NJ Transit Celebrates Completion of the new Lyndhurst Station:

NJ TRANSIT yesterday celebrated the completion of construction of the new Lyndhurst rail station. President & CEO Kris Kolluri was joined by Congresswoman Nellie Pou, state Senator Paul Sarlo, Assemblyman Clinton Calabrese, Bergen County Executive James Tedesco and Lyndhurst Mayor Robert Giangeruso to showcase the new facility including its accessible features such as elevators and high-level platforms. Trains will begin utilizing the new station June 8 to coincide with new rail schedules.

The new Lyndhurst Station, located just east of the current station, is fully ADA accessible, providing high-level platforms and new elevators, stairs, and canopies, making for a safer, enhanced travel experience for all customers. The new facility, thanks to $30.9 million provided by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), replaces a station more than a century old which was not ADA Accessible. The new station building is designed to replicate the historic style of the neighborhood. Lyndhurst station, located on the Main Line, serves more than 800 weekday passenger trips.

Once service begins at the new Lyndhurst station on June 8, the Kingsland station will close.

-via Press Release

CSX Reopens Expanded Howard Street Tunnel Ahead of Schedule

CSX today announced the re-opening of the expanded Howard Street Tunnel, a historic and transformative $450+ million infrastructure project that will modernize freight rail transportation along the East Coast. The project marks a major milestone in the decades of effort by state, federal, and private partners to deliver a long-sought boost to Maryland’s economy and the nation’s supply chain.