February 23rd 2008
According to a Marketwire article:
Bombardier Transportation has been awarded a contract for 27 ALP-46A electric locomotives by the New Jersey Transit Corporation (NJ TRANSIT). The powerful new locomotives will help NJ TRANSIT expand capacity in its passenger rail operations, hauling specially designed Multilevel commuter rail cars Bombardier is currently delivering to the transit service provider. […]
February 19th 2008
I had an opportunity to read the Portal Bridge DEIS over the weekend. Leaving aside the broader issues of THE Tunnel and its relation to this project etc. and focusing on just this document, here are a few observations and comments. You can view the relevant document at Portal Bridge Alternatives in DEIS. See Figure […]
March 24th 2007
Courtesy of Tom Schulze of NJTransit I obtained a copy of the NJT Dual Mode Feasibility study. I found it to be a well written document and it does identify all the important issues and challenges.
It rightly concludes that while a single car DMMU is not feasible without losing too much revenue space, a two […]
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