,Daily Ridership will be around 45,000

22 , will be Rail line servicing the NJ-23 Corridor , some plans have it running from Sparta to Hawthrone and others send it to the West Shore line #10 over # 12 plans , Ridership would be about 10,000 for this line.

23 , is Under Construction from Port Morris JCT to Andover and is set to Open by 2014 , Phase 2 will go into PA and open by 2019 if funded

24 , Is on hold and tied to 2 developments in the Amboys

25 , is on Hold , it was tied to a development that tanked after the recession

26 , was canceled and rebranded as the Amtrak Gateway Project

27 , Preparations were made for the first Phase of the Project to Belleview , but no other movement. NJT is in talks with NS to buy the line.
28 , was completed in 2009...Full BRT is under study

29 , would come with # 22

30 , is under study , could be a Rail shuttle

31 , a Private firm would due the LRT , the Busway is being studied by the DOT it would run down Route 27

32 , Its on hold for now , but could come with # 19

33 & 34 , have yet to be studied but wouldn't require that much

Theres also the following projects being studied by the state...and some private groups

- I-80/280 Bus Rapid Transit from Parsippany - Troy Hills to University Heights - Newark

- I-80 Bus Rapid Transit from Wayne to Bogota then Express service to Manhattan

- NJ 4 Busway from Paramus to Englewood Transit Center w/ connections to future Northern Branch LRT , Express Service to Manhattan

- US 1 Bus Rapid Transit from Princeton to New Brunswick

- US 1 Bus Rapid Transit from Edison to Elizabeth

- US 9 Bus Rapid Transit from Freehold to South Amboy , Express service to Newark and Jersey City

- NJ 18 Bus Rapid Transit from New Brunswick to Old Bridge

- NJT Mount Holly - Fort Dix Rail line

- NJT Amboy Branch - South Amboy - East Windsor Rail

- NJT Red Bank Branch Extension to Forked River

- Journal SQ - Historic Downtown Streetcar Network

- Bayonne Streetcar lines

- Princeton Streetcar line , replaces Dinky , Extends service into the Downtown

- NJ 55 Busway from Camden to Millville

- Vineland Commuter Rail line

[Nexis4Jersey]

West Haven Station

http://www.subchat.com/read.asp?Id=1161701

http://fred-g.smugmug.com/Trains/2012/06-12-12-West-Haven-station/i-s66R7fh/0/L/06-12-12-West-Haven-01-L.jpg

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http://fred-g.smugmug.com/Trains/2012/06-12-12-West-Haven-station/i-wsmTJtS/0/L/06-12-12-West-Haven-05-L.jpg

http://discoverwesthaven.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/West-Haven-Train-Station-Groundbreaking-032-1024x700.jpg

[Nexis4Jersey]

Station by Station

Current , Proposed or Under Construction stations

East of the Hudson

New Haven line - GTC route
Grand Central Terminal
Harlem - 125th Street
Yankees – East 153rd Street (Game Days only)
Fordham
Mount Vernon East
Pelham
New Rochelle
Larchmont
Mamaroneck
Harrison
Rye
Port Chester
Greenwich
Cos-Cob
Riverside
Old Greenwich
Stamford
East Stamford
Norton Heights
Darien
Rowayton
South Norwalk
East Norwalk
Wesport
Green Farms
Southport
Fairfield
Fairfield Metro Center
Bridgeport
East Bridgeport
Stratford
Milford
Orange
West Haven
New Haven Union Station
New Haven State street


Hell Gate line
New York Penn Station
Sunnyside JCT
Astoria
Hunts Point
Parkchester
Morris Park
Co-Op City
City Island-Orchard Beach
South Rochelle
New Rochelle
Larchmont
Mamaroneck
Harrison
Rye
Port Chester
Greenwich
Cos-Cob
Riverside
Old Greenwich
Stamford
East Stamford
Norton Heights
Darien
Rowayton
South Norwalk
East Norwalk
Wesport
Green Farms
Southport
Fairfield
Fairfield Metro Center
Bridgeport
East Bridgeport
Stratford
Milford
Orange
West Haven
New Haven Union Station
New Haven State street


New Canaan Branch
Stamford
East Stamford
Glenbrook
Springdale
Talmadge Hill
New Canaan

Danbury Branch
South Norwalk
Wall Street
Merritt 7
Wilton
Cannondale
Georgetown
Branchville
Redding
Bethel
Danbury
North Danbury
Brookfield
New Milford


Waterbury Branch
Stamford
Bridgeport
Stratford
Derby-Shelton
Ansonia
Seymour
Beacon Falls
Naugatuck
Waterbury

Harlem line
Grand Central Terminal
Harlem-125th Street
Melrose
Tremont
Fordham
Botanical Garden
Williams Bridge
Woodlawn
Wakefield
Mt. Vernon West
Fleetwood
Bronxville
Tuckahoe
Crestwood
Scarsdale
Hartsdale
White Plains
North White Plains
Valhalla
Mt. Pleasant
Hawthrone
Pleasentville
Chappaqua
Mt. Kisco
Bedford Hills
Katonah
Golden's Bridge
Purdy's
Croton Falls
Brewster
Southeast
Patterson
Pawling
Appalachian Trail
Harlem Valley-Wingdale
Dover Plains
Tenmile River
Wassaic

Hudson line - GCT Route
Grand Central Terminal
Harlem-125th Street
Yankees-E. 153 St
Morris Heights
University Heights
Marble Hill
Spuyten Duyvil
Riverdale
Ludlow
Yonkers
Glenwood
Greystone
Hastings-on-Hudson
Dobbs Ferry
Ardsley-on-Hudson
Irvington
Tarryrown
Philipse Manor
Scarborough
Ossining
Croton-Harmon
Cortlandt
Peekskill
Manitou
Garrison
Cold Spring
Breakneck Ridge
Beacon
New Hamburg
Poughkeepsie

West Side Line
New York Penn Station
West 62nd Street
West 125th Street
Dyckman St
Riverdale
Ludlow
Yonkers
Glenwood
Greystone
Hastings-on-Hudson
Dobbs Ferry
Ardsley-on-Hudson
Irvington
Tarryrown
Philipse Manor
Scarborough
Ossining
Croton-Harmon



Beacon / Maybrook line
Beacon
Beacon Town Center
Fishkill
Brinckernoff
Hopewell JCT
Brewster
Danbury
Newton
Derby-Shelton

West of the Hudson

Port Jervis line
Hoboken Terminal
Secaucus JCT
Paterson
Ridgewood
Suffern
Hillburn
Sloatsburg
Tuxedo
Harriman
Salisbury Mills-Cornwall
Campbell Hall
Middletown-Town of Wallkill
Otisville
Port Jervis


I-287 Rail Corridor
Hillburn
East Suffern
Airmont
Monsey
Spring Valley
West Nyack
Nyack
Tarrytown
Elmsford
Fairview
White Plains Transit Center
Downtown White Plains
East White Plains
Port Chester

I-287 Rail Corridor GCT spur
Hillburn
East Suffern
Airmont
Monsey
Spring Valley
West Nyack
Nyack
Irvington
Yonkers
Harlem-125th Street
Grand Central Terminal

West Shore line
Hoboken Terminal
Secaucus Road - Jersey City Heights
North Bergen Transit Center
Vince Lombradi Park & Ride
Ridgefield Park
Cedar Lane - Teaneck
West Englewood
Bergenfield
Haworth
Harrington Park
Tappan
Blauvelt
Valley Cottage
Congers
Haverstraw
Stony Point
Bear Mountain
Highland Falls
West Point
Cornwall on Hudson
Newburgh

[Nexis4Jersey]

The New Upgraded NJT Map...

Station by Station Guide

https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=215312482559953359515.0004b90220720aded56a9&msa=0&ll=40.145289,-73.482056&spn=2.834181,6.696167

Urban Rail

Hudson Bergen Light Rail

Nyack
South Nyack
Piermont
Sparkill
Northvale
Norwood
Closter
Demarest
Creeskill
Tenafly North
Tenafly Town Center
Englewood Hospital
Englewood Town Center
Englewood Route 4
Leonia
Palisades Park
Ridgefield
91st Street
Tonnelle Avenue
Bergenline Avenue (Underground)
Port Imperial
Lincoln Harbor
North Hoboken
9th / Congress
2nd Street
Grove Street / 18th Street
Hoboken Terminal
Pavonia-Newport
Harsimus Cove
Harborside Financial Center
Exchange Place
Essex Street
Marin Boulevard
Jersey Ave
Liberty State Park
Split > Garfield Avenue , Martin Luther King Drive , West Side Avenue , Bayfront
Canal Crossing
Richard Street
Danforth Avenue
45th Street
34th Street
22nd Street
8th Street (Elevated)


Newark Light Rail
Main line
Newark Penn station (Underground)
Military Park (Underground)
Washington Street (Underground)
Warren Street (Undeground)
Norfolk Street
Orange Street
Park Ave
Bloomfield Ave
Davenport Ave
Branch Brook Park
Silver Lake
Grove Street
Wateseeing Ave
Prospect Street
Glenwood Ave
Brighton Ave
Thomas Boulevard
High Street
Thomas Edison Historic Site / Lakeside Ave
Park Ave

Board Street Branch
Newark Penn station
NJPAC / centre street
Atlantic Street / Washington Park
Newark Board Street

Ironbound Connector
Newark Broad Street
Atlantic Street / Washington Park
NJPAC / Centre Street
Newark Penn Station (Underground)
Jackson Street (Underground)
St. Charles Street (Underground)
Bayfront (Elevated)
West Side Ave
Martin Luther King Drive
Garfield Ave
Liberty State Park
Jersey Ave
Marin Boulevard
Essex Street
Exchange Place
Harborside
Harsimus Cove
Pavonia/Newport
Hoboken Terminal

Springfield Ave LRT
Newark Penn Station (Underground) - Newark
Military Park (Underground) - Newark
Washington Street (Underground) - Newark
South Orange Ave (underground) - Newark
18th Ave (Underground) - Irvington
Clinton Ave (Underground) - Irvington
Chancellor Ave (Underground) - Maplewood
Prospect Street (Underground) - Maplewood
Laurel Ave (Underground) - Maplewood
Vauxhall (Underground)

PATH
Newark Line

Cranford
Cranford - Garden State Parkway Park & Ride
Chestnut Street (Roselle)
Linden Road (Roselle)
Elmora
Midtown Elizzy
Elizabethport
Jersey Gardens
Terminal A
Terminal C
Airport Transfer
South Street
Newark Penn station
Harrison
Journal SQ
Grove Street
Exchange Place
World Trade Center


Journal SQ - Hoboken - 33rd line
Journal SQ
Grove Street
Newport
Hoboken
Christopher Street
9th Street
14th Street
23rd Street
33rd Street

RiverLine
Trenton Transit Center
Hamilton Ave
Cass Street
Bordentown
Roebling
Florence
Burlington Towne Centre
Burlington South
Beverly-Edgewater Park
Delanco
Riverside
Cinnaminson
Riverton
Palmyra
Pennsauken-Route 73
Pennsauken Transit Center
36th Street
Walter Rand Transportation ctr
Cooper St-Rutgers Univ.
Aquarium
Entertainment Center

Glassboro / Millville Branch
Walter Rand Transportation ctr
Cooper Hospital
Atlantic Ave
Gloucester City
Crown Point Road
Red Bank Ave
Cooper Street
Woodbury Heights
Wenonah
Mantra Boulevard
Sewell
Pitman
Rowan University
Glassboro
Clayton
Newfield
Oak Road
Landis Ave
Walnut Road
Route 55 Park / Ride
Broad Street
Main Street

West Trenton Extension
Trenton Transit Center
State and Canal Street
State and Warren Street
State House
Calhoun & Passaic Street
Calhoun & Bernard Street
Prospect Street
Parkside Ave
Lower Ferry Road
West Trenton Transit Center

New Brunswick Light Rail
Bound Brook Train Station
Canal Road - South Bound Brook
Edgewood Terrace - South Bound Brook
Worlds Fair Dr - Franklin
JFK Boulevard - Franklin
Enters tunnel
Franklin Boulevard (underground) - Franklin
Hamilton Street (Underground) - New Brunswick
New Brunswick Station (Underground) - New Brunswick
Livingston Ave (Underground) - New Brunswick
Commercial & George (Underground) - New Brunswick
Feaster Park (Underground) - New Brunswick
Howard Street (Underground) - New Brunswick
Emerges from Tunnel
US 1 Park & Ride - North Brunswick
Washington Ave - Milltown
Rydners Lane - Milltown
Main Street - East Brunswick
Willet Ave - South River
Whitehead Ave - South River
Jernee Mill Road - Sayreville
South Minnisink Ave - Sayreville
Washington Road - Sayreville
Sayreville North
Stevens Ave North - South Amboy
Main Street Amboy
South Amboy Train Station


Passaic - Essex LRT (Paterson Link)
Mountain View Station
Riverview DR - Totowa
Enters Tunnel
Crews Street (Underground) - Totowa
Totowa Road (Underground) - Totowa
Cumberland Ave (Underground) - Paterson
Preakness Ave (Underground) - Paterson
Emerges from Tunnel begins street running
Paterson Great Falls National Park - Paterson
Factory Village - Paterson
Enters Tunnel
Main Street (Underground) - Paterson
Memorial Dr (Underground)- Paterson
21st Ave (Underground) - Paterson
St. Joesph's Hospital (Underground) - Paterson
Emerges from Tunnel
Pacific Street - Paterson
US 46 Park & Ridge - Clifton
Clifton Ave - Clifton
Mount Proposect Ave - Clifton
Bloomfield Ave - Clifton
Allwood Road - Clifton
Chemical Works - Nutley
Franklin Ave - Nutley
Passaic Ave - Nutley
Washington Ave - Nutley
Little Street - Belleview
Joralemon Street - Belleview
Rutgers Street - Belleview
Mill Street - Belleview
North Boardway Transit Center - Newark
Grafton Ave - Newark
Chester Ave East - Newark
4th Ave - Newark
Clark Street - Newark
Broad Street - Newark
Washington Park - Newark
Centre Street - Newark
Newark Penn Station


Pennsville LRT
Pennsville
Carney's Point
Penns Grove
Bridgeport
Gibbstown
Paulsboro
Woodbury JCT
Red bank Ave
Crown Point Road
Gloucester City
Atlantic Ave
Copper Hospital
Walter Rand Transit Center


Regional Rail

Atlantic line

Philadelphia-30th Street Station
Pennsauken Transit Center
Cherry Hill
Lindenwood
Atco
Hammonton
Egg Harbor City
Absecon
Atlantic City

North Jersey Coast line

Bay Head
Point Pleasant Beach
Manasquan
Spring Lake
Belmar
Bradley Beach
Asbury Park
Allenhurst
Elberon
Long Branch
Monmouth Park
Little Silver
Red Bank
Middletown
Hazlet
Aberdeen-Matawan
Laurence Harbor
South Amboy
Perth Amboy
Woodbridge
Avenel
Rahway
Linden
Broad St. Elizabeth
North Elizabeth
Newark Airport
Newark Penn
Hoboken

Northeast Corridor

Trenton
Hamilton
Princeton JCT
Jersey Ave (Southbound only)
New Brunswick
Edison
Metchun
Metropark
Rahway
Linden
Midtown Elizabeth
North Elizabeth
Newark Airport
Newark Penn station
Secaucus JCT
New York Penn

Gladstone Branch
Gladstone
Peapack
Far Hills
Bernardsville
Basking Ridge
Lyons
Millington
Stirling
Gillette
Berkeley Heights
Murray Hill
New Providence
Summit
Short Hills
Millburn
Maplewood
South Orange
Mountain Station
Highland Ave
Orange
Brick Church
East Orange
Newark Board Street
Harrison
Hoboken

Morristown line

Philpsburg - Main Street
Philpsburg - US 22 / NJ 57 Park / Ride
Washington
Hackettstown
Mount Olive
Netcong
Lake Hopatcong
Mount Arlington
Dover
Denville
Mount Tabor
Morris Plains
Morristown
Convent Station
Madison
Chatham
Summit
Short Hills
Millburn
Maplewood
South Orange
Orange
Brick Church
Newark Board Street
Harrison
Hoboken

Montclair - Boonton line

Hackettstown
Mount Olive
Netcong
Lake Hopatcong
Mount Arlington
Dover
Denville
Mountain Lakes
Boonton
Towaco
Lincoln Park
Mountain View-Wayne
Wayne-Route 23
Little Falls
Montclair State University
Montclair Heights
Mountain Avenue
Upper Montclair
Watchung Avenue
Walnut Street
Bay Street
Glen Ridge
Bloomfield
Watsessing Avenue
Ampere
Newark-Broad St
Harrison
Hoboken

Raritan Valley Line

Phillipsburg
Bloomsbury
Ludlow
Hampton
Glen Gardner
High Bridge
Annandale
Lebanon
White House
North Branch
Raritan
Somerville
Bridgewater
Bound Brook
Dunellen
Plainfield
Netherwood
Fanwood
Westfield
Garwood
Cranford
Roselle Park
Union
Newark Penn station
Hoboken (Peak Hours only)


Morristown line - Midtown Direct Service

Dover
Denville
Mount Tabor
Morris Plains
Morristown
Convent Station
Madison
Chatham
Summit
Short Hills
Millburn
Maplewood
South Orange
Orange
Brick Church
Newark Board Street
Harrison
Secaucus JCT
New York Penn station

Montclair line - Midtown Direct Service

Montclair State University
Montclair Heights
Mountain Avenue
Upper Montclair
Watchung Avenue
Walnut Street
Bay Street
Glen Ridge
Bloomfield
Watsessing Avenue
Ampere
Newark-Broad St
Harrison
Secaucus JCT
New York Penn station

Pascack Valley line
Hoboken Terminal
Secaucus JCT
Wood-Ridge
Teterboro
Essex Street - Hackensack
Railroad Ave JCT - Hackensack
Anderson Street - Hackensack
New Bridge Landing
River Edge
Oradell
Emerson
Westwood
Hillsdale
Woodcliff Lake
Park Ridge
Montvale
Pearl River
Pfizer Plant
Nanuet
Spring Valley
Monsey
Airmont
East Suffern
Hillburn

Port Jervis line
Hoboken Terminal
Secaucus JCT
Paterson
Ridgewood
Suffern
Hillburn
Sloatsburg
Tuxedo
Harriman
Salisbury Mills-Cornwall
Campbell Hall
Middletown-Town of Wallkill
Otisville
Port Jervis


Main Line
Hoboken
Secaucus JCT
Kingsland
Lyndhurst
Delawanna
Passaic
Clifton
Paterson
North Paterson
Hawthorne Transit Center
Glen Rock
Ridgewood
Ho-Ho-Kus
Waldwick
Allendale
Ramsey-Main St.
Ramsey-Route 17
Mahwah
Suffern
Hillburn

Bergen line
Hoboken Terminal
Secaucus JCT
Rutherford
Wesmont
Garfield
Plaunderville
Broadway - Fair Lawn
Radburn - Fair Lawn
Glen Rock Boro Hall
Ridgewood
Ho-Ho-Kus
Waldwick
Allendale
Ramsey-Main St.
Ramsey-Route 17
Mahwah
Suffern


Proposed lines

Jersey Ave Branch
West Trenton Transit Center
I-95 Park / Ride
Pennington
Hopewell
Belle Mead
Hillsborough
Millstone
Middlebush
Jersey Ave Transit Center
New Brunswick
Edison
Metchun
Metropark
Rahway
Linden
Midtown Elizabeth
North Elizabeth
Newark Airport
Newark Penn station
Secaucus JCT
New York Penn

Kingsland Branch
Hoboken
Harrison East
Kearny
Kingsland
Lyndhurst
Delawanna
Passaic
Clifton
Paterson
North Paterson
Hawthorne Transit Center
Glen Rock
Ridgewood
Ho-Ho-Kus
Waldwick
Allendale
Ramsey-Main St.
Ramsey-Route 17
Mahwah
Suffern
Hillburn

West Trenton line
West Trenton Transit Center
I-95 Park / Ride
Pennington
Hopewell
Belle Mead
Hillsborough
Bridgewater
Bound Brook
Dunellen
Plainfield
Netherwood
Fanwood
Westfield
Garwood
Cranford
Roselle Park
Union
Newark Penn station
Hoboken

West Shore line
Hoboken Terminal or New York Penn Station
Secaucus JCT
Secaucus Road - Jersey City
North Bergen Transit Center
Vince Lombradi Park & Ride
Ridgefield Park
Cedar Lane - Teaneck
West Englewood
Bergenfield
Haworth
Harrington Park
Tappan
Blauvelt
Valley Cottage
Congers
Haverstraw
Stony Point
Bear Mountain
Highland Falls
West Point
Cornwall on Hudson
Newburgh
Milton
Kingston

Cape May Branch

Philadelphia-30th Street Station
Pennsauken Transit Center
Cherry Hill
Lindenwood
Atco
Woodbine
Cape May Courthouse
Rio Grande
North Cape May
Cape May


Mount Holly Branch
Philadelphia-30th Street Station
Pennsauken Transit Center
Maple Shade
Moorestown
Hainesport
Mount Holly


Lambertville Branch
Lambertville
Ringoes
Flemington
Three Bridges
Manville
Bridgewater
Bound Brook
Dunellen
Plainfield
Netherwood
Fanwood
Westfield
Garwood
Cranford
Roselle Park
Union
Newark Penn station
Hoboken (Peak Hours only)



Pompton Branch

Butler
I-287 Park / Ride
Pompton Plains
Pequannock
Wayne Town Center
Mountain View-Wayne
Wayne-Route 23
Little Falls
Montclair State University
Montclair Heights
Mountain Avenue
Upper Montclair
Watchung Avenue
Walnut Street
Benson Street
Rowe Street
North Newark
Arlington
West Arlington
Laurel Hill State Park
Hoboken

Northwest Rail Link
Hamburg (Limited)
Franklin (Limited)
Sparta
Ogdenburg
Butler
I287 Park & Ride
Pompton Lakes
Oakland
Franklin Lakes
Wyckoff
Midland Park
Hawthrone
North Paterson
Broadway - Paterson
Vreeland Ave - Paterson
Elmwood Park
Saddle Brook
Maywood
Midtown Hackensack
Ridgefield Park
Vince Lombradi Park & Ride
North Bergen Transit Center
Secaucus Road - Jersey City
Hoboken Terminal





MOM Network

Red Bank Branch

Manchester / Lakehurst
Jackson
Lakewood
Howell - Glen Road
Howell - Route 33
Eatontown
Red Bank
Middletown
Hazlet
Aberdeen-Matawan
Laurence Harbor
South Amboy
Perth Amboy
Woodbridge
Avenel
Rahway
Linden
Broad St. Elizabeth
North Elizabeth
Newark Airport
Newark Penn
Hoboken

Jamesburg Branch

Manchester / Lakehurst
Jackson
Lakewood
Howell - Glen Road
Freehold
Freehold Boro - Throckmorton Street
Manalapan
Jamesburg
South Brunswick
Jersey Ave (Southbound only)
New Brunswick
Edison
Metchun
Metropark
Rahway
Linden
Midtown Elizabeth
North Elizabeth
Newark Airport
Newark Penn station
Secaucus JCT
New York Penn

Matawan Branch

Manchester / Lakehurst
Jackson
Lakewood
Howell - Glen Road
Freehold
Freehold Boro - Jackson Street
Marlboro
Morganville
Aberdeen-Matawan
Laurence Harbor
South Amboy
Perth Amboy
Woodbridge
Avenel
Rahway
Linden
Broad St. Elizabeth
North Elizabeth
Newark Airport
Newark Penn
Hoboken


South Amboy Branch

Manchester / Lakehurst
Jackson
Lakewood
Howell - Glen Road
Freehold
Freehold Boro - Throckmorton Street
Manalapan
Jamesburg
Helmetta
Spotswood
Route 18 Park & Ride
Madison Park
South Amboy
Perth Amboy
Woodbridge
Avenel
Rahway
Linden
Broad St. Elizabeth
North Elizabeth
Newark Airport
Newark Penn
Hoboken

Highland Branch
Atlantic Highlands
Port Monmouth
Keansburg
Keyport
Aberdeen
Laurence Harbor
South Amboy
Perth Amboy
Woodbridge
Avenal
Rahway
Linden
Elizabeth
North Elizabeth
Newark Airport
Newark Penn Station
Secaucus JCT
Newark Penn Station

[Crawford]

I recently passed the West Haven Station construction site. Very nice.

Metro North will have three major new stations on the easternmost part of the New Haven line. Fairfield Metro, which opened last year, was first, then comes West Haven, and I forgot the third.

Each station costs roughly $200 million, so these are major investments, with big parking facilities, adjacent space for transit-oriented development and the like.

These stations are very important, because current ridership is constrained by parking issues at many existing stations.

[hammersklavier]

I wonder, why aren't the New Haven Line and Shore Line East combined? The Shore Line's zapped all the way to Boston, after all, and the M8s are equipped to handle both the old New Haven zapping and new Amtrak zapping.

[Crawford]

I wonder, why aren't the New Haven Line and Shore Line East combined? The Shore Line's zapped all the way to Boston, after all, and the M8s are equipped to handle both the old New Haven zapping and new Amtrak zapping.

Metro North is a New York State agency, and part of MTA, which receives an annual negotiated fee for CT service.

The MTA and CT negotiated for years on expansion, but it never worked out. So the Shore Line East is Conn DOT, though the trains are coordinated with Metro North service, and some trains run all the way to Stamford.

Similarly, the upcoming service from New Haven past Hartford will be Conn DOT, though service will be coordinated with Metro North.

There's also the proposed Danbury expansion (first only to New Milford), and Metro North and CT have been negotiating over this. I think this extension, if built, may end up being Metro North. It runs right along the NY State border and would really serve population in both states.

[Nexis4Jersey]

Metro North M8 Rail Car
In service : March 2011-present
Manufacturer : Kawasaki Heavy Industries
Number built : 128 out of 405 car order, not including a 25 car option
Capacity Seated passengers: 110 (A car); 101 (B car)
Maximum speed : 100 mph (161 km/h)
Electric system(s) : 750 V DC Third rail , 12.5 kV AC , 25 kV AC Catenary
Current collection method : Contact shoe & Pantograph


http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7116/7485552114_4614de5789_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/milantram/7485552114/)
METRO-NORTH--9155 arr Stamford IB. 1 of 2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/milantram/7485552114/) by milantram (http://www.flickr.com/people/milantram/), on Flickr

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METRO-NORTH--9120 passing Mamaroneck IB (http://www.flickr.com/photos/milantram/5609526065/) by milantram (http://www.flickr.com/people/milantram/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7178/6923664159_7d15c4cb6d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/milantram/6923664159/)
METRO-NORTH--9114 passing Mt. Vernon East IB (http://www.flickr.com/photos/milantram/6923664159/) by milantram (http://www.flickr.com/people/milantram/), on Flickr
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[Nexis4Jersey]

ALP-45DP Locomotive
In Service : 2012 - Present
Manufacturer : Bombardier Transportation
Number built : 26
Maximum speed : 100 mph (161 km/h) for Diesel & 125mph (201 km/h) for Electric
Electric system(s) : 25kV 60 Hz, 12.5 kV 60 Hz, 12kV 25 Hz
Current collection method : Pantograph

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Ready to Depart (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ns3010/7156833809/) by ns3010 (http://www.flickr.com/people/ns3010/), on Flickr

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NJT ALP-45 DP (http://www.flickr.com/photos/peet/5639856113/) by PeetThePhotographer (http://www.flickr.com/people/peet/), on Flickr

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(New Jersey Transit) 2011-12 Bombardier ALP-45DP Dual-Powered Locomotive #4509 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/transitalk/7597160058/) by tloganjr (http://www.flickr.com/people/transitalk/), on Flickr

[Nexis4Jersey]

Ive decided to add the Long Island Railroad....

Long Island Island Railroad Long Term Plans & Proposals - 2050

https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=215312482559953359515.000496c9cdea77cff2ae1&msa=0&ll=40.835632,-72.697906&spn=0.701329,1.674042

City Terminal Division

Atlantic Branch
Atlantic Terminal
Nostrand Avenue
East New York
Woodhaven Junction
Jamaica
110 Ave
Foch Boulevard
Locust Manor
Laurelton
Rosedale
Valley Stream

Western Network

Main line
New York Penn Station (Grand Central Terminal starting in 2019)
Sunnyside JCT
Woodside
Forest Hills
Kew Gardens
Jamaica
Hollis
Francis Lewis Boulevard
Queens Village
Floral Park
New Hyde Park
Merillon Avenue
Mineola
Carle Place
Westbury
Hicksville
Bethpage
Farmingdale

Port Washington Branch
New York Penn Station (Grand Central Terminal starting in 2019)
Sunnyside JCT
Woodside
Elmhurst
Corona
Mets–Willets Point
Flushing Main Street
Murray Hill
Broadway
Auburndale
Bayside
Douglaston
Little Neck
Great Neck
Manhasset
Plandome
Port Washington

Oyster Bay Branch
New York Penn Station (Grand Central Terminal Starting in 2019)
Jamaica
Mineola
East Williston
Albertson
Roslyn
Greenvale
Glen Head
Sea Cliff
Glen Street
Glen Cove
Locust Valley
Oyster Bay

Babylon Branch
New York Penn Station (Grand Central Terminal starting in 2019)
Sunnyside JCT
Woodside
Forest Hills
Kew Gardens
Jamaica
Saint Albans
Farmers Boulevard
Valley Stream
Lynbrook
Rockville Centre
Baldwin
Freeport
Merrick
Bellmore
Wantagh
Seaford
Massapequa
Massapequa Park
Amityville
Copiague
Lindenhurst
Babylon

West Hempstead Branch
New York Penn Station (Grand Central Terminal Starting in 2019)
Sunnyside JCT
Woodside
Forest Hills
Kew Gardens
Jamaica
Saint Albans
Farmers Boulevard
Valley Stream
Westwood
Malverne
Lakeview
Hempstead Gardens
West Hempstead

Hempstead Branch
New York Penn Station (Grand Central Terminal Starting in 2019)
Sunnyside JCT
Woodside
Forest Hills
Kew Gardens
Jamaica
Hollis
Francis Lewis Boulevard
Queens Village
Floral Park
Stewart Manor
Nassau Boulevard
Garden City
Country Life Press
Hempstead

Oyster Bay Branch Extension
New York Penn Station (Grand Central Terminal Starting in 2019)
Sunnyside JCT
Woodside
Forest Hills
Kew Gardens
Jamaica
Saint Albans
Farmers Boulevard
Valley Stream
Westwood
Malverne
Lakeview
Hempstead Gardens
West Hempstead
Hillton Ave
Stewart Ave
East Williston
Albertson
Roslyn
Greenvale
Glen Head
Sea Cliff
Glen Street
Glen Cove
Locust Valley
Oyster Bay

Central Branch
New York Penn Station (Grand Central Terminal Starting in 2019)
Sunnyside JCT
Woodside
Forest Hills
Kew Gardens
Jamaica
Hollis
Francis Lewis Boulevard
Queens Village
Floral Park
Stewart Manor
Nassau Boulevard
Garden City
Nassau Hub - East Garden City
East Meadow
Levittown
Hicksville Road - Levittown
Hempstead Turnpike - Farmingdale
Main Street - Farmingdale
North Lindenhurst
Babylon

Coastal Network

Far Rockaway Branch
Atlantic Terminal
Nostrand Avenue
East New York
Jamaica
110 Ave
Foch Boulevard
Locust Manor
Laurelton
Rosedale
Valley Stream
Gibson
Hewlett
Woodmere
Cedarhurst
Lawrence
Inwood
Far Rockaway

Long Beach Branch
New York Penn Station (Grand Central Terminal Starting in 2019)
Sunnyside JCT
Jamaica
Lynbrook
Centre Avenue
East Rockaway
Oceanside
Island Park
Long Beach

Rockaway Beach Branch
New York Penn Station (Grand Central Starting in 2019)
Sunnyside JCT
Woodside
Rego Park South
Woodhaven
Ozone Park
Howard Beach
Board Channel
Rockaway Beach

Eastern Divison


Montauk Branch
Long Island City
Penny Bridge
Haberman
Fresh Pond
Glendale
Richmond Hill
Jamaica
Saint Albans
Farmers Boulevard
Valley Stream
Lynbrook
Rockville Centre
Baldwin
Freeport
Merrick
Bellmore
Wantagh
Seaford
Massapequa
Massapequa Park
Amityville
Copiague
Lindenhurst
Babylon
Bay Shore
Islip
Great River
Oakdale
Sayville
Patchogue
Bellport
Mastic – Shirley
Speonk
Westhampton
Hampton Bays
Southampton
Bridgehampton
East Hampton
Amagansett
Montauk

Greenport Branch
New York Penn Station (Grand Central Terminal starting in 2019)
Sunnyside JCT
Jamaica
New Hyde Park
Mineola
Westbury
Hicksville
Farmingdale
Ronkonkoma
Medford
Yaphank
Riverhead
Mattituck
Southold
Greenport

Port Jefferson Branch
New York Penn Station (Grand Central Terminal starting in 2019)
Sunnyside JCT
Woodside
Jamaica
New Hyde Park
Mineola
Westbury
Hicksville
Syosset
Cold Spring Harbor
Huntington
Greenlawn
Northport
Kings Park
Smithtown
St. James
Stony Brook
Port Jefferson

Wading River Extension
New York Penn Station (Grand Central Terminal starting in 2019)
Sunnyside JCT
Woodside
Jamaica
New Hyde Park
Mineola
Westbury
Hicksville
Syosset
Cold Spring Harbor
Huntington
Greenlawn
Northport
Kings Park
Smithtown
St. James
Stony Brook
Port Jefferson
Mount Sinai
Miller Place
Rocky Point
Shoreham
Wading River


JFK AirTrain

JFK Airtrain - Trunk line
Jamaica
Liberty Ave
Linden Boulevard
Rockaway Boulevard
Federal Circle
Terminal 1
Terminal 2 & 3
Terminal 4
Terminal 5
Terminal 7
Terminal 8

JFK Airtrain - Howard Beach Branch
Howard Beach
Lefferts Boulevard
Federal Circle
Terminal 1
Terminal 2 & 3
Terminal 4
Terminal 5
Terminal 7
Terminal 8

JFK Airtrain - Howard Beach - Jamaica line
Howard Beach
Lefferts Boulevard
Rockaway Boulevard
Linden Boulevard
Liberty Ave
Jamaica

[Alon]

I think you should focus more on inner lines, and not on additional suburban extensions. The only people who you're going to get on the trains if everything just expresses to one or two Manhattan terminals without any inter-agency integration are peak-hour suburban commuters, and those will drive 10 kilometers to the better park-and-ride.

So, since we're talking long-term, here's what needs to happen:

1. Fares and timetables between the agencies should be integrated, including through-running whenever reasonably possible. Maybe for scheduling reasons it's not the best to have trains run through from New London to Newark, DE, but at least run through from New Haven to Trenton, from New London to New York, from New York to Philadelphia, etc. This means through-running even when it's claimed to be impossible now - we're talking about future rolling stock, and honestly even existing trains can be modified at much lower cost than it costs to build a Manhattan cavern.

1a. Integrated fares and tickets include urban rail and the buses. Best industry practice is to let people ride from Oyster Bay to Carteret, involving a bus, a train, a connecting train, and another bus, on one ticket, with all connections timed. This includes the subway, too - i.e. there should be a unified Far Rockaway station with timed LIRR-subway transfers.

(By the way, most rail scheduling innovations that Americans think are impossible to adhere to happen every day thousands of times in Germany, Switzerland, and Japan.)

2. Signaling on the central segments should allow high capacity. Something like SACEM on the RER A is a good example: moving-block signaling in the congested core, standard fixed-block signaling on the branches. Given that Penn Station has more than just one track per direction funneling into the NJT tunnel, 30-32 tph should be achievable.

3. All trains should be EMUs, and future orders should also reduce the weight. FRA regulations have no relationship to actual safety needs and can and should be ignored in favor of more modern rules.

4. Either subsequent orders should allow multi-voltage trains, so that there's rolling stock for any reasonable through-running, or everything should be reelectrified at 25 kV 60 Hz (and the NEC definitely should be so reelectrified, for the benefit of intercity trains).

5. Major suburban stations should not be park-and-ride hell, but instead there should be TOD within a pleasant walking distance. Hicksville is quite close to a large mall, but both the station and the mall are surrounded by parking, and so pretty much nobody takes the LIRR into Hicksville, just from Hicksville.

6. Off-peak frequency should be at worst 10-15 minutes at the urban stations and 30 minutes on the branches. To reduce operating costs, conductors should be replaced with a light rail-style honor system, and off-peak trains could also be shorter.

7. Few trains should be stabled in New York itself. Land for yards is cheaper at the outer terminals of the lines.

8. Physical extensions should be based on the needs of inner suburb-to-inner suburb travel, and also on those of urban travel. Lower Montauk is useless without a connection to Manhattan; stick a fork in it. But frequent-stop through-service between Newark and Jamaica is more useful. Based on funding, additional lines should be built in Manhattan connecting stub-end terminals like Hoboken and Flatbush, and even Grand Central and St. George.

Note, by the way, that the extensions are last on the list. There's a reason for this: they're less important than the concept of running commuter rail more like longer-range rapid transit and less like a 1930s-era suburban shuttle to the CBD. If you have just the extensions, you get SEPTA today, rather than what SEPTA was trying to become in the early 1980s.

[Nexis4Jersey]

I think you should focus more on inner lines, and not on additional suburban extensions. The only people who you're going to get on the trains if everything just expresses to one or two Manhattan terminals without any inter-agency integration are peak-hour suburban commuters, and those will drive 10 kilometers to the better park-and-ride.

So, since we're talking long-term, here's what needs to happen:

1. Fares and timetables between the agencies should be integrated, including through-running whenever reasonably possible. Maybe for scheduling reasons it's not the best to have trains run through from New London to Newark, DE, but at least run through from New Haven to Trenton, from New London to New York, from New York to Philadelphia, etc. This means through-running even when it's claimed to be impossible now - we're talking about future rolling stock, and honestly even existing trains can be modified at much lower cost than it costs to build a Manhattan cavern.

1a. Integrated fares and tickets include urban rail and the buses. Best industry practice is to let people ride from Oyster Bay to Carteret, involving a bus, a train, a connecting train, and another bus, on one ticket, with all connections timed. This includes the subway, too - i.e. there should be a unified Far Rockaway station with timed LIRR-subway transfers.

(By the way, most rail scheduling innovations that Americans think are impossible to adhere to happen every day thousands of times in Germany, Switzerland, and Japan.)

2. Signaling on the central segments should allow high capacity. Something like SACEM on the RER A is a good example: moving-block signaling in the congested core, standard fixed-block signaling on the branches. Given that Penn Station has more than just one track per direction funneling into the NJT tunnel, 30-32 tph should be achievable.

3. All trains should be EMUs, and future orders should also reduce the weight. FRA regulations have no relationship to actual safety needs and can and should be ignored in favor of more modern rules.

4. Either subsequent orders should allow multi-voltage trains, so that there's rolling stock for any reasonable through-running, or everything should be reelectrified at 25 kV 60 Hz (and the NEC definitely should be so reelectrified, for the benefit of intercity trains).

5. Major suburban stations should not be park-and-ride hell, but instead there should be TOD within a pleasant walking distance. Hicksville is quite close to a large mall, but both the station and the mall are surrounded by parking, and so pretty much nobody takes the LIRR into Hicksville, just from Hicksville.

6. Off-peak frequency should be at worst 10-15 minutes at the urban stations and 30 minutes on the branches. To reduce operating costs, conductors should be replaced with a light rail-style honor system, and off-peak trains could also be shorter.

7. Few trains should be stabled in New York itself. Land for yards is cheaper at the outer terminals of the lines.

8. Physical extensions should be based on the needs of inner suburb-to-inner suburb travel, and also on those of urban travel. Lower Montauk is useless without a connection to Manhattan; stick a fork in it. But frequent-stop through-service between Newark and Jamaica is more useful. Based on funding, additional lines should be built in Manhattan connecting stub-end terminals like Hoboken and Flatbush, and even Grand Central and St. George.

Note, by the way, that the extensions are last on the list. There's a reason for this: they're less important than the concept of running commuter rail more like longer-range rapid transit and less like a 1930s-era suburban shuttle to the CBD. If you have just the extensions, you get SEPTA today, rather than what SEPTA was trying to become in the early 1980s.

The Outer Suburbs in NJ and LI have been neglected and now congestion is horrid...so lines like the Red Bank , Matawan , Jamesburg , South Amboy Branches , West Trenton line , Philpsburg Connections are badly needed in NJ. The Bus system which has been used to absorb the grow can't handle it much longer which can seen at the PABT. These lines should be done after the NEC upgrades , meaning they should start Construction later this decade. On Long Island the Central Branch will mean the LIRR doesn't need to 3rd Track the Main line and it also hits the Nassau Hub which could be transformed into a nice TOD and joins the system together creating a suburban system. The Inner Cities have been neglected , in NJ along the Morris & Essex Network 2 Inner City Stations will be restored by 2025 , a New line servicing Kearny , Harrison and Arlington is in the works along with multiple Light Rail Extensions from Newark out into the Oranges , up to Paterson and down to Elizabeth....and maybe Jersey City one day to relive the PATH. In New York City the Penn Station Access will fill a Transit Void in the Bronx , and help the overburdened 1 Train in Manhattan , Multiple infill stations are being proposed for Queens and the Rockaway Beach Branch would speed up transit and fill another void in Queens. The System needs to be Expanded & restored in both areas focusing on the inner areas isn't going to boost Ridership as much as the Suburban areas which have no alts other then to drive or take the bus. A lot of these are Railroad Suburbs and not Auto suburbs so Transit use is either high or welcomed , you also see less people driving and more walking or biking...

1.- I don't know about merging fares , that's a touchy topic in the Rail Community up here....

1a,- I do agree that Fares should be integrated and made easier , there was a plan to merge all the fares between NJT & the PATH and Private buses , but that's fallen silent lately. That would have boosted Ridership and made traveling easier , it was to be a smart card system with fare gates at certain stations and points. Same is Proposed for the MTA and NY agencies along with CT , haven't heard much lately. But its badly needed...

2,- There in the Process of upgrading the Signals which will double the amount of trains , my line was upgraded and went from a few trains during peak hrs to 30 trains a day bi-directional. There almost done with that in NJ and NY (MNRR) , the LIRR hasn't done it yet.

3,- The Plan is to buy new EMUs for the smaller branches and future MOM Rail network in NJ and Kingsland branch....there rumored to be Bi-level EMU's similar to Metra EMU's which disgusts me. Its your worst nightmare , the Bi-levels in NJ have had a history of derailing due to there weight...A Single level Dual EMU would be a better choice.

4 , - the Plan is to bring everyone up to 25 kV 60 Hz at least in NJ , CT and NY by 2025....and 2030 to DC....the Newer M8's can switch from various voltages except the Hell Gate Voltage which will be switched by 2025 with upgrades and Penn Station Access.

5,- Relax alot of those Suburban Hells will be transformed into TOD paradises over the decade , Plans have been drawn up the largest one will be in Edison,NJ , Harrison is another huge one along with Jamaica and Jersey City TOD's. They are drawing up plans for another horror show which is unnecessary if the MOM network were to be built and that is North Brunswick station along the NEC. It would include 4 huge Parking's and some TOD but is unnecessary with a MOM Extension and Jersey Avenue Branch Extension. Most stations are not Suburban hells but integrated into the Railroad Suburbs around them. Recently past 15 years NJT has only expanded Highway Park and Rides or built them , not suburban stations which the towns seem to agree with. A lot of these Park Rides can support TOD , which would make up for the below average ridership.


6,- Conductors shouldn't be completly removed but reduced to 1 or 2 per train , which will keep riders safe and collect fares. The honor system does not work in this region , and costs NJT and the MTA millions , more so then to employ Conductors.

7,- I don't understand this one , most trains are stored outside of NY except on weekends....most lines have 2 or 3 yards....

8,- A lot of those Extensions above are badly needed , bus system can no longer be used as a primary mode of Transit in these areas , Rail needs to restored or Expanded. Same with the Inner Urban areas , the backlog of Light Rail & Subway Extensions or Restorations is causing Bus Capacity issues , there's a lot of overcrowding in Brooklyn , Newark , Jersey City and the Inner suburbs... The Light Rail Extensions could shift the weight and make it balanced...

[Alon]

If you add up all the people whose commute crosses New York - for example, from anywhere in Jersey to Brooklyn, Queens, and Long Island - you get about 200,000 people, i.e. 400,000 weekday trips. The reason those infill stations (and the extra connections, and the integrated fares and schedules) are important is that they make it easier to take rail to secondary job centers. To Manhattan practically everyone rides trains anyway; the only major exception is the GWB commute shed, and that's a problem of the Erie Lines not serving Manhattan directly and Secaucus being an awful transfer with multiple level changes and internal faregates.

Commuter volumes also drop precipitously as distance grows. So of the above 200,000 people, if you e.g. look at those who work in Queens, there are 30,000, of whom 17,000 live in Westchester, Staten Island, Bergen County, and Hudson County, and another 5,000 live in Essex, Rockland, Middlesex, and Monmouth Counties. MOM and other outbound extensions are useful to a small subset of these; being able to make the commute on one train, or two trains with a relatively tame connection, is much more useful. The West Shore Line and the Northern Branch both serve relatively strong suburban markets, to both Manhattan and the job centers to its south and east, but the other possible extensions aren't as important. Few people live along the West Trenton Line, for instance.

Now,

1. There are no plans for a fare union between urban transit and commuter rail on the New York side, or for one between NJT and the MTA agencies.

Yeah, I know not everyone thinks it's necessary. But unified, mode-neutral fares is how European cities have done their transit revival. (North American ones, too - all bus, ferry, and SkyTrain fares are integrated in Greater Vancouver; the commuter rail fares are separate, but they're a tiny portion of systemwide ridership.)

2. That's on the branches, not in the main trunk tunnels. NJT was planning and Amtrak is planning a tunnel to relieve the North River Tunnels, with no plans to increase throughput on the existing tunnels using better signaling.

3. NJT is still buying locomotives. It's even buying dual-mode locos, at much higher cost and weight than is normal, because electrifying the Erie Lines is for wimps, or something. Really, the only lines that have any business staying diesel in 2050 are Harlem north of Southeast and Waterbury, both of which have approximately zero riders and not enough of a commute market to dense or densifiable CBDs (including even secondary ones like White Plains) to matter

4. Are there concrete funded plans, or wishlists similar to Amtrak's 25 kV wishlists from the 1970s and 80s?

5. TOD is hit or miss. Stamford has some plans, which the local commuters are up at arms about because they think they're entitled to a parking garage right at the station. Hicksville doesn't have any that I know of - instead it recently rebuilt the garage for about $25,000 per spot, which is about as much as the per-rider cost of Second Avenue Subway. Ronkonkoma doesn't have any, either. The LIRR generally lags, what with the one-way rush-hour operation (which is not required by current traffic, as long as one is willing to give up express trains). But Mineola, which is somewhat better, manages to get a couple hundred more eastbound am disembarkings than Hicksville.

6. Conductors are not necessary for anything except makework. Somehow, the French, the Germans, the Swiss, the Dutch, and every light rail and BRT system in the US manage to do with POP, and the safety record is generally better than on US mainline rail (thanks, Metra). Even Caltrain and Metrolink do POP, but they retain conductors because That's How We've Always Done It. At the staffing levels appropriate for a country with first-world wages, the correct number of employees per train is 1, and 0 for a closed rapid transit system.

7. LIRR trains are stabled in Manhattan west of Penn Station, and NJT trains at Sunnyside Yard, for the midday off-peak. ARC Alt G actually included a Manhattan yard expansion, never mind that it was going to connect Penn Station with Grand Central, which is basically a railyard with a train station annex.

8. Sure, but not every rail expansion is needed. For example, the Northwest Rail Link just splits frequency with more useful lines in the inner parts, and serves lightly populated regions farther out. Not every rail line needs to host commuter rail - you want to make sure the lines have reasonable enough frequency. For example, one of my commenters, Anon256, is already complaining that I'm proposing 5 branches going into an Erie tunnel to Lower Manhattan (Northern, West Shore, Pascack Valley, Bergen County, main), which would cut frequency to those lines to avoid saturating the tunnel.

[Nexis4Jersey]

If you add up all the people whose commute crosses New York - for example, from anywhere in Jersey to Brooklyn, Queens, and Long Island - you get about 200,000 people, i.e. 400,000 weekday trips. The reason those infill stations (and the extra connections, and the integrated fares and schedules) are important is that they make it easier to take rail to secondary job centers. To Manhattan practically everyone rides trains anyway; the only major exception is the GWB commute shed, and that's a problem of the Erie Lines not serving Manhattan directly and Secaucus being an awful transfer with multiple level changes and internal faregates.

Commuter volumes also drop precipitously as distance grows. So of the above 200,000 people, if you e.g. look at those who work in Queens, there are 30,000, of whom 17,000 live in Westchester, Staten Island, Bergen County, and Hudson County, and another 5,000 live in Essex, Rockland, Middlesex, and Monmouth Counties. MOM and other outbound extensions are useful to a small subset of these; being able to make the commute on one train, or two trains with a relatively tame connection, is much more useful. The West Shore Line and the Northern Branch both serve relatively strong suburban markets, to both Manhattan and the job centers to its south and east, but the other possible extensions aren't as important. Few people live along the West Trenton Line, for instance.

Now,

1. There are no plans for a fare union between urban transit and commuter rail on the New York side, or for one between NJT and the MTA agencies.

Yeah, I know not everyone thinks it's necessary. But unified, mode-neutral fares is how European cities have done their transit revival. (North American ones, too - all bus, ferry, and SkyTrain fares are integrated in Greater Vancouver; the commuter rail fares are separate, but they're a tiny portion of systemwide ridership.)

2. That's on the branches, not in the main trunk tunnels. NJT was planning and Amtrak is planning a tunnel to relieve the North River Tunnels, with no plans to increase throughput on the existing tunnels using better signaling.

3. NJT is still buying locomotives. It's even buying dual-mode locos, at much higher cost and weight than is normal, because electrifying the Erie Lines is for wimps, or something. Really, the only lines that have any business staying diesel in 2050 are Harlem north of Southeast and Waterbury, both of which have approximately zero riders and not enough of a commute market to dense or densifiable CBDs (including even secondary ones like White Plains) to matter

4. Are there concrete funded plans, or wishlists similar to Amtrak's 25 kV wishlists from the 1970s and 80s?

5. TOD is hit or miss. Stamford has some plans, which the local commuters are up at arms about because they think they're entitled to a parking garage right at the station. Hicksville doesn't have any that I know of - instead it recently rebuilt the garage for about $25,000 per spot, which is about as much as the per-rider cost of Second Avenue Subway. Ronkonkoma doesn't have any, either. The LIRR generally lags, what with the one-way rush-hour operation (which is not required by current traffic, as long as one is willing to give up express trains). But Mineola, which is somewhat better, manages to get a couple hundred more eastbound am disembarkings than Hicksville.

6. Conductors are not necessary for anything except makework. Somehow, the French, the Germans, the Swiss, the Dutch, and every light rail and BRT system in the US manage to do with POP, and the safety record is generally better than on US mainline rail (thanks, Metra). Even Caltrain and Metrolink do POP, but they retain conductors because That's How We've Always Done It. At the staffing levels appropriate for a country with first-world wages, the correct number of employees per train is 1, and 0 for a closed rapid transit system.

7. LIRR trains are stabled in Manhattan west of Penn Station, and NJT trains at Sunnyside Yard, for the midday off-peak. ARC Alt G actually included a Manhattan yard expansion, never mind that it was going to connect Penn Station with Grand Central, which is basically a railyard with a train station annex.

8. Sure, but not every rail expansion is needed. For example, the Northwest Rail Link just splits frequency with more useful lines in the inner parts, and serves lightly populated regions farther out. Not every rail line needs to host commuter rail - you want to make sure the lines have reasonable enough frequency. For example, one of my commenters, Anon256, is already complaining that I'm proposing 5 branches going into an Erie tunnel to Lower Manhattan (Northern, West Shore, Pascack Valley, Bergen County, main), which would cut frequency to those lines to avoid saturating the tunnel.

The GWB shed could be taped by creating a Northern Branch Light Rail , West Shore line , Bergen - Passaic LRT , Old Piermont Branch , and Northwest link which are where most of the commuters who use the GWB come from. What's wrong with Secaucus JCT , if you want to get rid of conductors then you'll need fare gates for high volume stations and its not that complex. The MOM Network is expected to service at least 90,000 to 120,000 daily riders most driving to North Jersey Coast line or taking the bus which is overloaded down there. The West Trenton line would connect up with a proposed Light Rail Extension and fill a void in that part of the state which is also growing. Theres a Bi-directional Commuter pull on that line , many simply drive to Princeton , Jersey Ave or Hamilton to go to NYC and the Trenton commuters don't even bother taking transit.


1. As far as I know its in the talking phases , of course that means on the NY side its a decade away. NJ I wouldn't know we were supposed to have it by now , but they went with a stupid google wallet which people hate.

2. No thats on the trunks , they've started removing signals from the Morristown line , Coast line due having installing PTC....which makes Rail Photography harder....:hell:

3. After the 45s , I think they'll stop. They have plans on buying EMUS and DMUS to replace branch line services.... But your right there too lazy to Electrify everything even though it be cheaper in the long run. It was estimated at 1.3 Billion for NJT and MNRR west of the Hudson back in 2000. The 45s cost 540 Million.... The Waterbury Branch is the only line I can see being Electric by 2050 , even the Northern Harlem line will have enough service to justify Electrification due to a few large scale TOD projects.

4 , As far as I know , the New Haven line will be brought 25kv once the upgrades are done which will be 2020. The Hell Gate around the same time , then the Gateway Project , and down to New Brunswick by 2025 which means from New Haven to Morrisville by 2025 or Boston to Morrisville.

5. , Stamford wouldn't be whining and bitching if they would just built the streetcar network , which would reduce the need for the garage which is moving and not being eliminated but its Connecticut and thats enough to cause an uproar. Hicksville has a TOD Plan , so do a few towns on Long Island. Stamford , Bridgeport , New Haven , West Haven and Norwalk have plans for TOD.... Most towns have a plan in New Jersey.

[Alon]

If your capacity is given as 30 trains per day, it's not much of a trunk line. The existing signals in the tunnels support a rush-hour burst of 24 tph. What I'm talking about is increasing that to about 30 tph, which is feasible, and happens on the Berlin S-Bahn, Munich S-Bahn, and Paris RER, all of which are mainline systems.

There aren't enough people in Monmouth, Ocean, and the coastal parts of Middlesex working in New York and Newark to put 90,000-120,000 daily riders on a line. If everyone who currently takes the NEC and the North Jersey Coast Line switched then sure, but then what's the point? Direct train service to Toms River has some benefits, but they're far down the line.

It is just not true that the alternative to ticket punchers is faregates. New Jersey isn't Tokyo and never will be; Swiss or German POP is going to work just fine for its rail ridership. Of course NJT does the worst of both worlds, with the internal faregates at Secaucus and the constrained vertical circulation... even the LIRR, not normally a very competent organization, does this better, with timed cross-platform transfers at Jamaica.

Most reorganizations that Americans think are impossible or very difficult or will take a long time are actually easy when done by people who know what they're doing. SEPTA was going to complete them very quickly, until the workers rebelled (who are those stupid European immigrants (http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~vuchic/) to tell us how to run a railroad? What was good for my grandfather is good for me!).

[Nexis4Jersey]

If your capacity is given as 30 trains per day, it's not much of a trunk line. The existing signals in the tunnels support a rush-hour burst of 24 tph. What I'm talking about is increasing that to about 30 tph, which is feasible, and happens on the Berlin S-Bahn, Munich S-Bahn, and Paris RER, all of which are mainline systems.

There aren't enough people in Monmouth, Ocean, and the coastal parts of Middlesex working in New York and Newark to put 90,000-120,000 daily riders on a line. If everyone who currently takes the NEC and the North Jersey Coast Line switched then sure, but then what's the point? Direct train service to Toms River has some benefits, but they're far down the line.

It is just not true that the alternative to ticket punchers is faregates. New Jersey isn't Tokyo and never will be; Swiss or German POP is going to work just fine for its rail ridership. Of course NJT does the worst of both worlds, with the internal faregates at Secaucus and the constrained vertical circulation... even the LIRR, not normally a very competent organization, does this better, with timed cross-platform transfers at Jamaica.

Most reorganizations that Americans think are impossible or very difficult or will take a long time are actually easy when done by people who know what they're doing. SEPTA was going to complete them very quickly, until the workers rebelled (who are those stupid European immigrants (http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~vuchic/) to tell us how to run a railroad? What was good for my grandfather is good for me!).

30 trains a day is about the max on branches at the moment , the trunks have about 240 a day....they can handle double that due upgrades in recent years. So 30TPH on trunks is doable and done on the Morristown line and Harlem lines...along with NEC.


The MOM Network will service a population of 1.5 Million , New Job Markets will be opened to Rail commuting from Central Jersey like New Brunswick , Princeton , Trenton , Edison , Metropark , Rahway , Elizabeth and the Amboys alll have an additional 250,000 jobs most commuters drive to those jobs and live in the MOM area. That part of NJ is the fastest growing section of the state why neglect it? I understand the Inner areas need investment , but these outer areas should not be neglected there starting to become dense aswell like everything in this state. The Inner Areas will be getting more Light Rail and Busway later this decade...which will better service them.

[Alon]

NJT is incapable of serving diagonal commutes right now - the frequencies suck, the punctuality sucks, the idea of timed transfers is foreign to it, etc. Forget about it. It can't even do a transfer at Secaucus toward Manhattan right. Even with vastly better industry practices, MOM isn't going to serve any of those diagonal commutes, because at current driving and parking prices in Princeton, only eco-martyrs like me are going to try using the transit system. And eco-martyrs like me don't live in Ocean County. Maybe if Princeton Junction and New Brunswick looked like this (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Esplanade-de-la-defense.jpg) then it would work.

The trains-per-day limit just shows you how screwed up American railroad practices are - they're lifted entirely from freight. Everywhere else in the world, including US transit systems that are not mainline rail, people think in tph. If for some reason you can only run 20 tph at rush hour, you could easily do 240 trains per day in each direction. Capacity limits are measured in terms of headways and schedule maintenance, and those work entirely in tph terms. Tpd matter only if your trains need to be stabled somewhere midday (i.e. your off-peak frequencies suck so much they won't just turn around and keep earning revenue) or if you can't punctually maintain your peak feasible capacity.

Nowhere on NJT, or Metro-North, or the LIRR, is 30 tph done on a double-track line (one-way running doesn't count). Metro-North runs 50 tph into Grand Central, but insists on running trains 3-and-1 on the trunk instead of 2-and-2. I'm told that Amtrak is forced to single-track at rush hour because the LIRR thinks that its ~38 tph into Penn Station can't fit into a 2-and-2 situation. Peak traffic through the Hudson is 24 tph, and New Jersey thinks it can't add any trains.

[Nexis4Jersey]

NJT is incapable of serving diagonal commutes right now - the frequencies suck, the punctuality sucks, the idea of timed transfers is foreign to it, etc. Forget about it. It can't even do a transfer at Secaucus toward Manhattan right. Even with vastly better industry practices, MOM isn't going to serve any of those diagonal commutes, because at current driving and parking prices in Princeton, only eco-martyrs like me are going to try using the transit system. And eco-martyrs like me don't live in Ocean County. Maybe if Princeton Junction and New Brunswick looked like this (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Esplanade-de-la-defense.jpg) then it would work.

The trains-per-day limit just shows you how screwed up American railroad practices are - they're lifted entirely from freight. Everywhere else in the world, including US transit systems that are not mainline rail, people think in tph. If for some reason you can only run 20 tph at rush hour, you could easily do 240 trains per day in each direction. Capacity limits are measured in terms of headways and schedule maintenance, and those work entirely in tph terms. Tpd matter only if your trains need to be stabled somewhere midday (i.e. your off-peak frequencies suck so much they won't just turn around and keep earning revenue) or if you can't punctually maintain your peak feasible capacity.

Nowhere on NJT, or Metro-North, or the LIRR, is 30 tph done on a double-track line (one-way running doesn't count). Metro-North runs 50 tph into Grand Central, but insists on running trains 3-and-1 on the trunk instead of 2-and-2. I'm told that Amtrak is forced to single-track at rush hour because the LIRR thinks that its ~38 tph into Penn Station can't fit into a 2-and-2 situation. Peak traffic through the Hudson is 24 tph, and New Jersey thinks it can't add any trains.

The Frequencies are slowly improving , a decade ago they were horrible but there is still room for improvement without a doubt. The County Estimates are never wrong and that part of the state is growing by 250,000 a decade , too ignore it and push it onto already overcrowded stations is a mistake and a bad one. MOM also hits some of the most popular shore line communities....like Toms River and the Bays and inlets near Forked River. The Sprawl is starting to become dense , so another reason to extend Rail....which would encourage smart growth. By the End of the Decade New Brunswick will be a dense steaming metropolis high rises and skyscrapers are under construction or planned for Downtown. A Light Rail line will join the MOM to the Raritan Valley line and West Trenton line , sealing the Central Jersey Transit network.

They've improved there frequencies but have a long way to go...Northeastern systems are way ahead of the rest of the Country and Canada....in the commuter rail dept.

Actually there are areas that get 30tph , not all trains are counted , some are deadheads and others are Express which don't always appear on the timetables....but listening to a scanner will show you there are more trains moved...

As for Transfers there lined up on the LIRR , MNRR , and NJT with 5-10 minutes between with certain lines , but mostly cross platform or level change. Same with Light Rail , PATH and Subway everything is timed to line up and meet....no real issues there at least at Secaucus JCT , Jamaica , Woodside , Newark Penn , Stamford , Trenton , Rahway and a few other stations...


Whens the last time you actually used our network? It sounds like you've never ridden anything except the NEC....and whens the last time you've driven around NJ?

[Nexis4Jersey]

Ive decided too add NJT's Light Rail Proposals along with streetcar and Busway crap to show that they are committed to the Urban areas. I think it will meet your needs and then some , the Busways are underway , the LRT and Heavy Rail have stalled due to crap....but pressure down the road will set them back on track. Newark , Harrison , Kearny , Bloomfield , The Oranges and Monticlair all have some sort of large or mid sized TOD underway with TOD plans. So I expect the LRT to start up later this decade...NJT upgraded the system and bought some ROW in prep. The Newark Extension into the Oranges should go first seeing there's alot of support for that and then the Newark - Paterson line. The Infill stations should be built by 2025. This is just the Newark Division , although its the best plan , the NJ Gold Coast plan is messy and disappointing...but what else is new...:P

Newark Divison

Newark Light Rail
Main line
Newark Penn station
Military Park
Washington Street
Warren Street
Norfolk Street
Orange Street
Park Ave
Bloomfield Ave
Davenport Ave
Branch Brook Park
Silver Lake
Grove Street
Wateseeing Ave Transit Center
Glenwood Ave
Thomas Boulevard
High Street
Thomas Edison Historic Site / Lakeside Ave
Park Ave

Board Street Branch
Newark Penn station
NJPAC / centre street
Atlantic Street / Washington Park
Newark Board Street

Newark - Paterson Light Rail
Newark Penn station
NJPAC / centre street
Atlantic Street / Washington Park
Newark Board Street
Clay Street
3rd Ave
Grafton Ave
Forest Hill Interchange
Rutgers Street
Joralemon Street
Greylock
Washington Ave
Passaic Ave
North Franklin Ave
Kingsland Street
Allwood
Van Houten Ave
US 46 Park & Ride
Main Street - St. Joesph's Hospital
21St Ave
Paterson Transit Center
Main Street - Downtown
Spruce Street
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park

Cross Essex Light Rail
Main Street
Thomas Edison Historic Site / Lakeside Ave
Thomas Boulevard
Glenwood Ave
Wateseeing Transit Center
Grove Street
Silver Lake
Branch Brook North
Mount Prospect Ave
Forest Hill Interchange
Passaic Road
Kearny Ave
Schuyler Ave
Kearny Transit Center


Bloomfield Branch
Bay Street
Ridgewood Ave
Broad Street
Willow Street
South Franklin Ave
Mount Prospect Ave
Forest Hill Interchange
Passaic Road
Kearny Ave
Schuyler Ave
Kearny Transit Center

Heavy Rail

PATH Newark Line
World Trade Center
Exchange Place
Grove Street
Journal SQ
West Side Ave
Harrison
Newark Penn Station
South Street
Newark Interchange
Terminal C
Terminal A
Jersey Gardens Mall
Elizabethport
Divison Street
Jackson Ave
Midtown Elizabeth
Chilton Street
Elmora Ave
Linden Boulevard
Locust Street


Core Regional Rail lines

Raritan Valley line
Raritan
Somerville
Bridgewater
Bound Brook
Dunellen
Plainfield
Netherwood
Fanwood
Westfield
Garwood
Cranford
Roselle Park
Union
Hillside
Meeker Ave
Newark Penn station
Hoboken (Peak Hours only)


Northeast Corridor line
Jersey Ave
New Brunswick
Edison
Metchun
Metropark
Rahway
Linden
Midtown Elizabeth
North Elizabeth
Newark Airport
Newark Penn station
Secaucus JCT
New York Penn


Morristown Core line
Summit
Short Hills
Millburn
Maplewood
South Orange
Mountain Station
Orange
Brick Church
East Orange
Newark Board Street
Harrison
Hoboken


Kingsland Branch
Hillburn
Suffern
Mahwah
Ramsey Route 17
Ramsey Main Street
Allendale
Waldwick
Ho-Ho-Kus
Ridgewood
Glenrock
Hawthrone
North Paterson
Paterson
Clifton
Passaic
Delawanna
Lyndhurst
Kingsland
Kearny
Harrison East
Secaucus JCT
New York Penn Station

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[Alon]

I don't drive.

I last used the New York-area network 3 months ago. Commuted from New Haven to New York every day for a week. Before then I'd complained about the low frequency all the time, but this time I'd had so much experience with the MBTA's passenger-hate that I cherished the sometimes-half-hourly frequency. Tyranny of low expectations, I guess. Relative to other regions with unusably bad mainline rail, the New York area does swell, and it's not as if they ever bother to compare themselves with Paris or Tokyo or Munich or London or Berlin or Madrid or Seoul or Milan.

I counted all trains on the NJT and Amtrak timetables passing through the North River Tunnels. I wasn't just looking up station-to-station timetables. It's 24-25 tph, depending on the month. I'm going to just guess they don't deadhead anything in the peak hour in the peak direction, but maybe they do and they're just crying capacity to extort more money. It's certainly not necessary to deadhead in the daytime - just go to Grand Central and count trains on the subway and see how many are in service.

PATH comes too frequently for timed transfers. Ditto light rail. Secaucus isn't just a level change - it's two level changes, with faregates in between. Ask yourself why people transfer at Jamaica while around the Erie lines most people drive or take a bus instead of transferring at Secaucus. There are several really bad transfer penalties involved at Secaucus, and NJT is maximizing them instead of minimizing them. When I did take NJT, I didn't once hear anything about connecting trains at Secaucus - unlike on the LIRR, where there would be frequent announcements about changing across the platform at Jamaica for another destination. Not relevant to me since I was riding to JFK but it was there. In New Jersey, nothing that I remember.

[Jonboy1983]

Hey Nexis. I'm treating my wife to a weekend in the Big Apple the weekend of October 19, and we're taking NJ Transit from Hamilton Station. Any chance of us taking a double-decker train in the afternoon? I'm sorry if this is somewhat off topic.

NJ Gold Coast plan. What is that exactly?

[Nexis4Jersey]

Hey Nexis. I'm treating my wife to a weekend in the Big Apple the weekend of October 19, and we're taking NJ Transit from Hamilton Station. Any chance of us taking a double-decker train in the afternoon? I'm sorry if this is somewhat off topic.

NJ Gold Coast plan. What is that exactly?

Your Chance is 60%....if you don't get a Double Decker , you will most likely get a Arrow 3... Do go to the Brownstone diner in Jersey City if you & your wife like Pancakes this is the place to visit...very popular place to go...usually have to wait 25mins on the weekend but worth it. Its right across from the Jersey Ave LRT stop or 6 blocks from the Grove Street PATH , not a bad walk through historic Downtown. Its on the corner of Jersey Ave & Grand Street.

[Nexis4Jersey]

I rode with ALP45dp today ...

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8169/7984452353_af79d39f56_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/7984452353/)
004 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/7984452353/) by Nexis4Jersey09 (http://www.flickr.com/people/42178139@N06/), on Flickr

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005 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/7984452269/) by Nexis4Jersey09 (http://www.flickr.com/people/42178139@N06/), on Flickr

Pascack Valley line Train # 1620 departing Secaucus JCT with ALP45DP # 4515

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[Alon]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't they put the bilevels on longer-distance express trains, and the Arrows on shorter-distance local trains? That's at least what the commenters on my told me is already done when I suggested it. So probably most if not all trains serving Hamilton are bilevels.

[Nexis4Jersey]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't they put the bilevels on longer-distance express trains, and the Arrows on shorter-distance local trains? That's at least what the commenters on my told me is already done when I suggested it. So probably most if not all trains serving Hamilton are bilevels.

No , its mixed the have them everywhere , same with arrows. However not on the Pascack Valley line nor the Gladstone Branch due to Yard issues.

[liat91]

I doubt all of the MOM extensions will get done. The one
that goes through Monmouth Junc. down through Lakehurst is
the likely candidate, although the Red Bank line down to Forked River
might have a chance.

To bad Pennington is opting out of a station for the West Trenton Line.

The two extensions to Phillipsburg will most likely come down to one. I'm guessing the Raritan Valley (High Bridge terminus) will win out. There is mention in this thread that that line would go into PA. I suppose it would be extended on to Allentown.

As for Connecticut, that extension to New Milford is sorely needed. Surprised that there is really no discussion of extending the Waterbury branch up to Torrington or Winsted.

Fingers crossed..

[Nexis4Jersey]

I doubt all of the MOM extensions will get done. The one
that goes through Monmouth Junc. down through Lakehurst is
the likely candidate, although the Red Bank line down to Forked River
might have a chance.

To bad Pennington is opting out of a station for the West Trenton Line.

The two extensions to Phillipsburg will most likely come down to one. I'm guessing the Raritan Valley (High Bridge terminus) will win out. There is mention in this thread that that line would go into PA. I suppose it would be extended on to Allentown.

As for Connecticut, that extension to New Milford is sorely needed. Surprised that there is really no discussion of extending the Waterbury branch up to Torrington or Winsted.

Fingers crossed..

The MOM Network has really started to pick up...in recent months however the Matawan branch is a stupid idea goes no where to Freehold. The Amboy , Red Bank-Forked River , and Monmouth JCT are better lines. This Project might get lumped in with the New Brunswick LRT and Busway Projects which only increase the ridership on the MOM and NEC.

I think both lines of the Philpsburg Network will go through the Morristown line extension requires nothing compared to High Bridge. They also want to throw in Flemington which might be a tough sell. The PA part is on hold due to corbett scrapping funding for studies... Maybe into Easton , but who knows.

Its a shame they left Pennington & Manville out , both towns would benefit from having stations. More so for commutes to Philly then NY , or both. Along with Trenton bound commuters. This Project might get lumped in with the Light Rail Extension. There will be a station at I-95 , so kinda near Pennington....

The Busway seems to have slowed upgrades to the Danbury line and Electrification which would have come later this decade along with 2 Infill Stations in Georgetown and Downtown Norwalk at Wall Street. For the Cost of the Busway , Fairfield Metro & West Haven Stations you could Electrify the Danbury & Waterbury Branches , Extend Service up to New Milford , Extend Service to Torrington , Restore the Maybrook line , Electrify the Knowledge Corridor and restore the Bristol Branch. About 1.8 Billion in Waste if you ask me , not that I don't mind the Infill stations the cost is inflated beyond ridiculous... The Busway is a waste and huge boondoggle....and down the road when the Knowledge corridor will need to be 3 or 4 tracked that space will be taken by a busway that most people are against. They wanted Rail...which was only priced at 50 Million if i'm not mistaken... But I do see all the Connecticut & New England Rail Projects in general moving forward unlike other states. Most of thier projects should be done by 2030....the question is when will Electrification start? Electrifying each line would only cost between 40-60 Million depending on where the line ran , some lines are very remote...others go through dense areas....

[Nexis4Jersey]

Some poles & wires are still intact in some areas along the Danbury Branch...they even part trains there overnight and on weekends...

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7135/7491753444_8257134795_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/7491753444/)
MNRR : Danbury Branch (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/7491753444/) by Nexis4Jersey09 (http://www.flickr.com/people/42178139@N06/), on Flickr

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Pine Island Cemetery Norwalk CT (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cemeteryrodeo/2356507676/) by caboose_rodeo (http://www.flickr.com/people/cemeteryrodeo/), on Flickr

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Mutt on the Branch! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cemeteryrodeo/4607845722/) by caboose_rodeo (http://www.flickr.com/people/cemeteryrodeo/), on Flickr

[liat91]

The MOM Network has really started to pick up...in recent months however the Matawan branch is a stupid idea goes no where to Freehold. The Amboy , Red Bank-Forked River , and Monmouth JCT are better lines. This Project might get lumped in with the New Brunswick LRT and Busway Projects which only increase the ridership on the MOM and NEC.

I agree, the Matawan extension would be a waste.

I think both lines of the Philpsburg Network will go through the Morristown line extension requires nothing compared to High Bridge. They also want to throw in Flemington which might be a tough sell. The PA part is on hold due to corbett scrapping funding for studies... Maybe into Easton , but who knows.

I did read once about Flemington, but that is very very tentative at this point. Does Corbett support the Lackawanna cutoff? If he does, then what's the difference?

Its a shame they left Pennington & Manville out , both towns would benefit from having stations. More so for commutes to Philly then NY , or both. Along with Trenton bound commuters. This Project might get lumped in with the Light Rail Extension. There will be a station at I-95 , so kinda near Pennington....

I think Pennington might not have had space for a station. Who knows. Manville should definitely get a station, what's with that. I live in Hillsborough and will tell you that not really anyone commutes into Philly from anywhere around here, but there are alot that go into NYC. It's funny that there are more commuters trekking into NYC/NE NJ from Nazareth, PA than from Ewing, NJ.

[Nexis4Jersey]

I agree, the Matawan extension would be a waste.



I did read once about Flemington, but that is very very tentative at this point. Does Corbett support the Lackawanna cutoff? If he does, then what's the difference?



I think Pennington might not have had space for a station. Who knows. Manville should definitely get a station, what's with that. I live in Hillsborough and will tell you that not really anyone commutes into Philly from anywhere around here, but there are alot that go into NYC. It's funny that there are more commuters trekking into NYC/NE NJ from Nazareth, PA than from Ewing, NJ.

Hes been Quiet on the Lackawanna line , NJT seems to at least want it to Stroudsburg which would do wonders for the traffic and growing population of Monroe County which mainly commutes to NYC and mostly drives... I'm sure once it gets in PA it will be easier to get to Scranton. New York wants it to go to Binghamton as part of their statewide Rail Network however they haven't even begun doing anything with expanding Commuter Rail service in the Hudson Valley and Coumon cancelled the I-287 Rail Corridor which was badly needed.


I'm surprised there are not many Philly commuters down there , maybe thats just on the PA side. Isn't the old station still intact in Pennington?

[Jonboy1983]

:previous: Corbett is cutting funding for all transit studies? Um, transit needs to be funded. Having our transit network upgraded will only lead to increased vibrancy for our urban areas, more and better jobs, better access to jobs as well as to healthcare and education, etc...

Great, I guess it will be a while before PA sees funding for transit...

[Nexis4Jersey]

:previous: Corbett is cutting funding for all transit studies? Um, transit needs to be funded. Having our transit network upgraded will only lead to increased vibrancy for our urban areas, more and better jobs, better access to jobs as well as to healthcare and education, etc...

Great, I guess it will be a while before PA sees funding for transit...

He cut it back in 2010 , even though the Lehigh Valley supported. Then he jacked up costs just like Cuomo did with the 287 Rail Corridor to make it too expensive...when in older studies and NJT studies it came out to 250 Million to Allentown , 80 Million to Philpsburg.

[Jonboy1983]

He cut it back in 2010 , even though the Lehigh Valley supported. Then he jacked up costs just like Cuomo did with the 287 Rail Corridor to make it too expensive...when in older studies and NJT studies it came out to 250 Million to Allentown , 80 Million to Philpsburg.

Asshole...

$250 million??? That's all?!! What is it now, double that, at least?! I guess that's similar to charging a buck for lemonade and then tossing in another $1 charge for the fricking cup to pour it into!

:hell:

If I was in office, I wouldn't be pulling this monkey shit...

[Nexis4Jersey]

Asshole...

$250 million??? That's all?!! What is it now, double that, at least?! I guess that's similar to charging a buck for lemonade and then tossing in another $1 charge for the fricking cup to pour it into!

:hell:

If I was in office, I wouldn't be pulling this monkey shit...

These Politicians love to lie and inflate things ,he saying the Lackawanna Corridor will cost 1.5 Billion.... NJ says 500 Million , mostly too restore 2 viaducts meaning PA only needs to spend 100Million.... NJ rarely lies about Rail projects nor do they double in cost except in South Jersey.

[Nexis4Jersey]

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Hell Gate line News

Times For Co-Op City Residents
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CO-OP CITY — For residents who live in Co-op City, getting to Manhattan without a car can be a trek.
"I don't really go to the city," said 61-year-old Valerie Pagan, a resident at the sprawling Bronx housing complex for the last two decades. "It's a long way. It takes a long time."
But an MTA plan to expand Metro-North rail service to four neighborhoods in the East Bronx — including Co-op City, home to some 50,000 residents — would provide a direct connection into Penn Station and to Westchester, and greatly shorten commute times, officials say.
The MTA has been hosting information sessions for the last several weeks to get community feedback on the plan, which would eventually create a new train line on existing Amtrak railroad tracks that runs from Penn Station through the East Bronx into Westchester and Connecticut. Train stations are being proposed for locations in Hunts Point, Parkchester, Morris Park and Co-op City.
Hundreds of residents turned out fort the community forum in Co-op City last week. Kenneth Kearns, district manager for Bronx Community Board 10, said the new rail line would cut commute times for many residents in half.




Read more: http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20121002/co-op-city/metro-north-expansion-plan-would-cut-commute-times-for-co-op-city-residents#ixzz28JSCJKlN

[Nexis4Jersey]

MTA Finishes LIRR Tunnel Connecting Grand Central to Queens
NEW YORK — Manhattan and Queens have never been closer.
The MTA broke down a final concrete wall Thursday to create a new Long Island Railroad tunnel between Grand Central Terminal and Sunnyside, Queens.
The tunnel is part of the MTA's $8.24 billion East Side Access project, scheduled to finish in 2019. The ambitious plan features a new LIRR terminal beneath Grand Central, shortening commutes for thousands of riders and marking the first expansion of the railroad in more then a century.
"For the first time since the East Side Access project began, there is now a continuous path through [a] newly built tunnel from Queens to the East Side of Manhattan," MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota said in a statement Thursday.
"This is the path Long Island Rail Road trains will follow when this project is completed."
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Read more: http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20120920/long-island-city/mta-carves-new-lirr-tunnel-connecting-grand-central-queens#ixzz28JYKSV00
http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20120920/long-island-city/mta-carves-new-lirr-tunnel-connecting-grand-central-queens

[Crawford]

New Haven-Hartford rail is now fully funded, and will open in 2016.

They announced the full, final federal grant last week. I think it will be ConnDOT, not Metro North, though. It will be run like Shoreline East (basically complementing and connecting to Metro North trains at New Haven and Stamford).

[Nexis4Jersey]

Hunts Point Station (proposed) - Bronx, NY

http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/4785/hpti.png
http://www.mta.info/mta/planning/psas/pdf/HuntsPt_121002.pdf

[Nexis4Jersey]

New Haven-Hartford rail is now fully funded, and will open in 2016.

They announced the full, final federal grant last week. I think it will be ConnDOT, not Metro North, though. It will be run like Shoreline East (basically complementing and connecting to Metro North trains at New Haven and Stamford).

I put that and all future Eastern Connecticut railway projects here...

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=201811

[Nexis4Jersey]

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[Nexis4Jersey]

Some Rail System Through running...


https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=215312482559953359515.000496c9cdea77cff2ae1&msa=0&ll=40.822124,-73.808899&spn=1.402927,3.348083

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[Nexis4Jersey]

Here were or I should say on hold Transit proposals for the I-287 Corridor , I like 4A & 4B..

http://www.tzbsite.com/public-involvement/open-houses-200702/openhs-presentation-200702/openhs-pres-feb07.html


http://www.tzbsite.com/public-involvement/open-houses-200702/openhs-presentation-200702/openhs-images-200702/pres6.jpg
Alternative 1 is the no-build alternative, one that is required for analysis in environmental impact statements. It is the yardstick against which the impacts of build alternatives are measured. Under this alternative, maintenance of the bridge and the Thruway would continue in order to keep the facilities in a safe operating condition. In addition, this alternative does include approved program improvements for I-287 in Westchester County, as do all other alternatives. However, it should be noted that no build does not mean no impact. There are transportation, environmental and cost impacts related to doing nothing.
http://www.tzbsite.com/public-involvement/open-houses-200702/openhs-presentation-200702/openhs-images-200702/pres7.jpg
Alternative 2 involves rehabilitation of the existing bridge to meet current design and seismic standards. It also includes implementation of Transportation Demand Management/Transportation Systems Management (TDM/TSM) measures such as congestion pricing, ramp metering and increased E-Z Pass usage. Some of these measures are already being implemented by the Thruway Authority. These TDM/TSM measures are part of all build alternatives.
http://www.tzbsite.com/public-involvement/open-houses-200702/openhs-presentation-200702/openhs-images-200702/pres8.jpg
The main span of the bridge would be rehabilitated, with the bridge remaining in its current configuration with 7 travel lanes and the movable barrier. It should also be noted that half of the bridge (the trestle section) would have to be entirely replaced. When completed, however, this alternative would result in ongoing high maintenance costs, traffic disruptions and traffic safety issues. For example, there are currently no shoulders on the bridge for motorists to safely pull out of traffic.
http://www.tzbsite.com/public-involvement/open-houses-200702/openhs-presentation-200702/openhs-images-200702/pres9.jpg
For the major build alternatives, 3, 4A, 4B, and 4C, there are common highway improvements being considered for all. These include:


High occupancy toll, or HOT lanes, across Rockland County and over a replacement bridge. These HOT lanes are primarily for buses and high occupancy vehicles. Single occupancy vehicles would be allowed into the lanes on a dynamic toll basis, that is, a toll that increases as traffic congestion increases.
Rockland County is characterized by steep grades (3 to 4%) that affect the movement of traffic and also how rail transit would be implemented in the corridor. Thus, we are studying possible westbound and eastbound climbing lanes.
Finally, a possible lane extension near Suffern is being considered to balance the lane configuration on the Thruway.

http://www.tzbsite.com/public-involvement/open-houses-200702/openhs-presentation-200702/openhs-images-200702/pres10.jpg
There are also common replacement bridge concepts for Alternatives 3, 4A, 4B and 4C. A replacement bridge would be constructed just north of the existing bridge. However, it is most important to note that the replacement bridge touches down in Nyack and Tarrytown in the same locations as the existing bridge. As shown in the enlargements, the dashed lines show the existing right-of-way for the bridge and Thruway. The replacement bridge touches down within the existing right-of-way.
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Alternative 3 is Full-Corridor Bus Rapid Transit, or BRT. It includes the HOT lanes and climbing lanes in Rockland and a replacement bridge as just described. Buses would use the HOT lanes in Rockland and over the bridge, keeping out of mixed traffic. In Westchester County, the buses would use exclusive bus lanes, largely on existing streets such Route 119, local streets in White Plains, and Westchester Avenue. These lanes could be used by existing bus services such as the (Westchester County) Bee-Line System, which would be a major benefit to bus users.
http://www.tzbsite.com/public-involvement/open-houses-200702/openhs-presentation-200702/openhs-images-200702/pres12.jpg
Alternative 4A is the first of three alternatives involving commuter rail transit, or CRT. It would include the previously described highway improvements in Rockland County and a replacement bridge. From the transit perspective, it offers full-corridor CRT from Suffern to Port Chester with direct connections or transfers to the Port Jervis, Hudson, Harlem, New Haven lines and possibly to the Pascack Valley Line. There would be 9 or 10 new stations along the corridor, including a major station in Tarrytown, called the Tappan Zee Station. This alternative would offer a one-seat ride for passengers from Rockland and Orange Counties across the corridor to Stamford and also to New York City.
http://www.tzbsite.com/public-involvement/open-houses-200702/openhs-presentation-200702/openhs-images-200702/pres13.jpg
Alternative 4B differs from 4A in the type of transit service across Westchester County. It includes the previously described highway improvements, a replacement bridge, and direct rail connection to the Hudson Line for a one-seat ride to New York City. In Westchester, the transit mode would be light rail, or LRT. This service would start at the existing Tarrytown Station, connect to the new Tappan Zee transfer station, and then continue across the county. It would be primarily in its own right-of-way along Route 119 and Westchester Avenue, and in White Plains it would be on local streets.
http://www.tzbsite.com/public-involvement/open-houses-200702/openhs-presentation-200702/openhs-images-200702/pres14.jpg
Alternative 4C includes the previously described highway improvements, a replacement bridge, and direct rail connection to the Hudson Line for a one-seat ride to New York City. However, in Westchester, the transit mode would be bus rapid transit, generally following the bus routes described in Alternative 3.

[Jonboy1983]

:previous:I also like options 4A and 4B. Is there any chance to link White Plains Airport with some kind of rail connection allowing for rail service to Manhattan with one connection if not non-stop?

[Nexis4Jersey]

:previous:I also like options 4A and 4B. Is there any chance to link White Plains Airport with some kind of rail connection allowing for rail service to Manhattan with one connection if not non-stop?

Well now that the project is shelved idk , now that I look at it closely the project transit wise was a mess. 4B was a great choice , except the BRT should run along Route 59 instead of the Interstate. The Commuter Rail should run along the Interstate. On the Westchester Side they got it right , the BRT runs along the Highway and the LRT runs along Route 119....which is like Route 59 only busier... Some sort of Rail is needed to cross the River , the population is supposed to grow by 700,000+ by 2050 in Northern NJ , the Lower Hudson Valley.... Now that the Bridge will be transit-less were going to run into some serious issues. BRT won't cut it , only 4,000 ride the buses as is....CRT was going to get at least 60,000 and upwards of 100,000 if you went with 4A.... CRT/LRT/BRT Combo was to get 270,000 so it wasn't like the numbers were low. Cucmo said there wasn't any connecting Service , 6 current lines would fed into the system with 3 more planned lines in the works... Typical politic BS , and people are pissed they were promised Rail for 2 decades and then it was taken away...I have a feeling it will get built in my lifetime. I'm still young , so theres time for it to happen...

As for the LRT to the Airport , Westchester has plans for a BRT/LRT Network , one of the lines goes up to the Airport and SUNY campus , theres another line that goes South to Yonkers and towards New Rochelle.... So in a way it forms a web network....mostly BRT and maybe 2-3 LRT lines...

[Nexis4Jersey]

NJ Transit announces approval of train station

Get excited, North Brunswick. That is what Jonathan Frieder, principal of North Brunswick TOD Associates, said of the news that came out last week.

“We’re excited that we are all moving forward,” he said with a smile he could not contain as he sat in the offices on the former Johnson & Johnson site on Route 1 north, overlooking the massive plans for the MainStreetNB transit village project. “We have waited for this moment for seven years.”

That moment occurred on Jan. 8, when NJ Transit went out to bid on the preliminary engineering, construction and design work of a new train station and “flyover” tracks, which is estimated to cost $30 million.

“This is the preliminary stage, but the train station will have all transit ticket amenities such as vending and notices,” said Nancy Snyder, spokesperson for NJ Transit.

All bids are due by the end of the business day on Feb 15.

“After that, the procurement process will begin, where officials will review all the bids,” she said. “We are looking at a projected completion date of 2018.”

Snyder said NJ Transit sees many benefits with the proposed North Brunswick train station, which will be the first for the township. The area has been considered the busiest for rail lines in North America.

“We have seen a substantial customer growth in our Jersey Avenue station [in New Brunswick],” she said. “We continuously monitor our customer patterns and trends. We foresee that this new train station will significantly benefit the area.”

http://ns.gmnews.com/news/2013-01-17/Front_Page/NJ_Transit_announces_approval_of_train_station.html

I'm against this station due to the fact it will be in the middle of the High Speed Northeast Corridor zone where NJT can hit 110mph.... It will also feed the sprawl explosion in Central Jersey and will do nothing to fix the Transit needs of Central Jersey unlike the MOM Network or West Trenton lines.... It also benefits a developer rather then the public and should be funded privately...

[Nexis4Jersey]

NJ Transit eyes 2 new train yards
NJ Transit officials are considering building a train storage yard far from the storm-surge waters that swamped the agency’s upper Hoboken and Meadowlands Maintenance Center yards, where about a quarter of its fleet was flood damaged by superstorm Sandy.

Two Central Jersey locations being considered are off the busy Northeast Corridor Line — one in an existing Conrail freight yard between Linden and North Rahway and another in County Yard, an Amtrak yard between the New Brunswick and Jersey Avenue stations.

Both locations were mentioned by Kevin O’Conner, NJ Transit rail operations assistant executive director, during a program about superstorm Sandy’s effect on NJ Transit and Amtrak, held earlier this month by the New York Chapter of the Transportation Research Forum. Both yards could be expanded to accommodate about 300 locomotives and rail cars each, but spokesman John Durso said plans are still in the preliminary stages and nothing had been decided.

“A lot hasn’t been finalized, and we’re continuing to work with state and federal officials to focus on making our infrastructure more resilient to withstand future storms like Sandy,” Durso said.
http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20130127/NJNEWS10/301270025/NJ-Transit-eyes-2-new-train-yards

[Nexis4Jersey]

New Jersey Transit Ridership Trends Illustrate the Need for More Transit Funding

Click the Map for the Details

http://blog.tstc.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/2013Q1-rail-map.png (http://media.nj.com/bergen_impact/other/1Q2013.pdf)

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Ridership gains were made across transit modes:

Rail

• Average monthly rail passenger trips were at 6.2 million, the highest in two years. Rail also saw its largest quarterly growth in two years (6.1 percent).
• Saturday passenger trips saw the most substantial increase of 13.6 percent when compared to the same period last year.
• Passenger trips to and from New York Penn Station grew by 7.8 percent.

Bus

• Bus ridership increased 4 percent during the first quarter of FY2013 compared with the same period the previous year.
• Sunday passenger trips saw the most substantial increase of 16.3 percent when compared to the same period last year.

The ongoing challenge for NJ Transit is how to address increased transit demand within funding constraints. NJT’s operating expenses outpace operating revenues forcing the agency to transfer dollars (http://blog.tstc.org/2009/08/25/a-1-4-billion-missed-opportunity-nj-transits-capital-to-operating-transfer/) from its capital budget to meet its operating needs. This is an unsustainable funding scheme that makes it difficult for NJ Transit to plan for the years of growth ahead. Legislators must find new funding solutions to help ensure NJ Transit can keep pace with the rising demand.

http://blog.tstc.org/2013/01/14/new-jersey-transit-ridership-trends-illustrate-the-need-for-more-transit-funding/

[Nexis4Jersey]

New Report: A Third Track on the Main Line Is Key to Long Island’s Economy

by Joseph Cutrufo


A January 2013 report (http://www.rauchfoundation.org/files/9913/5818/7008/How_the_LIRR_Could_Shape_the_Next_Economy.pdf) by the Regional Plan Association and the Long Island Index (http://www.longislandindex.org/explore/d33887f7-7cba-4430-b5bc-728d25dc3e83), “How the Long Island Rail Road Could Shape the Next Economy,” is reviving the discussion about building a third track (http://www.tstc.org/issues/third_track.php) on the Long Island Rail Road’s Main Line. The third track has been a third rail for some Long Islanders, mainly those whose properties abut the Main Line corridor, but the report highlights how the infrastructure project would be a boon for Long Island’s regional economy.

At issue is the train congestion and limited service capacity of the existing two tracks in the 9.8 mile span between Floral Park and Hicksville. The infrastructure is the same as it was in 1844 when it accommodated 24 daily trains and Long Island’s population was 50,000. Today, Long Island’s population is 2.8 million and 106 daily trains along five branches use the Main Line. It has become the spine of the LIRR.

A third track would add substantial capacity to the system by allowing for more frequent service and providing a passing lane to get around stalled trains. The third track could also bring a needed boost to Long Island’s economy: reverse commutes (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/24Rreverse.html?pagewanted=all) from New York City to employment centers along the Hicksville, Port Jefferson, Ronkonkoma and Montauk Lines — all of which merge with the Main Line at Hicksville – will be much more feasible with a third track.

http://blog.tstc.org/2013/01/18/a-third-track-on-the-main-line-is-key-to-long-islands-economy/

[Nexis4Jersey]

New Haven Line sets record for high ridership

Despite the effects of Superstorm Sandy, Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line provided a record 38.8 million customer trips in 2012, driven by ridership growth in non-commuter and intermediate trips and those to and from stations from Stamford to New Haven.
Ridership on the line grew about 1.5 percent from last year's record-breaking 38.2 million rides in 2011, according to Metro-North.
Overall, the railroad's three lines provided 83 million rides, its second best year ever, enough to defend its claim as the nation's busiest commuter railroad against the Long Island Railroad, which provided 81.7 million rides in 2012.
Metro-North's highest ridership total was 83.6 million in 2008, and it provided 82 million rides in 2011, according to Bob MacLagger, Metro-North's vice president of planning.


Read more: http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/local/article/New-Haven-Line-sets-record-for-high-ridership-4236683.php#ixzz2JYhlCoIa

[Nexis4Jersey]

MTA considers more frequent stops
http://riverdalepress.static2.adqic.com/uploads/original/1359560687_c451.jpg
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority held a hearing last week in Riverdale to gauge public interest in doubling the number of stops trains make at the Spuyten Duyvil and Riverdale stations during off-peak and weekend hours.

Metro-North Railroad has proposed implementing half-hourly stops during those times at both stations, and, as a result, will add more Hudson Rail Link feeder buses — which shuttle commuters from the stations to local stops throughout the neighborhood — accordingly. Currently, trains and buses come once an hour during those times.

Marjorie Anders, spokeswoman for the MTA, said the change stems from am increase in commuters the agency is seeing at both stations. With the addition of the Hudson Rail Link buses, she said, “those stations have really come to life.”


http://riverdalepress.com/stories/MTA-considers-more-frequent-stops,51764

[Nexis4Jersey]

Random Scenes from Long Island Railroad , Metro North , PATH & New Jersey Transit

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Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ensel/4348351508/) by devb. (http://www.flickr.com/people/ensel/), on Flickr

http://farm1.staticflickr.com/232/510593698_8dd7dfa867_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ensel/510593698/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ensel/510593698/) by devb. (http://www.flickr.com/people/ensel/), on Flickr

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6135/5944983379_3d5f7fd788_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/train538/5944983379/)
_A112144 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/train538/5944983379/) by Train538 (http://www.flickr.com/people/train538/), on Flickr

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2727/4098530953_8c45645f02_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jag9889/4098530953/)
BRIDGE K402: Metro-North Railroad Bridge over Annsville Creek, Peekskill NY (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jag9889/4098530953/) by jag9889 (http://www.flickr.com/people/jag9889/), on Flickr

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4088/4965566378_614530d6a5_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/milantram/4965566378/)
METRO-NORTH--6304 appr SONO Junction IB (http://www.flickr.com/photos/milantram/4965566378/) by milantram (http://www.flickr.com/people/milantram/), on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3560/3519729852_b0cbcda4a5.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/milantram/3519729852/)
METRO-NORTH--4321 arr Scarsdale OB (http://www.flickr.com/photos/milantram/3519729852/) by milantram (http://www.flickr.com/people/milantram/), on Flickr

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METRO-NORTH--4217 lv Croton FallsIB (http://www.flickr.com/photos/milantram/8432751186/) by milantram (http://www.flickr.com/people/milantram/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7129/8160316589_1cd7c64c63_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mitchwaxman/8160316589/)
r_121104150_lowcrk_a (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mitchwaxman/8160316589/) by Mitch Waxman (http://www.flickr.com/people/mitchwaxman/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8151/7464636154_41b47ae55c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wdgca/7464636154/)
Newark Penn Station (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wdgca/7464636154/) by wdgca (http://www.flickr.com/people/wdgca/), on Flickr

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PATH (http://www.flickr.com/photos/88823378@N05/8113562671/) by BayRaised (http://www.flickr.com/people/88823378@N05/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7081/6927989844_22e300d8ae_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/camera-junkie/6927989844/)
Metro North M8 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/camera-junkie/6927989844/) by Camera-junkie (http://www.flickr.com/people/camera-junkie/), on Flickr

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2011 01 23 - 0793-0794 - Trenton - Train Station (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thisisbossi/6579779973/) by thisisbossi (http://www.flickr.com/people/thisisbossi/), on Flickr

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Riverline from Above (http://www.flickr.com/photos/m877/6033596107/) by jayayess1190 (http://www.flickr.com/people/m877/), on Flickr

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METRO-NORTH--9144 at Springdale Cemetery OB. 2 of 2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/milantram/6322514159/) by milantram (http://www.flickr.com/people/milantram/), on Flickr

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METRO-NORTH--4328 lv Croton Falls OB (http://www.flickr.com/photos/milantram/6322638367/) by milantram (http://www.flickr.com/people/milantram/), on Flickr

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M&E Train 6620 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stefanloeb/5966980126/) by Stefan Loeb (http://www.flickr.com/people/stefanloeb/), on Flickr

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IMG_1176 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/40725657@N07/5417726612/) by kev5656 (http://www.flickr.com/people/40725657@N07/), on Flickr

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broad st station from my window (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wck/3535881274/) by wck (http://www.flickr.com/people/wck/), on Flickr

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20100725 060 PATH Exchange Place Station (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidwilson1949/4978567418/) by davidwilson1949 (http://www.flickr.com/people/davidwilson1949/), on Flickr

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ALP44 at Newark Broad Street (http://www.flickr.com/photos/30109352@N00/5520702504/) by deaks760 (http://www.flickr.com/people/30109352@N00/), on Flickr

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Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ensel/5757537710/) by devb. (http://www.flickr.com/people/ensel/), on Flickr

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LIRR at Woodside (http://www.flickr.com/photos/29997762@N05/5927378075/) by R36 Coach (http://www.flickr.com/people/29997762@N05/), on Flickr

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LIRR Commuter Train in Miniature (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pmbreakfast/5981533968/) by PM Breakfast (http://www.flickr.com/people/pmbreakfast/), on Flickr

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Atlantic Terminal (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jtona/4302419774/) by John Tona Photography (http://www.flickr.com/people/jtona/), on Flickr

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Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/chazofhope/2614900106/) by chaz hope... (http://www.flickr.com/people/chazofhope/), on Flickr

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090901_0924160 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cmrowell/5932161434/) by cmrowell (http://www.flickr.com/people/cmrowell/), on Flickr

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Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ensel/3470622220/) by devb. (http://www.flickr.com/people/ensel/), on Flickr

[Nexis4Jersey]

-6 Fresh News Articles on previous page

Some Videos of the Metro North , New Jersey Transit , Long Island Railroad & PATH

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[Jonboy1983]

Nexus, where is that first photo, and what is up with the tracks? Love those pics by the way.

[Nexis4Jersey]

Nexus, where is that first photo, and what is up with the tracks? Love those pics by the way.

Its the JCT in Jersey City where all the lines meet....

[Nexis4Jersey]

NJ Transit trains record best on-time performance in 2012

NEWARK — Thirty years and 96 percent.

On the 30th anniversary of the creation of NJ Transit rail operations, agency officials said its trains set a record last year of a 96.4 percent on-time performance, breaking the previous record of 96.2 percent set in 1995. Officials said this happened even though the agency is operating nearly 23 percent more trains than in 1995.

NJ Transit ran 210,122 trains in 2012, while in 1995 it operated 171,409 trains, said John Durso Jr., NJ Transit spokesman.

NJ Transit trains’ lowest on-time performance was recorded in November, at 91 percent, but had five record-breaking months: April, June, July, August and October, Durso said. Watch the videos above to see how NJ Transit recovered from Sandy. If you’re using our mobile app, watch a video here.


http://www.app.com/article/20130131/NJNEWS/301310112/NJ-Transit-trains-record-best-time-performance

[Nexis4Jersey]

[HD] MNRR 6522: Stratford to New Haven on M2 8704

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[Dac150]

The M2's still hold their own . . . rode on one twice last week.

[N830MH]

http://www.app.com/article/20130131/NJNEWS/301310112/NJ-Transit-trains-record-best-time-performance

Wow! Congratulations! Well done, NJ Transit!

Keep it up the good work. They will earned $500 bonus check. I am so proud of NJ Transit. They work hard for everyday and focus on the job.

[Nexis4Jersey]

Bill proposes to electrify Metro-North Danbury Branch

By MATT KIERNAN Villager Staff Writer

WILTON — Two Fairfield County politicians are proposing legislation to convert the diesel system of Metro-North’s Danbury Branch rail line to run on electricity.
State Rep. Gail Lavielle, R-143, and State Sen. Toni Boucher, R-26, tesified Monday at a legislative meeting in Hartford to convince legislators of the conversion’s necessity.
For Fairfield County, the switch would bring faster commute times for residents, generate greater revenues for the state and allow economic growth in the county, according to Lavielle.
“It’s really got to be done, we’ve waited so long,” said Lavielle in a phone interview Monday.
Lavielle is suggesting the project be divided into segments, with the electrification starting in the Norwalk area of the 23.6-mile-long branch. An estimated $40-50 million bond would be issued for the first segment, she said.


http://www.thehour.com/wilton_villager/news/bill-proposes-to-electrify-metro-north-danbury-branch/article_f8c3558e-6f20-11e2-b485-0019bb30f31a.html

[J. Will]

When are they going to reverse the service cuts they made on the HBLR line 2 or 3 years ago? Or are those just likely to become the new norm? I had an incredibly long wait just to go from 2nd street to Newport considering it was like 7pm on a weekday.

[Nexis4Jersey]

When are they going to reverse the service cuts they made on the HBLR line 2 or 3 years ago? Or are those just likely to become the new norm? I had an incredibly long wait just to go from 2nd street to Newport considering it was like 7pm on a weekday.

I honestly don't even use the HBLR anymore , I walk over to the PATH or a bus stop.... Knowing Transit , probably never....:(

[Busy Bee]

1 Billion to electrify 24 miles of railway. Whattt?

[Nexis4Jersey]

1 Billion to electrify 24 miles of railway. Whattt?

Theres other things in there but its 2 Branches both of which have been heavily neglected. They were supposed to be done with upgrading the signaling system on both branches by now to allow for Bi-Directional travel but thats been delayed. The Danbury Branch will be extend up to New Milford which is another 13 miles , the Electrification comes with replacing all the ties , all stations will be upgraded along with passing sidings put in , a New Yard will be built in New Milford , along with a New Track into South Norwalk so the branch could run every 30 mins without conflicting with the busy New Haven line. That last part means they will have to take a few businesses which in SoNo could be very expensive. Both Branches will be upgraded to 80mph , and curves will be straightened along with all crossings upgrade , there are 8 crossings that are still ungated or don't even have lights thats how neglected this line is. Norwalk is also calling for the restoration of Historic Wall Street station which would be right in the center of there Massive redevelopment plan.

As for the Waterbury Branch , unless the Knowledge Corridor and Proposed Bristol Branch get Electrification as some call for , It would be a waste to Electrify this corridor which is 27 miles. High Level Platform and upgrade the line to 80mph and use DMU's.... The Ridership even with improvements could never even come close to the Ridership the Danbury line will have once more reliable service is provided. The Danbury Branch has a few job hubs and multiple dense blobs located along the line while the Waterbury Branch is mostly residential although its close to New Haven and Bridgeport and the Bristol Branch would tie it to Hartford. There are alot of places where developers would love to invest along that corridor but are afraid to due to the service levels which are horrible same with the Danbury Branch. This does not apply to Norwalk as it has a bus network and a few train stations in the Southern part of the city , but the other towns and cities like Danbury and Bethel can't develop on a Norwalk scale due service levels. Alot of people along that corridor either drive all the way down to South Norwalk which clogs route 7 or drive into New York to catch the Harlem line both of those lines run every 15-25 mins , there's only 4 trains in the Morning on both branches if I can recall correctly.

Conception Engineering report....

South Norwalk to Bethel (http://www.danburybranchstudy.com/documents/Engineering%20Feasibility%20Report/2011-1220_Engineering%20Feasibility%20Report_Volume%20II%201%20of%202.pdf)

Bethel to New Milford (http://www.danburybranchstudy.com/documents/Engineering%20Feasibility%20Report/2011-1220_Engineering%20Feasibility%20Report_Volume%20II%202%20of%202.pdf)

[Nexis4Jersey]

Railway Fleet Orders for NJT/MNRR/LIRR

Ordered Fleet
Metro North M8's -- 405 Cars , another 25 could be ordered
New Jersey Transit Muti-level 2's --- 100 cars

Delievered so far
New Jersey Transit Mutilevels 2s -- 45 cars
Metro North M8's -- 186 cars < 10 cars per month

To be Ordered later this year
Long Island Railroad M9/A's -- 236 Cars
Metro North M9's -- 210 Cars

Long Term outlook late 2013-2017
Long Island Railroad M9's --- 252 cars
New Jersey Transit EMU's --- 228 Cars
New Jersey Transit DMU's --- 53 Cars
PATH -- 10-75 Cars

http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/sb/ra0112/#/52

[Nexis4Jersey]

Hearing set on East Side rail station

STAMFORD -- Corporations, developers in the South End, along with East Side businesses and residents, all want to clear hurdles and make a long-sought East Main Street train station a reality, said James Grunberger, chairman of the nonprofit East Side Partnership.
New commuters at NBC Sports at Chelsea Piers, as well as long-standing residents and business owners, want to access Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line without going to Stamford's downtown station, he said.
"What we need is train relief in the city, and it is clear the main station is overwhelmed," Grunberger said. "We want a train station and not a bus station or depot."
Residents will get the chance next week to hear about possible options for the East Main Street rail station, expanded bus service, and other information from a study on improving transit links to the East Side.



Read more: http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Hearing-set-on-East-Side-rail-station-4257715.php#ixzz2KseZe27G

[Nexis4Jersey]

Upgrading Danbury line should be top priority

Opening in 1852, the Danbury branch line still uses diesel-powered trains that push train cars to Norwalk to catch the New Haven main line and pull train cars to Danbury. It is single-tracked rail line and is not electrified like some on the system.

I have joined fellow Wilton state Rep. Gail Lavielle in supporting a proposed bill that would make this branch line compatible with the Metro-North main line, allowing for straight-through trips, improved performance and increased capacity.

The Norwalk/Danbury railway is a lifeline to our urban centers of Fairfield County and New York. Even those who do not often take this rail line rely on it as a key to sustaining property values, protecting their environment and improving their quality of life. This branch line is a main artery to the Metro-North main line (the most used and congested rail line in the country) and one of the state’s most important economic activity zones. It connects two of our region’s most important urban centers, Norwalk and Danbury, and all the towns in between. It links nearly 400,000 people to their jobs, families and arts and entertainment venues. Yet it is one of the most antiquated rail lines in the country.


http://www.thereddingpilot.com/8456/upgrading-danbury-line-should-be-top-priority/

[Nexis4Jersey]

Rail study committee envisions stations in Bristol, New Britain more

By DIANE CHURCH
STAFF WRITER
BRISTOL — One day local residents might be able to hop aboard a train at a local station that will take them to Waterbury or New Britain, where they could catch other trains to Hartford, Boston, New York City and beyond.

The Central Connecticut Rail Study Advisory Committee held a meeting Thursday to discuss its findings so far. The committee is funded by a $1 million grant that Gov. Dannel Malloy pledged to rail proponents when he committed state funds for CTfastrak, the busway linking New Britain and Hartford that is expected to ease rush-hour congestion on Interstate 84. The grant will be used for further studies and meetings until the end of 2014.

The proposed railway would run from Waterbury to Plymouth, then on to Bristol, Plainville, New Britain and Berlin, where it would end. Each town would have at least one stop. Those seeking to go to Hartford could disembark in New Britain and board the bus to Hartford.



http://www.newbritainherald.com/articles/2013/02/07/news/doc51146a3a0a530266011392.txt

[Nexis4Jersey]

Glassboro-Camden commuter rail line continues slow progress
http://www.glassborocamdenline.com/images/uploads/enlarged_map.jpg

The long, slow process of bringing a Glassboro-to-Camden passenger rail line to fruition moved forward this week.

Delaware River Port Authority officials report that preparations have begun to study the environmental effects of building 17 miles of new tracks connecting up to 15 new stations in Gloucester and Camden counties.

The environmental study, required to secure federal funding for half the cost of the $1.6 billion endeavor, will take approximately 18 to 24 months, and will include public hearings in Gloucester County in which the public will be able to offer feedback.


http://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/index.ssf/2013/02/glassboro-camden_commuter_rail.html

[jrdizzy]

The contract for the environmental study was awarded over a year ago. Why is it just getting started now? They also had three rounds of public imput sessions before they decided on this configuration. Why do they need more? I wonder about the accuracy of this article.

[Nexis4Jersey]

The contract for the environmental study was awarded over a year ago. Why is it just getting started now? They also had three rounds of public imput sessions before they decided on this configuration. Why do they need more? I wonder about the accuracy of this article.

We tend to restudy things several times in this state , this project and many projects should be in the Engineering state or under construction....

[Nexis4Jersey]

East Side Access Pictures at Grand Central

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ESA_7105 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mtaphotos/8477003290/) by MTAPhotos (http://www.flickr.com/people/mtaphotos/), on Flickr

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ESA_7090 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mtaphotos/8475913755/) by MTAPhotos (http://www.flickr.com/people/mtaphotos/), on Flickr

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ESA_7083 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mtaphotos/8477003402/) by MTAPhotos (http://www.flickr.com/people/mtaphotos/), on Flickr

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ESA_7073 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mtaphotos/8475913791/) by MTAPhotos (http://www.flickr.com/people/mtaphotos/), on Flickr

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