Port Authority to spend $1.5 billion to extend PATH service to Newark Airport by 2024 -NY Daily News

[realizm]

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has set aside $1.5 billion to construct an extension that would carry PATH trains into Newark Airport.

By Pete Donohue / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Tuesday, February 4, 2014, 2:32 PM

A project that would allow for a single train ride between Manhattan and Newark Airport has finally received the funding needed to get on track.

A Port Authority committee released a 10-year capital plan on Tuesday that includes $1.5 billion to construct an extension that would bring PATH train service into the New Jersey airport.

Existing PATH service runs from multiple points in Manhattan to Hoboken and to Newark, but the rails do not link directly to the airport.

The project would extend the line by about two miles, from the existing terminus at Newark’s Penn Station to the airport. It is anticipated to be completed in 2024, a Port Authority spokesman said, noting that lengthy processes of planning and property acquisition must conclude before construction can begin.

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[BreeddekalbL]

i just posted that the other day albeit a different news source

http://www.nyctransitforums.com/forums/topic/44115-port-authority-to-extend-path-to-newark-airport-agency-officials-announced-plans-for-the-15-billio/

[realizm]

Didnt realize it. PM the mods to merge or lock this thread then.

[theaveragejoe]

The cost seems over priced for what is being built. Also wonder if they will charge the $5 dollar improvement fee to PATH riders boarding at the NEC station?