Newarkguy1836 t1_jc8m981 wrote on March 15, 2023 at 1:57 AM

Reply to comment by Nexis4Jersey in New rail station to be built ahead of delayed PATH Newark Airport extension by 66nexus

Correct. I feel Newark is not a priority at all for the port authority. Everything is about New York City and Port Newark and Elizabeth. As well as the Jersey City extension of the port. I believe Helen hook terminal Staten Islands also a satellite of Port Newark. The station is a good start.

I envisioned the hillside branch used as a Newark light rail extension to reach Irvington. This will be part of the Newark Library extension along Broad Street that can go up along Elizabeth Avenue

Nexis4Jersey t1_jcao1jf wrote on March 15, 2023 at 2:18 PM

I don't think the PA cares about NY other then the Airports and Bridges/Tunnels which are its biggest cash cow. The way the GW Bus Terminal rebuild went and the dinosaur like speed of the PABT rebuilding process shows the agency doesn't care...even the way the handled the Lincoln and Holland Tunnel rebuilds shows that compared to the way the MTA rebuild all their tunnels... As for Rail expansions in Newark , my views have changed over the years... I think the PATH at least the WTC line needs to extend West into Newark Branching off via the old Newark Branch making stops at NJ PAC/Military Park , Courthouse , and then every 15 blocks under Springfield Ave to Route 78... I think there needs to be a North-South Line combining the proposed Newark-Paterson LRT with the shoveled Newark-EWR-Elizabethport-Midtown Elizabeth-Cranford LRT as one high capacity line. I think the PATH 33rd Street line should extend right into the Terminal area of the Airport. There should be Bus Rapid Transit with Stations along I-78 from Summit to Downtown Jersey City. The current Newark LRT should extend to West Orange via the abandoned Orange Branch...

2kool4tv t1_jcataic wrote on March 15, 2023 at 2:52 PM

Ahhhh what a dream

Jerz2florida t1_jceav52 wrote on March 16, 2023 at 5:22 AM

The abandoned Orange Branch are those the tracks that cross Bloomfield Ave in Bloomfield?

Nexis4Jersey t1_jcek07v wrote on March 16, 2023 at 7:22 AM

Yes and the Wataseeing Ave Station..

Newarkguy1836 t1_jcj5z80 wrote on March 17, 2023 at 5:23 AM

A major Housing Development was built in the vicinity of Watssessing ave station right along the footprint where the orange Branch used to cross over the m&e. Njt should extend the Newark light rail another three blocks west and building a station platform for these residents. As well as allow for future extension Westward toward West Orange.

Nexis4Jersey t1_jcj9adb wrote on March 17, 2023 at 6:04 AM

I believe that was original plan when they were extending back in the early 2000s...but NIMBYs sunk it..