MOM Rail Service

https://www.app.com/story/news/local/em ... 039067007/

Apologies for the paywalled article, but it seems that a trestle along the NJT-owned portion of the old CRRNJ Freehold Branch near Matawan has burned up. Figured I might as well post this here since it is (or was) relevant to the MOM project.

Apparently some local frums set fire to it for fun.

I’ve heard previously that some Israeli investors once wanted to buy the Southern Secondary from NJT and do their own passenger and freight service to Lakewood. (Jewish town so this would be mostly for them and their purposes) They’d fix up the tracks and everything. As to how they’d get to NYC I think they’d transfer at Red Bank.

Conrail was on board with someone taking the freight over since they have wanted nothing to do with the Southern since 2003, but apparently the proposal was shot down by NJT. Apparently they either weren’t willing to sell or didn’t like the idea of someone besides them running commuter trains there, which to me sounds pretty dumb.

Anyone else ever hear about this?

MaRoFu wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2023 4:44 am https://www.app.com/story/news/local/em ... 039067007/

Apologies for the paywalled article, but it seems that a trestle along the NJT-owned portion of the old CRRNJ Freehold Branch near Matawan has burned up. Figured I might as well post this here since it is (or was) relevant to the MOM project.

If MOM were to ever happen, that bridge would have to go. Even before this fire it was relatively structurally unsound, which is why the Henry Hudson Bike Trail never used it.

Posters: Just remember that any of these proposals will not mean any rush hour trains to NYP. They will have to connect to present trains. The capacity thru the present 2 North River tunnels is limiting. We cannot expect any additional rush hour trains until the new Gateway tunnel bores are in full service and probably at least one present bore is fully rehabbed.

No one now knows what the condition of the present bores will be by time new bore are fully operational. Once new ones in service which one will be rehabbed first? Depends on either quickest one that can be finished quicker or one that is most deteriorated. In fact maybe both will have to be worked on at the same time?

I mean, I figured that NJT would wait until those new tunnels are built before they do anything down here. Provided they ever do something.

They'll have to do MOM or something of the like eventually.

The tunnels under the Hudson will come one way or another, and by then, the area of Central and Southern NJ, specifically Monmouth and Ocean counties, will be even more full and developed than they are right now. They keep building stuff along the Route 9 and Route 33 corridors.