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Originally Posted by jbermingham123
My dream (which will never, ever, ever happen) is the merger of NJT, LIRR, and PATH (which is true heavy rail like the others) into a single transit system with through-running at Penn station and the WTC station.
It should be possible to take a LIRR train through Atlantic terminal to the WTC station, and continue on to JC and Newark.
most of the infrastructure for this already exists. The east river tunnel is the only significant missing link, and could potentially be acquired by repurposing one of the 4 (!!!) existing subway tunnels from atlantic terminal which cross the east river
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Do all LIRR, NJT, Amtrak, MTA subways, and PATH rails at Penn Station have platforms on the same level vertically? It's difficult to trough run trains with tracks on different levels.
Additionally, I understand that Amtrak, LIRR, and NJT are regulated by the FRA while MTA subway and PATH are regulated by the FTA. Rarely are trains regulated by the FTA and FRA allowed to run on the same tracks, and never at the same time.