New head of Amtrak

That sounds great! That will help NJT and the Raritan Line to go into NYC and thereby I can get to Secaucus to catch the Main/Bergen Line to get to Ramsey Rt 17. Right now got three trains, two transfers and schedules that are less than frequent or convenient enough! Now the $64,000 ? Will it be done before I retire in 7-10 years? LOL Dennis PRR2818 Piscataway, NJ

The former New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine ill conceived project called the ARC tunnel project was cancelled by present Governor Chris Christie, not just on account of lack of NJ funds, but rightfully so because it was such a very stupid idea for the proposed New Jersey Transit ARC tunnel tracks to terminate under Macy's basement and would not provide any interconnection with any of the 21 existing tracks within Penn Station. It was also of no use in case of problems in the other two track tunnels under the Hudson presently owned by AMTRAK or visa-versa).

 

Since the former (PRR) Pennsylvania Railroad had many commuter trains terminate at Exchange Place in Jersey City until 1961, they built two track tunnels under the North (Hudson) River in 1910 primarily for long distance trains from the south and west to enter New York's Penn Station.  East of Penn Station, they built two 2 track tunnels under the East River, one primarily used for the (LIRR) Long Island Railroad commuter trains (that terminate in Penn Station) and the other for some long distance trains that either terminated at Sunnyside yard or continued east and north via the New York Connecting RR (previously 1/2 owned by PRR and the NYNH&H or New York, New Haven and Hartford) for long distance trains (now run by AMTRAK) that go over the **** Gate bridge north toward New Haven and Boston.