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A painful summer, and hope of a $20 billion fix, for NJ commuters who rely on rails to NYC

2015-08-21 08:15:29| Railroads - Topix.net

The Hudson River is 1,500 yards wide where it flows between Manhattan and Weehawken, New Jersey, but it can feel like 150 miles for the hordes of commuters who make the crossing via a pair of century-old rail tunnels that constitute one of the worst transportation bottlenecks in America. This year, people aboard the 472 trains that squeeze through the crumbling, single-track tunnels each weekday have been subjected to one maddening delay after another.

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