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West Portal is an unincorporated community located within Bethlehem Township, in Hunterdon County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [1] [2] [3] The community is centered at the intersection of Route 173 and County Route 643, approximately 5.1 miles (8.2 km) southwest of Hampton. [4] The namesake West Portal of the Pattenburg Tunnel
The Port Jervis Line is a predominantly single-track commuter rail line running between Suffern and Port Jervis, in the U.S. state of New York.At Suffern, the line continues south into New Jersey on NJ Transit's Main Line.
Historic Journeys By Rail: Central Railroad of New Jersey Stations, Structures & Marine Equipment. Outer Station Project. ISBN 1891402072. Snell, James P. (1881). History of Hunterdon and Somerset Counties, New Jersey: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Everts and Peck.
In 1992, the MTA built little league baseball fields on an adjacent site one block west. [63] The MTA also owned the lot immediately south of the depot until 2014, which was leased and used as a driving range from 1999 to 2010. [64] [65] This land was originally planned for an expansion of the depot, or a new central rebuild facility.
It was established by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in 1983 to acquire operation of all commuter rail service in New York and Connecticut from Conrail, which itself had been formed in 1976 through the merging of a number of financially troubled railroads, and previously operated commuter railroad service under contract from the MTA. [1]
The MTA Inspector General is nominated by the New York State Governor and must be confirmed by the New York State Senate. [1] [13] The agency's creation was requested by then-Governor Mario Cuomo. [14] The first MTA Inspector General was Sidney Schwartz. [15] In 2019, Carolyn Pokorny became the first female MTA Inspector General. [16]
On August 14, 2017, Foye was succeeded by Rick Cotton as Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. In 2017, Foye became President of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). On April 1, 2019, Foye was appointed Chairman and CEO of the MTA by Governor Cuomo with approval from the New York State Senate. [13]
The MTA purchased and took over subway, elevated, streetcar, and bus operations from the Boston Elevated Railway in 1947. [15] In the 1950s, the MTA ran new subway extensions, while the last two streetcar lines running into the Pleasant Street Portal of the Tremont Street Subway were substituted with buses in 1953 and 1962. [16]