The Gateway Program is an ongoing expansion and renovation of the Northeast Corridor rail line between Newark, New Jersey, and New York City along the right-of-way between Newark Penn Station and New
Construction of a future Gateway Program tunnel portal at West Side Yard in Manhattan in 2014
New York Tunnel Extension, 1912
Site of the western portal of the tunnel in North Bergen at Tonnelle Avenue
NEC passes through Harrison Station.
Portal North Bridge
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The Portal North Bridge is a railroad bridge that carries the Northeast Corridor over the Hackensack River in Hudson County, New Jersey. It is located in Secaucus west of Secaucus Junction and Kearny
Gateway Program (Northeast Corridor)
…U.S. President Donald Trump, both of whom opposed the project. In June 2020, Trump informed NJ Governor Phil Murphy that he would no longer oppose the Portal North Bridge, which will replace the tracks on the existing Portal Bridge and yield reliability improvements but not increase capacity. The complementary Portal…
The bridge under construction in June 2025
Groundbreaking ceremony for the Portal North Bridge, August 2022
Portal North Bridge under construction, January 2025, with sign from Amtrak and NJ Transit on it for viewing from existing Portal Bridge
The old Portal Bridge viewed from an Acela train on the new Portal North Bridge in 2026