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Re: Cuomo Reluctant To Dig Deep For New Hudson Rail Tunnel |
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Posted by WillD on Wed Aug 19 03:31:24 2015, in response to Re: Cuomo Reluctant To Dig Deep For New Hudson Rail Tunnel, posted by Joe V on Tue Aug 18 06:45:11 2015. Most regions that buses serve aren't served by rail, or rail is too damned slow, like Bay Head, High Bridge, and Hackettstown, and it is not just because of the transfer at Newark.Again, Midtown Direct trains to Dover are slower than the buses on parallel routes into PABT, yet passengers fled the buses and the bus operator sued NJT. So your conclusion that passengers will not be tempted by a one seat rail ride into Manhattan is specious at best. But you are opposed to #7 too. I'm only opposed to the #7 as a standalone solution to the cancellation of ARC because it does nothing to solve Amtrak's issue of fixing their century old tunnels. But if we can integrate the #7 extension into the Gateway tunnel then that'd be a great way to get quite a bit more bang for the buck. But while we absolutely need the Gateway tunnels into Manhattan regardless of whether the subway moves forward, there is no similar need for the #7 extension to be pursued independent of the Gateway tunnel. |
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