Rail Fans Hope ‘Amtrak Joe’ Biden Can Get NJ-NY Tunnel on Track
- Biden promises to spark ‘the second great railroad revolution’
- Gateway has languished under Trump amid feuding with governors
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Amtrak supporters are counting on Joe Biden to deliver a long-sought victory on a rail tunnel between New York City and New Jersey that they say is pivotal to meeting passenger demand in the busy northeastern U.S.
The tunnel, with an estimated cost of more than $11 billion, would carry Amtrak and New Jersey Transit commuter trains under the Hudson River as part of the Gateway Program. Supporters say the project has languished amid feuding between President Donald Trump and Democratic governors in New York and New Jersey -- though the administration says it is working to complete an environmental review.