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[KevinKorell]

AOL, 3/21/24:

 

 

 

  Start OK'd for $160M project linking parts of Newark and Elizabeth to AirTrain, NJ Transit      

 

 

 

The board of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has approved the start of construction on a project that will provide access to a Newark AirTrain and Northeast Corridor station for communities in Elizabeth and Newark.

 

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Amtrak stops there too.

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Railway Track and Structures, 3/22/24

 

PANYNJ Approves Construction for Newark AirTrain Access and Northeast Corridor Station

 

NEWARK – PANYNJ approved construction for a $160 million project that will add a pedestrian bridge and Northeast Corridor station for Elizabeth and Newark residents.

 

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey approved the start of construction that will allow access to a Newark AirTrain via a flying bridge over the rail line as well as a Northeast Corridor station for those who reside in Elizabeth and Newark, according to a report from NorthJersey.com.

 

Port Authority commissioner Leecia Eve said this is “righting a wrong. . . In addition to all the economic benefits, we can’t fully quantify how truly game-changing this will be for people who call Elizabeth home and the South Ward home.”

 

The Newark Airport Railroad Station opened 23 years ago, but because it was designed to be accessible only to those who ride NJ TRANSIT and Amtrak, those who live in neighborhoods on the other side of the station do not have access.  . . .

 

 

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