Gateway Project
| Gateway Program | |
|---|---|
| Overview | |
| Type | Rail capacity expansion |
| Status | Proposed |
| Termini | Newark, New Jersey New York City |
| Services | Northeast Corridor |
| Website | https://nec.amtrak.com/content/gateway-program |
| Operation | |
| Planned opening | 2024 |
| Owner | Amtrak |
| Character | Underground, elevated |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
The Gateway Program is the planned phased expansion and renovation of the Northeast Corridor (NEC) rail line between Newark, New Jersey, and New York City, New York. The proposed project would cost tens of billions of dollars and once completed would double train capacity (25 extra trains per hour) and would allow for additional high-speed rail service. The existing two track rail line used by both Amtrak (AMTK) and New Jersey Transit (NJT) has reached full capacity. Its original tunnels and bridges were built over 100 years ago and suffered major damage during Hurricane Sandy.
The right-of-way would parallel the one between Newark Penn Station and New York Penn Station (NYP) in Midtown Manhattan. The project would build new rail bridges in the New Jersey Meadowlands and new tunnels under Bergen Hill (Hudson Palisades) and the Hudson River, convert parts of the James Farley Post Office into a rail station, and add a terminal annex to NYP. Some previously planned improvements already underway have been incorporated into the Gateway program. New construction of a "tunnel box" that would preserve the right-of-way on Manhattan's West Side began in September 2013, using $185 million in Hurricane Sandy recovery and resilience funding.
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