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Article: New Jersey Officials Say Meadowlands Rail Plan Is Very Close.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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- August 5, 2003
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By Daniel Sforza, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Aug. 5--State officials think they have finally come up with a workable plan that would bring trains to the Meadowlands Sports Complex for the first time.
The $400 million proposal, obtained by The Record, would connect riders throughout New Jersey and Manhattan to the Meadowlands. It already has the support of key state agencies, whose leaders say it could happen in five to seven years if they can get the funding.
The plan calls for a 2.5-mile rail loop that would circle the sports complex and connect with the soon-to-open Secaucus Transfer station as well ...