NJ Transit is conducting test runs that will lead to the September start of Midtown Direct service on the Boonton line via the now-complete Montclair Connection.  The new service will bring a further ridership growth to NJ Transit, underscoring the agency’s need for a solid long term financial plan. It will also create demand that will add to the capacity burdens at Penn Station and the Northeast Corridor’s Hudson tunnel, spotlighting the importance for the region to get moving on a second NY/NJ train tunnel and additional Midtown station capacity.

U.S. Lawmakers All Over the Map on New Hudson Tunnel
(June 17, 2002)

ARC Misses the Mark (May 13, 2002) 

Saving Regional Rail From its Own Success (Aug. 7, 1998) 
 

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