TRENTON — Amtrak’s top executive and New Jersey’s two U.S. senators Monday (February 7) are expected to announce an alternative to the Hudson River commuter-train tunnel that was killed by Gov. Chris Christie in October.
The “Gateway” tunnel proposed by Amtrak would largely follow the same footprint as the canceled nine-mile Access to the Region’s Core tunnel from Secaucus to New York City, but connect to new tracks in an expanded New York Penn Station instead of dead-ending deep under West 34th Street, representatives for U.S. Sens. Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez said tonight.
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