John Pappas leads tour attendees into the east portal of the nearly finished Weehawken tunnel
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The tour began at Hoboken Terminal
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We rode one of the new Hudson-Bergen cars to Port Imperial Station
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For at least another month, revenue service ends here
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Tour organizer John Pappas handed out vests and hard hats
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We then proceeded by foot to the south portal of the Weehawken Tunnel
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It’s about 3000 feet to the Bergenline Ave. Station. Much of the col-sm-6-New York Central tunnel is bare rock lined with wire netting
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A bare rock tunnel section meets a concrete-lined section
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The tracks spread apart as they approach the center platform of Bergenline Ave. Station
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Bergenline Ave. has large openings between platforms which can be closed in an emergency by huge “blast doors” that descend from the ceiling
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The high split ceilings descend like curved wings toward a center wall
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Signage, tiles and artwork remain unfinished
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On either end of the platform are huge fans which suck air from several above-ground towers
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One last look at Bergenline Ave. before we headed out to Tonnelle Ave. Station
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The north portal of the Weehawken Tunnel. Tonnelle Ave. Station is visible in the distance
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Andrew Grahl walks along a truck crossing just outside the north portal
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Construction work outside the north portal
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Approaching Tonnelle Ave. Station
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A work truck at Tonnelle Ave.
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The passenger overpass at Tonnelle Ave.
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The track continues straight for a few hundred feet and ends in a gated storage area just yards from a freight train yard
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Ray Berger inspects the Tonnelle Ave. loop, which splits off to the right
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Overview of the Tonnelle Ave. loop
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After lunch at the Newport Mall, we drove to Newark to follow the route of the Broad Street extension. Our first stop was the Center Street portal
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Across the street from the Center Street portal is the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) Station
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A finished section of girder rail just before the Washington Park/Newark Bears Stadium Station
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A girder rail switch with padding in place, just outside the Newark Broad Street terminus
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The extension terminates at Newark Broad Street Station
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The N.Y. Division of the ERA is pleased to announce the sixth annual chartered bus trip to the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail System on Saturday, January 14, 2006. Our main focus will be on the new construction presently underway at the north end of the current operating trackage. Although public operation to Bergenline Avenue is not expected until later in January at the earliest, we are optimistic that arrangements can be made for our group to ride a non-revenue car through the tunnel to Bergenline Avenue and the Tonnelle Avenue loop. This, alone, will be worth the price of the trip! There will be other photo opportunities along currently operating trackage. Following lunch on your own, our group will view the current status of the above-ground construction involving the extension of the Newark City Subway to the Broad Street Railroad Station, projected to open in 2006. You will also have the option of riding the Newark City Subway between Grove Street and Newark Penn Station.
Our chartered Lakeland bus will depart from Gate #402 of the Port Authority Bus Terminal (note this new departure point!). The bus will leave promptly at 8:30 AM from this point (Stop #1). There will be an additional pickup point at the Hoboken Terminal, at 9:00 AM, along the southerly curb at the bus terminal and bus turnaround point adjacent to the train terminal (Stop #2). Please indicate below at which stop you will be boarding the bus. It is expected that the bus will return to Hoboken and New York before dinner time.
Warm up your winter and join us for this very special trip to the newest electric light rail system in the New York metropolitan region. The reasonable ticket price of $25 includes the trip by charter bus and a ride on the Hudson-Bergen light rail line (Newark City Subway fare and lunch will be optional at your expense). For further updates and information, please call 718-784-3643 evenings. This trip and tour operates rain or shine.