NJ TRANSIT conducted a Major Investment Study (MIS) examining the feasibility of reinstituting rail service on former passenger rail lines in eastern Bergen and Passaic counties in New Jersey and Rockland County in New York. This project was referred to as the West Shore Region MIS since it included the former West Shore Line and two other closely related rail lines, the Northern Branch and the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway (Passaic - Bergen Line). The MIS recommended the advancement of rail projects along each of the three corridors under review.
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Project Scope
The MIS recommended that a DEIS should be prepared for commuter rail service between West Nyack, New York and Hoboken Terminal. The proposed West Shore Line would utilize CSX Railroad's River Line. Since the completion of the MIS NJ TRANSIT has adopted a plan for The Trans-Hudson Express Tunnel between New Jersey and Manhattan. In upcoming work NJ TRANSIT will examine the potential to link the proposed West Shore Line into THE Tunnel. This will be closely coordinated with the proposed Northern Branch and Passaic - Bergen Rail projects. As part of the next phase of work the service and infrastructure plan for the West Shore Line will be updated.
Project Cost
To Be Determined.
Current Status
NJ TRANSIT is scheduling the initiation of the update work.
Next Milestone
A project update report will be prepared in the upcoming work to provide the basis for initiating an environmental impact statement.
Benefits
The West Shore Line will provide expanded rail transit service in eastern Bergen County.
NJ TRANSIT Department of Capital Planning and Programs
February 2006
