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Originally Posted by Nexis4Jersey
One of the reasons for the I-287 Rail corridor was to run an Express Service from Stewart to GCT and Hoboken. Electrifying part of the Hoboken Division was pegged at 1 billion in the 90s which included rolling stock... Hoboken to Stewart is the only option now , and the costs even with Electrification are probably still reasonable...
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A prerequisite of any proposal would be for it to reach Penn or GCT at a minimum and that's going to cost a pretty penny from SWF. ISP might be doable since the LIRR is already right there and has long sought the political and financial ability to make huge upgrades to the main line that this would help justify. I don't particularly care for either option though. It seems the CTB replacement at LGA is going to proceed so the whole discussion is moot anyway.