Timeline of Jersey City, New Jersey-area railroads
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area extends North to Edgewater (the Northern end of the line along the
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), South to
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and includes Kearny Junction and Harrison but not Newark. Many routes east of Newark are listed here.


Railroad Name Abbreviations

*B&O:
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was the oldest railroads in North America, oldest railroad in the United States and the first steam engine, steam-operated common carrier. Construction of the line began in 1828, and it operated as B&O from 1830 ...
*CNJ:
Central Railroad of New Jersey Central is an adjective usually referring to being in the center of some place or (mathematical) object. Central may also refer to: Directions and generalised locations * Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as ...
*CRCX: Conrail Shared Assets Operations *DL&W: Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad *Erie:
Erie Railroad The Erie Railroad was a railroad that operated in the Northeastern United States, originally connecting Pavonia Terminal in Jersey City, New Jersey, with Lake Erie at Dunkirk, New York. The railroad expanded west to Chicago following its 1865 ...
*LV:
Lehigh Valley Railroad The Lehigh Valley Railroad was a railroad in the Northeastern United States built predominantly to haul anthracite, anthracite coal from the Coal Region in Northeastern Pennsylvania to major consumer markets in Philadelphia, New York City, and ...
*NYC:
New York Central Railroad The New York Central Railroad was a railroad primarily operating in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The railroad primarily connected New York metropolitan area, gr ...
*NYO&W: New York, Ontario and Western Railway *NYS&W: New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway *PATH:
Port Authority Trans-Hudson The Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) is a rapid transit system in the northeastern New Jersey cities of Newark, Harrison, Jersey City, and Hoboken, as well as Lower and Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It is operated as a wholly owne ...
*PRR:
Pennsylvania Railroad The Pennsylvania Railroad ( reporting mark PRR), legal name as the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, also known as the "Pennsy," was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At its ...
*RDG:
Reading Railroad The Reading Company ( ) was a Philadelphia-headquartered railroad that provided passenger and freight transport in eastern Pennsylvania and neighboring states from 1924 until its acquisition by Conrail in 1976. Commonly called the Reading Railr ...


1833

*November 28: The Paterson and Hudson River Railroad (Erie) opens at Marion Junction, ending at the New Jersey Railroad (PRR).


1834

* September 15: The New Jersey Railroad, which 38 years later would become the
Pennsylvania Railroad The Pennsylvania Railroad ( reporting mark PRR), legal name as the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, also known as the "Pennsy," was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At its ...
(PRR), begins regular trips from Newark to Jersey City's first terminal.Jersey City and its Historic Sites
/ref> The route crosses the Passaic River on the Newark, over Centre Street Bridge to the Hackensack River and onto Jersey City, on the West side of the Palisades. It uses temporary tracks and horse-drawn trains around and over the Bergen Hill, to the Terminal on the Hudson at Paulus Hook for transfer to ferries bound for New York City.


1836

* The
Morris Canal The Morris Canal (1829–1924) was a toll road, common carrier Anthracite, anthracite coal canal across North Jersey, northern New Jersey that connected the two industrial canals in Easton, Pennsylvania across the Delaware River from its weste ...
is extended from Newark through
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.


1837

* The
New Jersey Railroad (PRR) cut through the Palisades opens; the Paterson and Hudson River Railroad (Erie) also uses it.


1838

* December 2: The New Jersey Railroad (PRR) switches from horse to steam power.


1858

* The
Pennsylvania Railroad The Pennsylvania Railroad ( reporting mark PRR), legal name as the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, also known as the "Pennsy," was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At its ...
builds a five-track passenger station and ferry at Hudson Street


1861

*January 28: The Long Dock Tunnel, Long Dock Company (Erie) finishes its
tunnel A tunnel is an underground or undersea passageway. It is dug through surrounding soil, earth or rock, or laid under water, and is usually completely enclosed except for the two portals common at each end, though there may be access and ve ...
through the Palisades, bypassing the PRR cu

*March 14: The New York and Bull's Ferry Railroad (NYC) is chartered and buys the Hoboken and Hudson River Turnpike.


1862

*March 8: The New York and Bull's Ferry Railroad (NYC) changes its name to the New York and Fort Lee Railroadbr>
*May: The Pavonia Ferry (Erie) open


1864

*July 29: The CNJ's Jersey City extension opens, from about Spring Street in Elizabeth to the Jersey City terminal, including a CRRNJ Newark Bay Bridge, long bridge across Newark Bay.


1868

*The Passaic and Harsimus Line (PRR), opens for a new freight terminal at Harsimus Cove.


1869

*July 23: The full length of the Newark and New York Railroad (CNJ) opens, from Broad St terminal in Newark to the CNJ at Communipaw.


1870

*February 22: The New Jersey Railroad (PRR) builds a new bridge over the Passaic River, cutting the distance through Newark and Harrison. Some passenger trains continue to use the old alignment, the Centre Street Branch. *December 2: A
frog war A frog war occurs when one private railway company attempts to cross the tracks of another, and this results in hostilities between the two railways. It is named after the frog, the piece of track that allows the two tracks to join or cross and ...
begins between the Erie and DL&W at the west end of the Erie's tunnel where the new Boonton Branch would join. *December 14: The DL&W begins running passenger trains on its Boonton Branch. *The New York and Fort Lee Railroad (NYC) open

*The PRR leases the United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Companybr>


1871

*January 9: The
frog war A frog war occurs when one private railway company attempts to cross the tracks of another, and this results in hostilities between the two railways. It is named after the frog, the piece of track that allows the two tracks to join or cross and ...
between the Erie and DL&W ends, with the frog being placed to allow DL&W Boonton Branch trains to run through the Erie's tunnel.


1872

*August 23: Trains are first to run along the Erie's Newark Branch, Newark and Hudson Railroad from Newark through their tunnel to Jersey City.


1873

* The
Pennsylvania Railroad The Pennsylvania Railroad ( reporting mark PRR), legal name as the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, also known as the "Pennsy," was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At its ...
constructs a new passenger ferry terminal with 12 tracks and six platforms. The wooden terminal is built on piers over the water.''Buildings and Structures of American Railroads'', Walter G. Berg, C.E., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1892, p.412 * The Hudson Connecting Railway, part of the New Jersey Midland and later NYS&W, completed to West End Junction with Erie connection to Marion Junction.


1877

*May 12: The DL&W opens its new tunnel through the Palisades, ending its
trackage rights Railway companies can interact with and control others in many ways. These relationships can be complicated by bankruptcies. Operating Often, when a railroad first opens, it is only a short spur of a main line. The owner of the spur line may c ...
through the Erie's tunnel. Included with the tunnel are western approaches to the DL&W mainline and Boonton Branch; the former includes a new bridge over the Hackensack River, south of the old one (which is then used only for the Erie's Newark and Greenwood Lake Branches). The new alignment at first crosses the New Jersey Midland Railroad (NYS&W) at grade.


1883

* The National Docks Railway is constructed to connect the National Storage Company docks at Black Tom with the
Pennsylvania Railroad The Pennsylvania Railroad ( reporting mark PRR), legal name as the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, also known as the "Pennsy," was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At its ...
in Jersey City. The PRR controls and operates the railroad until 1889, when control passes to the
New York Central Railroad The New York Central Railroad was a railroad primarily operating in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The railroad primarily connected New York metropolitan area, gr ...
after completion of the New Jersey Junction Railroad. In 1894, the
Lehigh Valley Railroad The Lehigh Valley Railroad was a railroad in the Northeastern United States built predominantly to haul anthracite, anthracite coal from the Coal Region in Northeastern Pennsylvania to major consumer markets in Philadelphia, New York City, and ...
acquired half interest and obtains full control in 1900.


1884

* The
West Shore Railroad The West Shore Railroad was a U.S. railway company active in the states of New York and New Jersey between 1885 and 1952. It was incorporated in 1885 to reorganize the New York, West Shore and Buffalo Railway, which had originally been inten ...
's (NYC) tunnel through the Palisades to Weehawken Terminal opens. * August 4: The
Pennsylvania Railroad The Pennsylvania Railroad ( reporting mark PRR), legal name as the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, also known as the "Pennsy," was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At its ...
passenger and ferry terminal at Exchange Place burns as a result of an explosion in a gas reservoir underneath the station.


1885

* December 5: NYC leases the
West Shore Railroad The West Shore Railroad was a U.S. railway company active in the states of New York and New Jersey between 1885 and 1952. It was incorporated in 1885 to reorganize the New York, West Shore and Buffalo Railway, which had originally been inten ...
for 475 years from January 1, 1886, with the privilege of an additional 500-year term.The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad
/ref>


1886

* June 30: The New Jersey Junction Railroad (NYC) leases of the New York and Fort Lee Railroad. The rest later disappears in the
West Shore Railroad The West Shore Railroad was a U.S. railway company active in the states of New York and New Jersey between 1885 and 1952. It was incorporated in 1885 to reorganize the New York, West Shore and Buffalo Railway, which had originally been inten ...
's (NYC) Weehawken yard. * July 1: NYC leases the New Jersey Junction Railroad for 100 years, with the option of another 100-year term.


1887

* May: The New Jersey Junction Railroad (NYC) opens for freight. * June: The New Jersey Junction Railroad (NYC) opens for passengers. * October: The
Lehigh Valley Railroad The Lehigh Valley Railroad was a railroad in the Northeastern United States built predominantly to haul anthracite, anthracite coal from the Coal Region in Northeastern Pennsylvania to major consumer markets in Philadelphia, New York City, and ...
settles a long legal battle with the
Central Railroad of New Jersey Central is an adjective usually referring to being in the center of some place or (mathematical) object. Central may also refer to: Directions and generalised locations * Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as ...
, opening the way to build a Jersey City terminal on land originally purchased in 1872 for the New Jersey West Line Railroad.


1889

* The
Lehigh Valley Railroad The Lehigh Valley Railroad was a railroad in the Northeastern United States built predominantly to haul anthracite, anthracite coal from the Coal Region in Northeastern Pennsylvania to major consumer markets in Philadelphia, New York City, and ...
constructs its freight terminal on the south side of the Morris canal basin at South Cove, adjacent to the
Central Railroad of New Jersey Central is an adjective usually referring to being in the center of some place or (mathematical) object. Central may also refer to: Directions and generalised locations * Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as ...
terminal. The LVRR reaches its new terminal over CNJ tracks on a five-year lease.


1890

* The
Lehigh Valley Railroad The Lehigh Valley Railroad was a railroad in the Northeastern United States built predominantly to haul anthracite, anthracite coal from the Coal Region in Northeastern Pennsylvania to major consumer markets in Philadelphia, New York City, and ...
constructs the Edgewater Railway, on the north side of the Morris Canal basin.


1891

* The
Pennsylvania Railroad The Pennsylvania Railroad ( reporting mark PRR), legal name as the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, also known as the "Pennsy," was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At its ...
(PRR), rebuilds the passenger ferry terminal to replace the old terminal which was partially destroyed by fire. The new terminal is raised above the old level to accommodate new elevated rails that eliminate grade crossings in the city.


1892

* The
Lehigh Valley Railroad The Lehigh Valley Railroad was a railroad in the Northeastern United States built predominantly to haul anthracite, anthracite coal from the Coal Region in Northeastern Pennsylvania to major consumer markets in Philadelphia, New York City, and ...
opens its
bridge A bridge is a structure built to Span (engineering), span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or railway) without blocking the path underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, whi ...
across Newark Bay. The LVRR connects with the National Docks Railway east of the bridge in order to reach the LVRR terminal.


1894

* May 15: The New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway Edgewater Tunnel through the Palisades opened to freight traffic. The mile-long tunnel took 18 months to construct and provides the NYS&W access to its own waterside terminal in Edgewater. The NYS&W had previously used the DL&W terminal in Hoboken.


1897

*The Hoboken Manufacturers Railroad opens. *The National Docks and New Jersey Junction Connecting Railway (LV + NYC) is completed. This line was mainly a short tunnel under the Pennsylvania Railroad to connect the New Jersey Junction Railroad (NYC) with the National Docks Railway (LV + NYC). For nine years the PRR fought the construction of the line both in the courts and on the ground, at one point dumping stone into the tunnel and turning fire hoses onto the construction crews.


1900

* The Greenville and Hudson Railway (LVRR) completes construction of a line roughly parallel to the National Docks Railway from the Newark Bay bridge to the Jersey City terminal. Upon completion, the
Lehigh Valley Railroad The Lehigh Valley Railroad was a railroad in the Northeastern United States built predominantly to haul anthracite, anthracite coal from the Coal Region in Northeastern Pennsylvania to major consumer markets in Philadelphia, New York City, and ...
has a wholly owned route from the coal fields of Pennsylvania to its terminal in Jersey City.


1908

*February 26: The Hudson and Manhattan Railroad (PATH) opens from 19th Street Manhattan to Hoboken Terminal.


1909

*July 19: The Hudson and Manhattan Railroad (PATH) opens from Hudson Terminal (World Trade Center) to Exchange Place. *August 2: The Hudson and Manhattan Railroad (PATH) opens its connection from Exchange Place, north towards Hoboken Terminal.


1910

*November 27: The Pennsylvania Tunnel and Terminal Railroad (PRR) opens from Kearny Junction into New York Penn Station. Manhattan Transfer opens. *The Penhorn Creek Railroad's (Erie) four-track cut through the Palisades ( Bergen Arches) opens, just south of the Erie's two-track tunnel, including a western approach through Secaucus.


1911

* March 14: The New Jersey Shore Line Railroad (NYC) opens from the
West Shore Railroad The West Shore Railroad was a U.S. railway company active in the states of New York and New Jersey between 1885 and 1952. It was incorporated in 1885 to reorganize the New York, West Shore and Buffalo Railway, which had originally been inten ...
's (NYC) Weehawken yard to the NYS&W at Shadyside, about .85 mi. * May 16: Cars first move on the New Jersey Shore Line Railroad (NYC). * October 1: The Hudson and Manhattan Railroad (PATH) is extended through Jersey City to Manhattan Transfer. * November 26: The Hudson and Manhattan Railroad (PATH) is extended from Manhattan Transfer to Newark Park Place.


1937

*June 20: Manhattan Transfer closes and the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad (PATH) is realigned to Newark Penn Station.


1939

*August 1: The NYS&W begins bus service from Susquehanna Transfer to
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via the Lincoln Tunnel.


1959

Weehawken Terminal closes. The ''Weehawken'' is the last ferry to the terminal on March 25, 1959 at 1:10 am, ending 259 years of continuous ferry service.


1960

*The Erie Railroad trains shift to
Hoboken Terminal Hoboken Terminal is a commuter-oriented intermodal passenger station in Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey. One of the New York metropolitan area's major transportation hubs, it is served by eight NJ Transit (NJT) commuter rail lines, an NJ T ...
, as the company merges with the Lackawanna Railroad. Erie trains began moving to Hoboken in Oct 1956 for off peak and weekend trains. Peak hour trains began using Hoboken on March 25, 1957 with the exception of Nyack and NYS&W trains which continued to use the few remaining tracks in Jersey City. NYS&W trains were later discontinued and Nyack trains used a backup move to reach Hoboken until they were discontinued in 1966.


1967

* With the Aldene Plan,
Communipaw Terminal The Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal, also known as Communipaw Terminal and Jersey City Terminal, was the Central Railroad of New Jersey's waterfront passenger terminal in Jersey City, New Jersey. The terminal was built in 1889, replaci ...
, the last Jersey City terminal closes.
Lehigh Valley The Lehigh Valley () is a geography, geographic and urban area, metropolitan region formed by the Lehigh River in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Lehigh and Northampton County, Pennsylvania, Northampton counties in eastern Pennsylvania. It is a co ...
trains now terminate at Newark Penn Station, as do Reading Railroad trains. CNJ Trains run over LV from Roselle Park, NJ to Newark, NJ then on the PRR and terminate at Newark Penn Station, and use a small yard in Harrison. It was not until the late 1990s, when the midtown direct service was instituted, that NJ TRANSIT ran a service of some Raritan Valley trains to Hoboken (Penn Sta. New York).


1983

NY Waterway NY Waterway, or New York Waterway, is a private transportation company running ferry and bus service in the Port of New York and New Jersey and in the Hudson Valley. The company utilizes public-private partnership with agencies such as the Por ...
re-institutes ferry service across the Hudson.


1994

A short, partially elevated track, known as the Marion Running Track, is built to connect the ex-PRR Passaic and Harsimus Line from Kearny to the ex-Erie Northern Branch. This reconfiguration provided the ex-NYC West Shore (aka River Line) with a more direct connection to other lines heading west and south at Marion Junction.


1999/2000

Conrail Shared Assets Operations created. CSX River line is shifted to the re-newed Northern Running track to North Bergen Yard.


2000

The Hudson–Bergen Light Rail opened to the public on April 15, 2000 with an initial operating (MOS) The extension to southern terminal at 8th Street opened January 31, 2011.


2001

NJ Transit renovates Bergen Tunnels.


2003

Secaucus Junction Secaucus Junction (signed as Secaucus) is an intermodal transit hub served by New Jersey Transit Rail Operations, New Jersey Transit (NJ Transit) and Metro-North Railroad in Secaucus, New Jersey, Secaucus, New Jersey. It is one of the List of b ...
opened on December 15, 2003.


2009

On July 26, 2009,
NJ Transit New Jersey Transit Corporation, branded as NJ Transit or NJTransit and often shortened to NJT, is a state-owned public transportation system that serves the U.S. state of New Jersey and portions of the states of New York and Pennsylvania. I ...
began shuttle service to the
Meadowlands station Meadowlands station (also known as Meadowlands Sports Complex station) is a New Jersey Transit train station that is the western terminus for the Meadowlands Rail Line located at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey. ...
at the
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.


2010

On October 7, 2010, New Jersey governor Chris Christie announced that the Access to the Region's Core, which included a new right-of way from Secaucus Junction under the
Hudson Palisades The Palisades, also called the New Jersey Palisades or the Hudson River Palisades, are a line of steep cliffs along the west side of the lower Hudson River in Northeastern New Jersey and Southeastern New York in the United States. The cliffs s ...
and
Hudson River The Hudson River, historically the North River, is a river that flows from north to south largely through eastern New York (state), New York state. It originates in the Adirondack Mountains at Henderson Lake (New York), Henderson Lake in the ...
to Midtown Manhattan was officially cancelled.


2019

ExpressRail ExpressRail is a network of on- or near-dock rail yards supporting intermodal freight transport at the major container terminals of the Port of New York and New Jersey. The development of dockside trackage and rail yards for transloading has bee ...
at Port Jersey opened on June 17, 2019.{{cite web, url=http://www.panynj.gov/press-room/press-item.cfm?headLine_id=3150, title=PORT OF NY/NJ AT STRONGEST COMPETITIVE POSITION IN DECADES WITH COMPLETION OF EXPRESSRAIL NETWORK, CAPSTONE OF MULTI-BILLION PORT MODERNIZATION PROGRAM, publisher=The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, date=June 17, 2019, accessdate=June 19, 2019


See also

* List of Hudson County railroad terminals *
North River (Hudson River) North River () is an alternative name for the southernmost portion of the Hudson River in the vicinity of New York City and Gateway Region, northeastern New Jersey in the United States. History Name In the early 17th century, the entire wat ...
*
Communipaw Terminal The Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal, also known as Communipaw Terminal and Jersey City Terminal, was the Central Railroad of New Jersey's waterfront passenger terminal in Jersey City, New Jersey. The terminal was built in 1889, replaci ...
* Weehawken Terminal * Pavonia Terminal *
Exchange Place (Jersey City) Exchange Place is a district of Downtown Jersey City, New Jersey that is sometimes referred to as Wall Street West due to the concentration of financial companies that have offices there. The namesake is a square, about 200 feet long, at th ...
*
Hoboken Terminal Hoboken Terminal is a commuter-oriented intermodal passenger station in Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey. One of the New York metropolitan area's major transportation hubs, it is served by eight NJ Transit (NJT) commuter rail lines, an NJ T ...
* Bergen Hill * List of crossings of the Hackensack River * List of bridges, tunnels, and cuts in Hudson County, New Jersey * List of crossings of the Lower Passaic River *
Rail freight transportation in New York City and Long Island From the start of Rail transport, railroading in America through the first half of the 20th century, New York City and Long Island were major areas for rail freight transportation. However, their relative isolation from the mainland United States ...
* Timeline of Jersey City, New Jersey history


Sources

*Poor's and Moody's railroad manuals *New-Jersey Railroad Improvements,
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February 23, 1870, page 5 *Local News in Brief,
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November 28, 1870, page 8 *Almost a Riot,
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December 3, 1870, page 1 *Local News in Brief,
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December 15, 1870, page 8 *Local News in Brief,
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January 10, 1871, page 8 *New-Jersey,
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August 24, 1872, page 8 *The New Bergen Tunnel,
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May 12, 1877, page 10


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This article, by Dick Greene, was first published in “The Old Station Timetable” in Fall 1987.
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