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Of Coarse : NJ Transit derailment renews calls for second tunnel under Hudson River to Manhattan
Never let a crisis go to waste
The area between New York Penn Station and the Hudson River train tunnel resembles a big bowl of spaghetti, with wires and tracks and trains veering in every direction.
Even on a normal day, it is a delicate dance to make the system work for the 1,300 trains that pass through the tunnel each day.
But throw in what NJ Transit calls a “minor derailment” and you have two mornings of hellish commutes, overheated train riders and news releases with I-told-you-so’s from advocates of an additional commuter rail tunnel from Secaucus to midtown Manhattan.
Twenty eight hours after two train cars derailed outside the Hudson River train tunnel, rail operations resumed without interruptions at around noon today. (Frassinelli, The Star-Ledger)
