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Upper section of the Secaucus Junction

Secaucus Junction is a tower train station in the town of Secaucus in New Jersey , not far from Manhattan . It opened on December 15, 2003.

Various New Jersey Transit (NJTransit) railroad lines intersect here : Above, the route between Newark and New York City Penn Station , which is served by several NJTransit and Amtrak trains, and below, the Main Line, Bergen County Line and Pascack Valley lines Line and Meadowlands Rail Line. While the upper section is electrified, only diesel-powered trains run in the lower section. Amtrak trains do not currently stop.

The station was originally intended as a mere transfer option for train drivers, but the number of passengers remained well below expectations. The acceptance was improved by the construction of an exit from the New Jersey Turnpike in 2005 and finally a parking lot in 2009.

Vision: Extension of the New York subway

In 2010, New Jersey's Governor Chris Christie closed the Access to the Region's Core (ARC) project for cost reasons. As part of ARC, two more rail tunnels were to be built between New Jersey and New York City to provide capacity for additional Amtrak and NJTransit trains to Penn Station . After the end of ARC, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg brought up an extension of line 7 of the New York subway to Secaucus Junction. The former head of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Ray Lhota did not see the extension as having any great chances: "I've told the mayor this, I can't see that happening in our lifetime."

In 2013, the City of New York published the results of a feasibility study for the extension.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ First parking lot opens at Secaucus Junction. NJ.com, June 2, 2009, accessed October 29, 2011 .
  2. ↑ Take the No. 7 to Secaucus? That's a plan. New York Times , November 16, 2010, accessed June 5, 2013 .
  3. ^ NY MTA Head Says 7 Train to NJ "Not Going To Happen In Our Lifetime". (No longer available online.) WNYC Blog "Transportation Nation", April 3, 2012, formerly in the original ; Retrieved June 5, 2013 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.wnyc.org  
  4. ^ City Report Looks at Subway Link to New Jersey. New York Times , April 10, 2013, accessed June 5, 2013 .
  5. ↑ No. 7 Secaucus Extension Feasibility Analysis - Final Report. (pdf; 4.2 MB) New York City Economic Development Corporation, April 2013, accessed June 5, 2013 .

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Coordinates: 40 ° 45 ′ 41.8 ″  N , 74 ° 4 ′ 30 ″  W.