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Northeast Rail Corridor Woes Extend Far Beyond Hudson River Tunnels
2015-08-02 08:19:09| Railroads - Topix.net
While Amtrak's century-old Hudson River rail tunnels may capture the public's attention, particularly when they are closed, infrastructure problems on the Northeast Corridor also plague the line from Rhode Island to Washington, D.C. Four days of delays for New Jersey Transit and Amtrak riders at New York's Penn Station caused by electrical problems in the Hudson River rail tunnels that shut down rail travel to New Jersey are emblematic of more widespread infrastructure problems that plague Amtrak's busiest and most profitable rail line, the Northeast Corridor . Then there's the 104-year-old Portal Bridge , a swing bridge over the Hackensack River in New Jersey that frequently fails to close.
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