hardiho9

The NJT passenger rail tunnels beneath the Hudson River that will link New Jersey with New York will NOT double the capacity on the nation's busiest rail corridor. The currently planned project may double New Jersey Transit's trans-Hudson capacity, but it will have nearly zero affect on Washington-Boston rail passenger service because the new tunnel will not connect to existing Penn Station tracks and platforms. NJT's tunnel will only serve its all-new deep cavern commuter rail station, which will not be under Penn Station but north of and below it. As a result, intercity rail passenger service will remain solely dependent upon the 1908 tunnels built by the Pennsylvania Railroad. This project, as now planned is an idiotic waste of taxpayer and passenger money, selfishly limited to benefit only NJT. Rather than pledge millions of federal tax dollars to support this boondoggle, the Obama administration should have ordered it stopped until it is redesigned to serve its original purpose -- expanding trans-Hudson rail capacity for all area passenger services and facilitating through-running of commuter trains between New Jersey and Long Island and Metro-North services. Anything less is a criminal waste of OUR money.