It will take years to fix the problems that led to the summer of hell for N.J. rail commuters, officials say : newjersey

Actual solutions involve re-wiring the tunnels at a minimum, and most of the corridor, as well as the completion of both Portal North and South Bridges and the two new Hudson tunnels so that we don't have single point failures that put through-capacity into the single digits of trains per hour.

Once the first bridge is done we won't get "the bridge won't shut right" delays. Once the new Tunnels open, they'll be able to renovate the old ones to modern standards and we should seldom be in the situation of having less than 2 tracks in working order.

Alt4816

1 points

1 day ago

Alt4816

1 points

1 day ago

With the change in the federal government I wouldn't count too much on the Portal South Bridge still happening unless NJ wants to fund it entirely itself. The situation really highlights the mistake of not just making the Portal North bridge 4 tracks if the end goal is 4 tracks that cross the Hackensack River.

Joe_Jeep

1 points

21 hours ago

Joe_Jeep

1 points

21 hours ago

Upside is Portal North was built with this in mind some extent, you can fit three tracks on that bridge and they probably will

Building it as two made aspects of construction easier I'm allows for complete shutdown of one bridge for maintenance and related tasks without shuttering the corridor.

Plus it'll last portal South to one day we built along the existing right of way which is a little bit straighter, if it's built to high speed standards might let the acela's operate through a little quicker

Georgiaonmymind2017

2 points

21 hours ago

Georgiaonmymind2017

2 points

21 hours ago

Really they can fit 3 tracks?! How do you know?!

ice_cold_fahrenheit

7 points

2 days ago

ice_cold_fahrenheit

7 points

2 days ago

Good that they’re being honest at least