The Trenton Times published the following article on August 6, 2014. To read the full article, click here.
Getting from Trenton to New Brunswick at 160 mph: officials highlight high-speed rail project
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on August 06, 2014 at 11:28 AM, updated August 07, 2014 at 11:04 AMTRENTON — Even at roughly $20 million per mile, federal officials say the overhaul of the 23-mile stretch of the Northeast Corridor linking Trenton and New Brunswick is well worth the investment because it will bring the first true high-speed rail to the United States.
Work that includes replacing signals and overhead wires installed more than 80 years ago by the Pennsylvania Railroad will allow Amtrak’s Acela trains to travel at 160 mph, 25 miles above the current top speed. The federally funded $450 million project began in October 2011 and is slated for completion in June 2017.
Today, federal officials including U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Federal Railroad Administrator Joseph Szabo toured an Amtrak maintenance facility beside the tracks in Hamilton, where huge spools of steel guy wire and copper power lines are stored. Work was being done right outside.