Moderators: GirlOnTheTrain, mtuandrew, Tadmanīrightline Trains LLC (formerly All Aboard Florida and Virgin) In January 2021, NJ TRANSIT and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) signed a Full Funding Grant Agreement that paves the way for procurement and construction to begin on the roughly $1.8 billion project.General discussion of passenger rail proposals and systems not otherwise covered in the specific forums in this category, including high speed rail.ĭiscussion related to Amtrak also known as the National Railroad Passenger Corp. Portal North Bridge is an important element of the broader Gateway Program to double rail capacity between Newark and New York.
The new bridge will rise more than 50-feet over the river and, including the approaches, span nearly 2.5 miles of the Northeast Corridor. The two-track, moveable span is a major bottleneck and source of delay, particularly when the aging bridge malfunctions during opening and closing for maritime traffic.Ī two-track replacement bridge – Portal North – will replace this outdated relic with a modern, high-level fixed span that does not open or close, eliminating the movable components and risk of malfunction. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the bridge carried more than 450 daily Amtrak and NJ TRANSIT trains and 200,000 daily passengers over the Hackensack River – a critical link in the congested territory between Newark, NJ and Penn Station, New York. The existing, century-old Portal Bridge was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad and entered revenue service in November 1910.
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