By Larry Higgs | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
If a Hudson River rail tunnel has to be shut down for repairs, NJ Transit officials say they’d move commuters using a plan similar to the one enacted after Superstorm Sandy in 2012.
In October, Amtrak officials warned the two trans-Hudson tunnels would have to beclosed for one year at a time to fix flood damage from Sandy.
“We have contingencies to service those customers who would be displaced, “said Jennifer M. Nelson, an NJ Transit spokeswoman.
If one of the 105-year-old tunnels is closed, the number of trains to and from New York would be squeezed from 24 to six per hour. Close to 90,000 riders a day commute to Penn Station in New York and, of those, 30 percent would likely work remotely from home or another location, she said.
