The Red Bank station would be the northern terminus of a new commuter line from Lakehurst, linking central Ocean County to the North Jersey Coast Line.
Over the vehement objections of Red Bank officials, proponents of a new commuter rail line that would link Lakehurst with points north yesterday designated the borough railroad station as a terminus.
Creation of the line would add some 40 grade crossings a day in Red Bank, creating havoc for automotive traffic, said Councilman Mike DuPont.
The so-called Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex, or MOM line, would also worsen the economic divide between the west and east sides of town at a time when the local government and business interests are working to erase it, said Mayor Pasquale Menna.
DuPont and Menna vowed to fight the plan, which was advanced yesterday as part of three-county "compromise" that removed the possibility of the line actually being built into Middlesex County, one of three routes under consideration.
"It's going to be the seminal issue for this area," Menna said at Tuesday's bimonthly council session. "It's just not going to happen."
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