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In a legal filing to national regulators, NJ Transit said the pending merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern railroads could lead to “traffic increases” on Conrail’s Lehigh Line. The stretch, from Manville in Somerset County to Newark, is used by NJ Transit and freight operators including Norfolk Southern.

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Dollar vans are a familiar part of life in neighborhoods near Flatbush Avenue with large populations of Caribbean immigrants. The minibus services grew in popularity during the 1980 transit strike and continued to operate in areas across the city — largely in areas that lack subway service.

Gothamist

The study by the Federal Railroad Administration concluded that proposed changes could increase Penn Station’s capacity to as many as 32 trains per hour during the morning rush and 30 per hour in the evening rush. The station, largely unchanged since the 1960s, can handle 24 trains per hour at peak times now.

The New York Times