NJ announces 2021 rail construction grants

CR7876 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 07, 2021 11:40 am " A watched pot never boils"

CharlieL wrote: ↑Sat Jul 03, 2021 11:15 am Yeah, startin to cook them eggs. Next 2 weeks may be exciting (I hope).

JohnFromJersey wrote:

CharlieL wrote: ↑Sun Jun 06, 2021 7:55 pm
In addition, just a wild thought, I think that if Red Bank-Farmingdale gets seldom used after this project, and the Gateway Tunnels *actually* happen, I can see NJT starting a limited/starting form of the MOM line, with it terminating by the old asphalt plant on Asbury Rd in Farmingdale or terminating somewhere in Freehold.

That would be a place to start, passenger rail service to the Route 9 corridor is desperately needed. I've lived here my whole life, 40+ years, and the growth is becoming exponential in some areas. Lakewood and the surrounding communities are the fastest growing towns in the State and all that growth is choking Route 9 all the way to Sayreville. I commuted for five years, 2015-2021, to Lower Manhattan from Freehold on Academy Bus. I wish there was a rail alternative to the NJ Transit and Academy buses.

I live off Rt. 537 by Centra State, I would prefer the MOM alignment via Jamesburg and Englishtown as that would more parallel the Route 9 communities than the Red Bank alignment. Second it would also offer more opportunities for in State rail connections to New Brunswick. The Red Bank alignment would be more of of a NJCL branch line than an actual new line.

The Red Bank alignment might be a good compromise if it were to serve Freehold, not all the way to the Borough but perhaps to a park n ride near the intersection of Route 33 and either Howell road or Halls Mills road. But then what about Lakewood? Would it be practical to have two branches off a branch? Also if the Red Bank alignment did go to Freehold there would be a bit of the LGA Airtrain issue with going in the opposite direction (East)before heading in the right direction (North/West).

The NJCL trains that originate in Bay Head and Long Branch could skip the stops West of Red Bank like Middletown, Hazlet, Aberdeen/Matawan and let the trains that originate from Farmingdale/Freehold/Lakewood serve those.

jdh823 wrote:Everyone looks right at that grant for thr Freehold/Southern but what goes unnoticed is:

What did NJRC and kinkisharyo get money for?

CharlieL wrote: ↑Sat Dec 04, 2021 7:01 pm If they really want another corridor (to keep freight off the Amtrac-NJT main line), maybe they should really look at the Pemberton-Whiting corridor before it gets developed.