I don't know if building a line to Southeast would be any faster since you have to go north and then make a u-turn and head south so the travel times would probably be similar. The tracks along the Danbury Branch are 40-60mph , you could upgrade those to 70-100mph with some curve straightening and electrify the line thus shaving off 20-30mins. That would service the large employers and cities along route 7 and 95 which is higher then routing via Southeast/White Plains.

The CT transit / rail projects rarely go over budget , some even come under budget. New York and Massachusetts that's a different story...

I believe this plan despite the high ridership projections was scrapped. It did have the fastest travel times, but the news lied about the alignment on LI and whipped up a NIMBY tsunami...thus killing the project. A 105 billion is also for the entire proposal shown...which is close to 4,000 miles.

I believe that was original plan when they were extending back in the early 2000s...but NIMBYs sunk it..

Yes and the Wataseeing Ave Station..

It's a very pedestrian hostile area mixed with heavy Industrial traffic.

I don't think the PA cares about NY other then the Airports and Bridges/Tunnels which are its biggest cash cow. The way the GW Bus Terminal rebuild went and the dinosaur like speed of the PABT rebuilding process shows the agency doesn't care...even the way the handled the Lincoln and Holland Tunnel rebuilds shows that compared to the way the MTA rebuild all their tunnels... As for Rail expansions in Newark , my views have changed over the years... I think the PATH at least the WTC line needs to extend West into Newark Branching off via the old Newark Branch making stops at NJ PAC/Military Park , Courthouse , and then every 15 blocks under Springfield Ave to Route 78... I think there needs to be a North-South Line combining the proposed Newark-Paterson LRT with the shoveled Newark-EWR-Elizabethport-Midtown Elizabeth-Cranford LRT as one high capacity line. I think the PATH 33rd Street line should extend right into the Terminal area of the Airport. There should be Bus Rapid Transit with Stations along I-78 from Summit to Downtown Jersey City. The current Newark LRT should extend to West Orange via the abandoned Orange Branch...

I don't know if people would really get anything out of this station. Unless they worked near it...as there really isn't much residential within walking distance. It would be better to have a station at Meeker Ave along the Raritan Valley Line.

This is a PA Project , they have the money...just lack the will to do anything big other than Airport projects..

Shame this wasn't considered a decade ago when NJT retired its ALP44 locomotive fleet... The MBTA could have purchased those locomotives for service along the Providence line.

You have to book a few weeks out with Amtrak to get a low price. They use this weird bucket system to determine the price. Id wish they would switch the corridor trains over to a fix price depending on the distance traveled like they do in NC or Cali Amtrak...

West of the park into Orange is fine but east of the park south of 280 is abit rough. The Northern part of East Orange or north park ave is also fine. Orange for the most is fine just be aware that parts of the city are prone flooding near NJT tracks , the river isn't marked but during violent thunderstorms or an ida level of heavy rain over a period of a day those areas tend to get flooded badly. This also continues down into South Orange and Maplewood...

No that's the other Wooster...LOL.. This Wooster Square has some of the best Italian food in the Northeast...it rivals South Philadelphia and some neighborhoods in NYC.. Its only a 2hr train ride from Grand Central to New Haven State street Station.

Wooster Square Cherry Blossom Festival...

Back to Back festivals this yr for me , DC on the 22nd , Newark following week and then New Haven shortly after...

The Long term goal is to restore the southern portion of the station, which would allow for 2 full length trains to occupy each track. Only track 5 can fully handle that at the moment. The Southern portion will also be connected to Prudential via a New Bridge and Station head house.

Installing Automatic doors would be nice, but so would installing turnstiles at least up to the platform areas.

The 150,000 people who use a day... Being stuck in a station like Newark Penn without AC can be very dangerous...the system is old and needs to be replaced.. The Homeless issue is on the city/county to fund and address.

I've done pretty well...region's healthy at 6.5 million... , my tax rate is 12% on the $$$ wealth bracket and 2% on $$$.

They need to restore SEPTA service and the state of PA needs to restore the Lehigh corridor between Harrisburg to NY via Reading and Allentown.

I paided 400$ for the 6 roundtrips I did all over the NE from NYC during 20-21 yr. Amtrak priced a lot of its routes very low during covid so im not sure how you paided 400 for a roundtrip for 2 ppl on a corridor service.

Hopefully its replaced with housing..

Florida has some of the worst schools in the country , they're notoriously overcrowded...teachers paided horribly and graduation rates are some of the lowest in the US.

I doubt Florida is number 3 for education..

I misread the articles your right they said OMNY like system.