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The NJT proposed to reopen train service in two phases:
Phase I, also known as the Minimal Operating Segment: Extend rail service to Andover, NJ. (7.3 miles, 11.8 km). Build a new station in Andover, at Roseville Road, with 125 parking spaces. This site was chosen because it is the area's only land parcel of sufficient size that is next to the Cut-Off and near a major highway; the site is about 1.1 miles (1.8 km) from US Route 206 and about 0.9 miles (1.5 km) from Sussex County Route 517. Initially operate this section as a single-track railroad with a 70 mph (113 km/hr) speed limit, using dual-mode locomotives. Run 12 daily trains in Midtown Direct between Andover and New York, six eastbound and six westbound.
Estimated cost: $35 million. Status as of 2011: under construction.
Phase II: Extend rail service along the remainder of the Cut-Off (21 miles, 34 km) and into Pennsylvania to Scranton (60 miles, 97 km), a total of 88 miles (142 km). Rebuild the remainder of the Cut-Off as a single-track railroad, but with an 80 mph (129 km/hr) speed limit, reflecting the more favorable curvature of the line west of Andover. Install passing sidings west of Andover station and in Blairstown, New Jersey. Lay the track so as to permit the addition of a contiguous second track. It is anticipated that the entire Cut-Off will receive a track-bed consisting of continuously-welded rail with concrete railroad ties. Reopen the station at Blairstown (230 parking spaces). Build a maintenance-of-way facility at Greendell, a former station site. Estimated cost: $516 million to rebuild the 21 miles (34 km) of the Cut-Off (track, station sites, signals, and bridgework); to upgrade the 60 miles (97 km) between the Delaware Water Gap (at Slateford Junction) and Scranton (station sites and signals); and to acquire additional trainsets (locomotives and passenger cars) for this service. Substantial restoration work on the Delaware River Viaduct will be required, including removal and rebuilding of the entire bridge deck. The Paulins Kill Viaduct also needs work, although it is thought that this work will be primarily cosmetic in nature. Roseville Tunnel will also require rehabilitation to fix long-standing drainage problems near the west end of the tunnel.
Stations in Pennsylvania would include Delaware Water Gap (a new station near the Delaware Water Gap Visitors' Center in Smithfield Township, with 900 parking spaces in a five-story parking garage); East Stroudsburg (a new station site, slightly south of the old station site, with 228 parking spaces); Analomink (a new station, near the old station site, with 250 parking spaces); Pocono Mountain (a new station, near the old Mount Pocono station, with 1,000 parking spaces); Tobyhanna (an existing station, with 102 parking spaces); and Scranton (a new station, west of the existing station, with 30 parking spaces). All stations on the line would have high-level platforms and would comply with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standards.
Passenger service to Scranton would consist of 18 trains a day (nine eastbound and nine westbound) between and Hoboken or New York City). By 2030, it is estimated that the service would carry 6,000 passengers a day from northeastern Pennsylvania and northwestern New Jersey to jobs in New Jersey and New York City.
Future commuters traveling to Hoboken using this service would board a Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) train to travel into lower Manhattan or would switch to a Hudson-Bergen Light Rail train to points along the New Jersey side of the Hudson River. A two-hour travel time from northeastern Pennsylvania to New York City has been estimated, about the same as rides from New York's northern suburbs of Poughkeepsie, Brewster, and New Haven, Connecticut. NJ Transit will operate the service to Scranton, which is projected will cost about $26 million a year.
LOL, no but I was wondering why the newer double deckers sway and rock so much. The old ones have more of a bumpy ride, which I prefer that to all the boat like rocking of the DD'ers.
LOL, no but I was wondering why the newer double deckers sway and rock so much. The old ones have more of a bumpy ride, which I prefer that to all the boat like rocking of the DD'ers.
Not a big deal, just wondering.
Its the Concrete Tracks , it produces a sway on the newer trains and a bumpy ride on the older. This is an International issue , not just the US. The Trains are made in Upstate NY , Quebec and Ontario.
I'll make my 2030 Predictions for Ridership at least , yes thats right , its 2 decades away... This ridership list takes in affect all the developments and infill proposed or underway around stations and infill stations....I have rounded the numbers...to the nearest 1,000 , it also factors in extensions to the lines. Ive counted over 2,000 projects that will go up around stations and stops or near them within a half mile radius. Most these sites are in New Brunswick , Newark , NJ Gold Coast , Harrison ,The Oranges, Paterson , Elizabeth , Trenton , Camden and Hackensack. Theres also large scale developments going up in Wood-Ridge , The Amboys , and Asbury Park. The Warehouses in Secaucus will slowly be replaced with High Density 2-3 story housing or the next 2 decades , starting from Secaucus JCT and going west and then North. While nothing will be built ontop of Secaucus JCT itself , the area around it will become a city...
Atlantic line - 1760 (2010) > 8,000 (2030)
Northeast Corridor - 53,800 (2010) > 90,000 (2030)
North Jersey Coast line - 17,800 (2010) > 35,000 (2030)
Raritan Valley line - 12,100 (2010) > 25,000 (2030)
Main Line - 9,160 (2010) > 30,000 (2030)
Bergen County Line - 4,300 (2010) > 17,000 (2030)
Pascack Valley Line - 3,617 (2010) > 16,000 (2030)
Montclair-Boonton Line - 10,142 (2010) > 21,000 (2030)
Morristown Line - 50,000 (2010) > 75,000 (2030)
Gladstone Branch - 3036 (2010) > 6,500 (2030)
Hopefully these lines are up and running by 2030 or under Construction ...the projections are by Transit advocates / blogs and Counties , not NJT.
MOM Rail Network - 130,000
West Trenton line - 15,000
Philpsburg Connections - 30,000
Glassboro LRT - 25,000
Northwest line - 15,000
Bergen - Passaic LRT - 9,000
West Shore line - 25,000
Various Restored Essex / Hudson County lines - 25,000
Northern Branch - 60,000
Infill Stations on the Regional Rail system - 30,000
Infill Stations on the LRT system - 50,000
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