New Jersey, CSXT celebrate opening of Liberty Corridor Freightway

CSX Transportation, the State of New Jersey and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey joined U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) to celebrate the opening of the Liberty Corridor Freightway, a major public-private partnership that provides expanded access to the Port of New York and New Jersey.

Enabling double-stack
intermodal freight to flow from the Port of New York and New Jersey to inland
destinations, the Liberty Corridor Freightway will increase train capacity,
improve service levels and expedite freight flows to and from inland ports. The
project will also help keep thousands of trucks off crowded highways each year.

"The Liberty Corridor
Freightway will be a jobs and economic activity engine for our state, which is
the primary reason I worked to create the Liberty Corridor initiative in
Congress. This particular portion of the initiative is crucial for allowing New
Jersey business owners to easily sell and purchase goods to and from around the
world, which helps homegrown businesses thrive and keeps jobs right here in our
state," said Senator Menendez. "I am thrilled to join CSXT, the Port Authority
and state and local officials to celebrate the completion of this project,
which helps our economic recovery."

With the opening of the
Liberty Corridor Freightway, intermodal freight can flow to destinations across
the country via CSXT. The Liberty Corridor Freightway will also ease the burden
on the nation’s roads. Just one Liberty Corridor Freightway train carries the
cargo of 250 trucks and emits one-third the nitrous oxide and particulate
matter.

Construction of the Liberty
Corridor Freightway was a logistically complex undertaking that raised the
clearance of two tunnels in New Jersey to accommodate double-stack freight
trains. One tunnel, which dates from the administration of Abraham Lincoln,
passes through more than 4,000 feet of dense rock directly beneath Jersey City,
N.J.

"The Liberty Corridor
Freightway builds our partnership with the port and region by enabling us to
more efficiently move intermodal freight," said Clarence W. Gooden, executive
vice president and chief commercial officer, CSXT. "This project prepares us,
and the region, for continued growth as a leading freight hub."