Aldene Connection

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Coordinates: 40°39′31″N 74°16′49″W / 40.65861°N 74.28028°W / 40.65861; -74.28028
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A diagram of the Aldene Connection, showing NJ Transit Raritan Valley Line, former Central Railroad of New Jersey Main Line, Staten Island Railway, Conrail Lehigh Line, and the former Rahway Valley Railroad
Newark/Hoboken Division approaches
Legend
Northeast Corridor
to Boston
&
LIRR Main Line
to Greenport
Sunnyside Yard
East River Tunnels under East River
 New York Amtrak
North River Tunnels under Hudson River
NY
NJ
 Hoboken Terminal Port Authority Trans-Hudson Hudson–Bergen Light Rail
Hoboken Yard
Bergen Tunnels under Bergen Hill
 Secaucus Junction│
MAIN BCL PVL
Boonton Line to Hackettstown
Portal Bridge│Lower Hack Lift
over Hackensack River
Kearny
Connection
│
 
Sawtooth
Kearny
Connection
│
Bridges
Sawtooth
│
Waterfront
Connection
Newark Drawbridge│Dock Bridge
over Passaic River
 Newark Broad Street Newark Light Rail
Newark Penn Station
Port Authority Trans-Hudson Newark Light Rail Amtrak
GLAD MOBO M&E
Hunter Connection
CNJ to Communipaw Terminal
 Elizabeth
(NJT)
 Elizabeth
(CNJ)
RVL to High Bridge│Aldene Connection
Elizabeth River
Rahway River Bridge
UNION interlocking│NJCL to Bay Head
Trenton
Newark Division
Hoboken Division
(12 kV 25 Hz AC)
(25 kV 60 Hz AC)

The Aldene Connection is a connection between two

Hunter Connection in Newark, which in turn allows access to the Northeast Corridor and Newark Penn Station.[1]

History

NJ Transit, Conrail, and former CNJ tracks meet at Aldene

The CNJ in the mid-1960s was losing money, in a permanent downward spiral that would lead to the railroad's filing for

Communipaw Terminal in Jersey City, and all local trains operating east of Cranford, all totaling up to about $1.5 million in annual savings.[3] As a concession to a few hundred factory workers that worked along the CNJ east of Aldene, Budd Rail Diesel Cars were operated as the "Bayonne Scoot"[4] between Cranford and Bayonne over the CRRNJ Newark Bay Bridge until August 6, 1978.[1]

Opening day for the Aldene Plan was announced for Monday, May 1, 1967, but a full-service rehearsal occurred the day prior (a Sunday to avoid the commuter rush). The CNJ operated

electrified. At Newark, the diesel engines are shut down and a pantograph
is raised, since only electric trains can operate into New York Penn Station. Currently the dual-mode service is only run during off-peak hours as Penn Station cannot accommodate any more trains during rush hours.

Also affected by the change was the

West Trenton through 1982. New Jersey Transit has explored reactivating this service as the West Trenton Line
.

Concurrent with the start of service via the Aldene Connection was the rerouting of CNJ trains on the NY&LBRR (present-day North Jersey Coast Line) from Perth Amboy to Newark Penn Station via PRR trackage, eliminating the service to Jersey City (Communipaw Avenue) via Elizabethport.

The Aldene Connection is single track, although it is graded to allow a second track to be added.

References

  1. ^ a b Thorpe, Steve. "CONRAIL/NJ D.O.T. Draws the Curtain on the Bayonne Shuttle". Archived from the original on October 7, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2009.
  2. ASIN B07X22S3ZN
    .
  3. ASIN B07X22S3ZN
    .
  4. ^ King, Richard J. "Aldene Plan". www.trainweb.org. Retrieved August 23, 2021.

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