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NORTHERN
NEW JERSEY
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New Jersey . USA |
NORTHERN
NEW JERSEY
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The New Jersey side of the New York metropolitan area (west of the Hudson River) does not have as much rail infrastructure as its more famous neighbor, New York City, but still features various systems including the Newark Light Rail, PATH, Hudson-Bergen Light Rail, and New Jersey Transit Commuter Rail. |
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NEWARK LIGHT RAIL | |
![]() A new segment, referred to as Newark Light Rail, from Newark-Penn Station to Newark-Broad Street Station opened in July 2006. This segment is partly underground and then continues at-grade. Eventually, the line is planned to connect to Newark-Liberty International Airport, south of the city. November
18, 1929: construction begins
October
3, 1934: Warren St - Heller Parkway (now closed)
June
20, 1937: Warren St - Penn Station
November
22, 1940: Heller Parkway - Franklin Ave (now Branch Brook
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PATH | |
History March
11, 1904- The westbound tunnel of the northern Hudson River crossing was
completed
September
25, 1905- The eastbound tunnel was finished
February
25, 1908- Service begins Hoboken-Christopher St?
July
19, 1909- New Jersey section and southern crossing opened
1910-
Christopher St?-33rd St
1962-
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey renames the Hudson and Manhattan
Railroad 'PATH'
September
11, 2001- Service suspended from Grove St- World Trade Center
November
23, 2003- Service fully reopened to World Trade Center
Projects A
new station is under construction at World Trade Center, where a temporary
station is currently in service.
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HUDSON-BERGEN LIGHT RAIL |
History November
2000: Exchange Place- Newport
September
2002: Newport- Hoboken
November
15, 2003: 34th St - 22nd St
September 7, 2004: Hoboken - Lincoln Harbor October 29, 2005: Lincoln Harbor - Port Imperial Ferry (weekends only) February 25, 2006: Lincoln Harbor - Tonnelle Ave January 31, 2011: 22nd St - 8th St (Bayonne)
Projects Northern extension to Tenafly planned (Project Website) |
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Links
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New Jersey Transit has information on the Subway, the Light Rail, and the Commuter Rail Port Authority of New York and New Jersey - operates PATH nycsubway.org has information on these various systems Hudson Tubes (PATH) by Bob Klapouchy SubwayNut - many photos of rail transit around New York Allen Morrison's photos of the Broad Street Station Line PATH at Wikipedia Newark Light Rail at Wikipedia Hudson-Bergen Light Rail at Wikipedia |
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