NEWARK, N.J. — The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has issued a Request for Qualifications for a 2.5-mile elevated train system to replace the current Newark AirTrain.
This is the Port Authority’s second attempt to advance the project, approved by Federal Aviation Administration last year [see “Newark AirTrain project gets federal environmental approval,” Trains News Wire, Aug. 18, 2021]. NJ.com reported earlier this year the authority missed its July date to select one of four companies to build the project when the bids to build and operate the system came in higher than expected.
At that time, authority chairman Kevin O’Toole told NJ.com that the board would “see what we can do to make it more competitive to replace the Airtrain.”
Those shortlisted from the Request for Qualifications will receive the systems technology Request for Proposal for the first phase of the project in the first quarter of 2023. More information about the Request for Qualifications is available here.
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