Lackawanna Coalition

advocating for rail passengers since 1979

Month: February 2011

  • Winter Aggravates Train Delays

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    Donald Winship

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    January 2011 was NJ Transit’s worst month for train delays in 6 years, since January 2005, according to Mike Frassinelli, writing in the Star-Ledger (February 11).  The railroad classifies trains as “late” if they arrive 6 minutes or more after their schedule.  This January, trains were “late” 8.8% of the time; in January 2010, trains…

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  • Lackawanna Coalition Gives Mixed Review to Amtrak “Gateway” Plan

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    Donald Winship

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    The Amtrak plan would build new rail tunnels into the existing Penn Station, with new tracks to be built between 30th and 31st Streets, south of the existing station.  The station itself would be extended southward to accommodate new platforms, which would terminate just east of Seventh Avenue.  Portal Bridge over the Hackensack River would…

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  • NJ Senators Back “Gateway” Tunnel

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    Donald Winship

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    US Senators Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez, both New Jersey Democrats, said in a press release on Sunday, February 6, that they now back a design for the trans-Hudson rail tunnel that would follow the now-cancelled tunnel that would have ended in a “deep cavern” station under 34th Street in Manhattan.  However, as long proposed…

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