Lackawanna Coalition

advocating for rail passengers since 1979

Month: December 2010

  • LIRR Plans Penn Station Concourse Modernization

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    Donald Winship

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    Now that NJT’s new trans-Hudson tunnel is dead, the Long Island Rail Road is planning to upgrade and modernize its passenger facilities in Penn Station.  The LIRR had put plans on hold, expecting disruptions from NJT’s tunnel construction.  According to Andrew Grossman, writing in the Wall Street Journal (Dec. 22), “Penn Station’s warren of underground…

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  • New Jersey Transit to Rehabilitate Electric Rail Cars

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    Donald Winship

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    NJT will rehabilitate 170 “Arrow III” electric cars.  The project wil cost $15.6 million, or between $91,000 and $92,000 per car.  The cars were built in the 1970s are used on most Gladstone trains, as well as Dover and Montclair trains that originate or terminate at Hoboken. The Lackawanna Coalition endorsed the move, noting that the…

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  • Coalition Objects to Potentially High Legal Bill for NJT

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    Donald Winship

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    The NJT Board of Directors has approved the hiring of the Washington lobbying and law firm of Patton Boggs, LLC, to defend the agency against a claim by the Federal Transit Administration for $271 million.  The FTA wants NJT to reimburse that sum because of the cancellation of the ARC Project in October.  Patton Boggs charges…

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